Background on Quaker City Unity Friends Meeting
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930.
Photo by Alton H. Blackington
Meetings for Quaker worship began in Unity, N.H., in 1813 under care of Weare Monthly Meeting. Situated in a rural area halfway between White River Junction and the Massachusetts border, the meeting gathered initially in Friends' homes, drawing from the adjacent town of Acworth as well, until members constructed a meetinghouse in 1820 after Amos Johnson donated a small parcel of land for the purpose. Unity was recognized as a preparative meeting in 1822, but was laid down only a few years later in 1855.
During the latter years of the nineteenth century, Quaker meetings were held at Unity only once per summer, if at all. After a period of dormancy, the annual practice was revived in 1978, with regular meetings for worship beginning in 1984 under the informal care of Weare Monthly Meeting. This nascent meeting came under the formal care of Putney Monthly Meeting in 1990, and was set off as Quaker City Unity Monthly Meeting in 1993. Quaker City Unity is a member of Northwest Quarterly Meeting.
