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Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1815/1835 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Date: 1814/1831 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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 seve... View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Date: 1814/1830 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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 seve... View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Date: 1772/1790 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections Description: A manumission was the legal document wherein an owner freed an enslaved person. As Quakers became convinced that the institution of slavery was contrary to their religious beliefs, they began to free their slaves. In 1773, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting made owning enslaved people a disownable offense. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections
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