Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

found: Its An apology for the people called Quakers, containing some reasons, for their not complying with human injunctions and institutions in matters relative to the worship of God. Published by the Meeting for Sufferings of the said people at Philadelphia, in pursuance of the directions of their Yearly Meeting, 1757.

found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings)

found: NUC pre-1956(Friends, Society of. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings)

found: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee. Guide to the records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1989:p. 248 (Meeting for Sufferings)

found: PSC-Hi files (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings; Meeting for Sufferings, a body appointed by PYM in 1756 to raise and administer relief to Friends on the frontier and elsewhere as needed, devise ways to alleviate those sufferings, maintain contact with its counterpart Meeting for Sufferings in London, and represent PYM in its dealings with society at large. As the Yearly Meeting grew larger in size, the responsibilities of the Meeting for Sufferings widened to embrace all general operations of the Yearly Meeting, including the supervision and dissemination of religious publications; maintenance of statistical information on meetings and membership; and administration of bequests from Friends and trust funds from discontinued meetings. After the Hicksite separation of 1827, the functions of Meeting for Sufferings were carried out by the Meeting for Sufferings (Orthodox) and the Representative Committee (Hicksite); after the reunification of 1955 the body was named Representative Meeting)

[Old catalog heading: Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings]