Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Book of Discipline
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.
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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