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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Book of Discipline

 Collection — Box: 28
Identifier: SC-330

Scope and Contents

Includes rulings and advices from the yearly meeting on various subjects, arranged alphabetically. Also includes bound in 4 broadsides: 1755 Epistle from the spring meeting of ministers & elders (2 copies) "An Apology for the People Called Quakers," 1756 Epistle, 1759, London Yearly Meeting, "Tender Advice and Caution to Friends," 1760

Dates

  • 1755-1780
  • Other: Majority of material found in 1770
  • Other: Date acquired: 11/05/2010

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Biographical or Historical Information

Notations suggest that the volume descended in the Abbott family.

Note written by

Extent

1.00 Items

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Manuscript book of discipline of Philadelphia yearly meeting, authorized 1762

Source of Acquisition

Jordan Books, Dorset, Vt.

Method of Acquisition

Purchase

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Thomas Hamm
Date
04/11/2012
Description rules
Other Unmapped
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository

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