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Rough Minutes of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting 1802-1849

This collections contains ten books, each approximately 17 cm x 21 cm. The books are bound in paper covers and are stitched with thread. The 1845-1849 volume is bound with wallpaper decorated with blue flowers. They contain the notes taken during meetings, from which the official meeting minutes were created. The minutes record complaints brought against individuals for violations of accepted conduct and the steps the community took to resolve them. The complaints were often about matters such as excessive drinking, quarreling, marrying outside the Friends community, and swearing.
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Rough Minutes of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting 1802-1849

Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Lincoln, VA
This collections contains ten books, each approximately 17 cm x 21 cm. The books are bound in paper covers and are stitched with thread. The 1845-1849 volume is bound with wallpaper decorated with blue flowers. They contain the notes taken during meetings, from which the official meeting minutes were created. The minutes record complaints brought against individuals for violations of accepted conduct and the steps the community took to resolve them. The complaints were often about matters such as excessive drinking, quarreling, marrying outside the Friends community, and swearing.

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