A Booke of records: of bierthes and burials in Philadelphia in the Province of Penezlvania in Amerrica
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries, Friends generally kept records of the births and deaths of only those who were members. If a child was born to two Quakers in good standing at the time of the birth they were considered "birthright." This volume is unusual because it includes not only members of the Society of Friends, but also, entered separately after 1692, "An Account of the burialls of Such as are not Friends within the town of Philadelphia." Also includes births, 1677-1808, removals received, 1681-1758; acknowledgments, 1695-1698; births, 1783-1827; Deaths, 1806-1826. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1677/1827
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format: tif
language: eng
type: Text

A List of Members Belonging to the Women's Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia, 1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1793
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1773
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1773
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1782
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1782
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1790
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1790
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1790
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation. This list includes the names of more Philadelphia Friends than does the other 1790 list.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1790
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1800
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1800
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A Minute Book of Friends their Quarterly and Monthly Metings, 1682-1705
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. This first book of minutes is unusual because it includes both quarterly and monthly business meeting minutes.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1705
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A Record of Friends Certificates of Marriage belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia, 1672-1759
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. A marriage certificate was drawn up and signed by those in attendance. This document also included the names of the bride and groom, where the wedding took place, and what monthly meeting oversaw the proceedings. Some certificates list the parents as well. This, the meeting's record of the event, was a copy of the original which was retained by the couple after being recorded.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1672/1759
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Birth, death and marriage records, 1721-1783
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries, Friends generally kept records of the births and deaths only of members. If a child was born to two Quakers in good standing at the time of the birth they were considered "birthright." This item also includes some copies of marriage certificates.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1721/1783
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Marriage certificates, 1759-1814
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. A marriage certificate was drawn up and signed by those in attendance. This document also included the names of the bride and groom, where the wedding took place, and what monthly meeting oversaw the proceedings. Some certificates list the parents as well. This, the meeting's record of the event, was a copy of the original which was retained by the couple after being recorded. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1759/1814
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1759-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1759/1762
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes Commencing the 25th day of the 1st Monthly (January) 1765, 1765-1771
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1765/1771
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1771-1777
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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. Index in front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1771/1777
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1777-1781
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1777/1781
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1782-1789
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1782/1789
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1714
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1705-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1705/1714
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1715-1744
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1715/1744
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1745-1755
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1745/1755
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1751-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1751/1756
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1757-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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. This volume also includes "An Account of Sundry Books of Records &c belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philada."
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1757/1762
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1762-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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. Index at front of book.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1762/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1789-1795
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1789/1795
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1795-1801
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1795/1801
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1801-1807
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Marriage records
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Indians of North America
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1801/1807
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1807-1818
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Marriage records
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Indians of North America
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. The business meeting usually included 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.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1807/1818
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1818-1828
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Marriage records
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Indians of North America
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. The business meeting usually included 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. Includes index of members and committees at front of volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1818/1828
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Miscellaneous Papers, 1682-1764
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church discipline
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Miscellaneous Papers, 1765-1778
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church discipline
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1765/1778
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Miscellaneous Papers, 1779-1795
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church discipline
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1779/1795
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Miscellaneous Papers, 1796-1816
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church discipline
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1796/1816
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume I (Nos. 1-787), 1758-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1758/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume II (Nos. 788-1554), 1764-1770
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1764/1770
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume III (Nos. 1555-2243), 1770-1785
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1770/1785
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume IV (Nos. 2244-3002), 1785-1804
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1785/1804
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Records of Certificates, 1744-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1744/1756
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1744-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1744/1756
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1756-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. Includes an index at the front of the volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1756/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1772-1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. Includes an index at the front of the volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1772/1800
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1801-1823
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church membership
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1801/1823
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1681-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. Copy of the original made in 1881. Includes acknowledgments in the back, 1692-1698.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1681/1758
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1684-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. This volume also includes a few acknowledgements, 1692-1698, at the end of the volume as well as a separate index.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1684/1758
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format: tif
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1773-1784
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1773/1784
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1783-1822
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. Includes index at front of volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1783/1822
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1785-1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1785/1793
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1794-1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1794/1800
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1801-1806
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church membership
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1801/1806
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1807-1812
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church membership
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1807/1812
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text