Minutes, 1762-1764

Metadata

Title

Minutes, 1762-1764

Alternative Title

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, 1762-1764

Date

1762/1764

Digital Identifier

FHL.PMM_Min17621764

Call Number

HC.PhM.P455.02.008 (1250/JB2.1)

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.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia

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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