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Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1804/1812 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 Northern District Date: 1813/1825 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1806/1885 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections Description: In the 17th and 18th centuries, Friends kept records of the births and deaths of members only. If a child was born to two Quakers in good standing at the time of the birth they were considered "birthright." On the other hand, Quaker burial grounds were not generally select. Non-members could be i... View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1805/1834 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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 of names at front of volume. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1801/1820 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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 of names at front of volume. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
Creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Date: 1801/1812 Contributing Institution: Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections 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. View Full Item at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections -
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: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1788/1839 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Meeting minutes from Holy Trinity, dating from 1788 to 1839. Much of the text is in German. Topics covered include but are not limited to: pew rents; election of trustees and committees; staff salaries; and management of the church buildings, cemetery and schools. A notable topic is the schism b... View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1840/1936 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Meeting minutes from Holy Trinity, dating from 1840 to 1936. Much of the text is in German. Topics covered include but are not limited to: pew rents; election of trustees and committees; staff salaries; and management of the church buildings, cemetery and schools. View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1790/1849 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Record of deaths in the Holy Trinity congregation from 1790 to 1849. Two alphabetical indexes take up the first half of the manuscript. The first index begins in 1790, and the second index begins on image 33 with deaths from 1828. Chronological listings from 1806 to 1849 run from image 59 to imag... View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia