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Minute concerning the property belonging to the schools for black people and their descendants.

Extract of a Minute from Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Monthly Meeting concerning the the formation of a committee for the Schools for Black People and their Descendants.

Report from the Committee appointed to have the case for black people and their descendants. 1840

Report of the Committee on Negroes

Extracted Minute of the Quarterly Meeting Respecting Negroes 11th Month 1775.

Extracted Minute from the Monthly meeting of Friends of Philadelphia concerning the schools for Black people and their descendants.

Building dated 1832. Orange St. Meeting about 1890 in Gallery, names of attendees listed: Geo. J. Scattergood, David Heshon, Henry Outland, Zebedee Haines, Jos. S. elkinton, Ephraim Smith, Joseph Elkinton, Henry Haines, Caleb Hood, Elizabeth Evans ?, Dabby Cope, Abigal Hutchinson ?, Rebecca Passmore, Caroline Scattergood?, Jane Cope?, Mary Ann Cope? Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District was established in 1772 by Philadelphia Quarterly meeting by a division of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. Its territory included the north side of Walnut Street and southward, including Moyamensing, Southwark, and Passyunk. This monthly meeting remained with the Orthodox Friends after the Separation, but Spruce Street Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) held responsibility for this geographical area. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1872; its members were transferred to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia at Arch Street.

Building dated 1832. 5 copies ; one reads Orange Street Meeting toward the cape 7/98. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District was established in 1772 by Philadelphia Quarterly meeting by a division of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. Its territory included the north side of Walnut Street and southward, including Moyamensing, Southwark, and Passyunk. This monthly meeting remained with the Orthodox Friends after the Separation, but Spruce Street Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) held responsibility for this geographical area. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1872; its members were transferred to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia at Arch Street.

Building dated 1832. From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 1936. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District was established in 1772 by Philadelphia Quarterly meeting by a division of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. Its territory included the north side of Walnut Street and southward, including Moyamensing, Southwark, and Passyunk. This monthly meeting remained with the Orthodox Friends after the Separation, but Spruce Street Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) held responsibility for this geographical area. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1872; its members were transferred to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia at Arch Street.

Building dated 1832. Orange St. Meeting House (distant view) Washington Square where Jacob and Ruth K. Smedley were married 11/29/1865. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District was established in 1772 by Philadelphia Quarterly meeting by a division of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. Its territory included the north side of Walnut Street and southward, including Moyamensing, Southwark, and Passyunk. This monthly meeting remained with the Orthodox Friends after the Separation, but Spruce Street Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) held responsibility for this geographical area. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1872; its members were transferred to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia at Arch Street.