Society of Friends collection, 1656-1930.

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Society of Friends collection, 1656-1930.

Discipline book for Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (1719) and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1831); sermon (1688) preached by William Dewsbury in London; typed list of members of Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends (1680-1889) and related correspondence (1924-1925); list of ministering Friends in Europe and America (1656) and in England and Ireland (1693-1772); and other records relating to Bucks County Meetings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8077908

Bucks County Historical Society

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Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends

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Buckingham Monthly Meeting was established in 1720 by Bucks Quarterly Meeting out of Falls Monthly Meeting. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the monthly meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1897, and its members were attached to Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the current Buckingha...

Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Langhorne, Pa.)

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Middletown Monthly Meeting was established out of Falls Monthly Meeting by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1683. This meeting was known as "Neshaminy" until 1706. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Middletown Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1862, and its members were attached to Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Middletown Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which became a united meeting by ...

Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Mount Holly Monthly Meeting was established in 1776 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Burlington Monthly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox Meeting was discontinued in 1828 ; its members were transferred to Burlington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Mount Holly Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the cu...