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Quaker Advices from Burlington (N.J.) and Philadelphia (Pa.), 1682-1762

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Summary

Creator:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Abstract:
This volume contains "advices" from the annual meetings of the Society of Friends for Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Most of the resolutions concern administrative and procedural matters. The volume also includes an essay about the history and beliefs of the Society of Friends.
Extent:
1 volume
Language:
English
Authors:
Collection processed and finding aid created by Erin Platte and Meg Hixon, April 2013

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume, entitled "A Collection of Christian & Brotherly Advices Given forth from Time to Time by the Yearly Meeting of Friends for Pennsylvania & New Jersey Held alternately at Burlington & Philadelphia," contains 171 pages of resolutions ("advices") adopted between 1682 and 1762, mostly in the early 1700s. The copied passages, which follow a brief introduction, are collected by subject and arranged alphabetically (see the complete list of subjects below). Most of the entries contain about a page of discussion dealing with administrative or procedural issues and Quaker beliefs. Advices about "Indians" largely concern the exchange of rum or other intoxicating liquors; those on "Negroes or Slaves" relate to the morality (and immorality) of the slave trade and slaveholding. Some entries are cross-referenced within the volume. The advices are followed by an address on Quaker history and beliefs entitled "The Ancient Testimony..." (pp. 174-191), delivered at the yearly meeting in 1722 by council member and former Philadelphia mayor Samuel Preston.

Biographical / Historical:

This volume contains "advices" issued by the Society of Friends for Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. During this time, the group held yearly meetings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Burlington, New Jersey.

Acquisition Information:
1980. M-1898 .
Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:
Society of Friends--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.
Society of Friends--History.
Formats:
Resolutions (administrative records)
Names:
Preston, Samuel, 1665-1743.

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Quaker Advices from Burlington (N.J.) and Philadelphia (Pa.), William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan