Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records
1679-2002
MS 902 S2638
15 vols., 3 boxes
6.5 linear feet
Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
One of the first quarterly meetings to be established within the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Sandwich has been conducting meetings for business since 1705, with meetings for worship extending back to as early as 1680. Sandwich Quarterly oversees monthly meetings primarily in Bristol County, Mass., Cape Cod, and the Islands. The Wilburite Sandwich Quarterly separated in 1845 and remained apart until the general reunion of Friends in New England in 1945.
Spanning more than three centuries, the records of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting contain a nearly complete run of minutes of meetings, records of Ministers and Elders, and other miscellaneous materials.
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Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930.
Photo by Alton H. Blackington
One of the first quarterly meetings to be established within the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Sandwich has been conducting meetings for business since 1705, with meetings for worship extending back to as early as 1680. Sandwich Quarterly oversees monthly meetings primarily in Bristol County, Mass., Cape Cod, and the Islands. The Wilburite Sandwich Quarterly separated in 1845 and remained apart until the general reunion of Friends in New England in 1945.
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: constituent meetings
- Acoaxet Monthly (1788-1812): became Westport
- Allen's Neck Monthly (1956-present)
- Apponegansett Worship Group (?-present)
- Barnstable Monthly (2006- )
- Dartmouth Monthly at Smith's Neck (1788-present)
- Lower Cape Worship Group (?-present)
- Marion Monthly (1973-1992)
- Marion Worship Group (1970-1973)
- Martha's Vineyard Monthly (1984-present)
- Mattapoisett Monthly (1992-present)
- Nantucket Monthly (1781-1867)
- Nantucket Worship Group (1990-?)
- Nantucket Northern District Monthly (1794-1829)
- New Bedford Monthly
- Pembroke Monthly (1736-1876)
- Rhode Island Monthly (1951-1960)
- Sandwich Monthly (1705-present)
- Scituate Monthly (1705-1735): became Pembroke Monthly
- Swansea Monthly (1951-present)
- West Falmouth Preparative (?-present)
- Westport Monthly (1788-present)
- Yarmouth Preparative
Spanning more than three centuries, the records of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting contain a nearly complete run of minutes of meetings, records of Ministers and Elders, and other miscellaneous materials.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records (MS 902 S2638). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
This collection is part of the New England Yearly Meeting Records.
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Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.
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New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--Massachusetts
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Massachusetts--Religious life and customs
Minutes (Administrative records)
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1679-2002
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's and joint minutes1679-1937
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's meeting1679 July-1804 Dec.Bound vol.
09:D2Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's meeting1705 Mar.-1779 Nov.Bound vol.
09:D2Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's meeting1805 Mar.-1841 Dec.Bound vol.
09:D2Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's meeting1842 Apr.-1887 Apr.Bound vol.
09:D2Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's and Joint meetings1887-1937Bound vol.
Women's minutes1701-1899
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Women's meeting1701 Aug.-1886 Dec.Bound vol.
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Women's meeting1886 Apr.-1899 Dec.Bound vol.
Joint minutes1937-2002
09:D2Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1937-1986Bound vol.
11Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1988-1989
12Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1989-1990
13Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1991
14Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1992
15Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1993
16Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1994
17Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes1995-1998
21Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes2000
22Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes2001
23Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes2002
Worship and ministry
1741-1980
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Ministers and Elders1741 Aug.-1792 Mar.Bound vol.
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Ministers and Elders1792 June-1829 JulyBound vol.
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Ministers and Elders1829 Sept.-1849 Oct.Bound vol.
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Select Meeting1849-1924Bound vol.
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Oversight1923-1980Bound vol.
Finance and property
1791-1881
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Treasurer1791-1881Bound vol.
Miscellaneous
1806-1945
09:D1Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Bible School Conference1886-1925Bound vol.
24George H. Kelly v. Thomas P. Nichols. Newport (R.I.). Supreme Court1889-1891Pamphlet
25Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: New England Yearly Meeting (Women): Epistles1845-1859
26Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Paper relative to the separation of New Bedford and Mattapoisett Monthly Meeting1988-1991
MergedSandwich Quarterly Meeting: (In same box: Nantucket (Gurneyite and Wilburite), Sandwich Quarterly, Nantucket (Otisite))1845-1945Box: 0.5 lin. ft.
09:C5Sandwich Monthly: London Yearly Meeting
Epistles1806-1812Bound vol.