Minutes, 1789-1795

Metadata

Title

Minutes, 1789-1795

Date

1789/1795

Digital Identifier

FHL.PMMND_Min17891795

Call Number

HC.PhM.P465.02.002 (1250/JK2.3)

Description

The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. G38 Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District

Holding Institution

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

Extent

1 volume

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

jp2

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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