After meeting as a worship group for thirty years in
Fort Fairfield in the northern reaches of Maine, Maple Grove Monthly Meeting of
Friends was set off Unity Monthly Meeting in 1890. It was a part of Vassalboro
Quarterly Meeting until it was laid down in 1962 to Vassalboro Monthly.
The
single volume of surviving records from Maple Grove contain a nearly complete run of
minutes for the duration of the monthly meeting, lacking only the last seven
years.
Background on Maple Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H.
Blackington
After meeting as a worship group for thirty years in Fort Fairfield in the northern
reaches of Maine, Maple Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends was set off Unity Monthly
Meeting in 1890. It was a part of Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting until it was laid
down in 1962 to Vassalboro Monthly.
Scope of collection
The single volume of surviving records from Maple Grove contain a nearly complete run
of minutes for the duration of the monthly meeting, lacking only the last seven
years.
Cite as: Maple Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends Records
(MS 902 M375). Special Collections and University Archives, University of
Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
Fort Fairfield (Me.)--Religious life and
customs
New England Yearly Meeting of
Friends
Quakers--Maine
Society of Friends--Maine
Contributors
Maple Grove Monthly Meeting of
Friends [main entry]