Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1853-1862

Collection: Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends

Primary tabs

Loading the Internet Archive BookReader, please wait...

Permalink: https://trislandora-production.brynmawr.edu/object/sc1721

Some items in the TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections may be under copyright. Copyright information may be available in the Rights Status field listed in this item record (below). Ultimate responsibility for assessing copyright status and for securing any necessary permission rests exclusively with the user. Please see the Reproductions and Access page for more information.

Metadata

Title

Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1853-1862

Description

Volume includes excerpted proceedings from the yearly meetings, 1853-1862 (excepting 1861, when there was no meeting). Entries from 1853-1855 intersperse clippings from the printed proceedings with handwritten notes. Entries from 1855-1862 consist only of clippings of the meeting minutes from the printed proceedings; these pages were not scanned from this volume.

Type

Text

Date

1853 - 1862

Language

English

Internet Media Type

image/tiff

Extent

110 p. ; 34 cm.

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Topical Subject

Progressive Quakers

Interdenominational cooperation

Antislavery movements--United States

Temperance

Women's rights

Geographic Subject

Free Border-States (NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL)

Chester County (Pa.)

Department

Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library

Item Identifier

SG 2 PENNA. Y.M.

Note

The Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (also commonly known as Longwood Yearly Meeting) was first held in Chester County in 1853. It was formed after a schism in the Hicksite branch over the necessity of religious reform and the importance of social activism.

Rights Status