Burlington Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1681-1685)
URI(s)
Variants
General Yearly Meeting for Friends of Pennsylvania, East Jersey, and of the Adjacent Provinces (1681-1685)
Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Burlington (1681-1685)
Additional Information
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Lib. for Society of Friends. New Jersey records, 1755-1835(name not given)
found: Schermerhorn, W.E. The hist. of Burlington, N.J., 1927(Burlington Yearly Meeting 1st held in 1681; included meetings from NJ and Pa.)
found: Encycl. Amer. rel., c1978(first General Meeting of Friends held in 1681 at Burlington, N.J.; for several yrs. one was held each year at both Burlington and Philadelphia; in 1685 these two meetings assumed name: General Yearly Meeting for Friends of Pennsylvania, East Jersey, and of the Adjacent Provinces; later became the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting)
found: LC manual auth. cd.(Friends, Society of. Burlington Yearly Meeting)
found: Friends in the Delaware Valley, 1981(General Meeting of Friends held in Burlington; body ultimately became Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; sessions held both in Burlington and Philadelphia until 1686 when combined; thereafter in even yrs., meeting held in Burlington; in odd yrs., in Philadelphia; last of alternate year sessions [Burlington Yearly Meeting] held in 1760)
found: PSC-Hi files(Burlington Yearly Meeting (1681-1685); first general mtg. for Friends convened in Burlington in 1681; first general mtg. held in Philadelphia in 1683; in 1685 the two meetings combined into one yearly meeting with alternate sessions at Philadelphia and Burlington; since 1760 all yearly meetings held in Philadelphia; later became Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends)
found: Its Minutes, 1681-1685(Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Burlington)
Editorial Notes
- [Old catalog heading: Society of Friends. Burlington Yearly Meeting]
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
1986-04-15: new
1993-06-24: revised
Alternate Formats
