%eadnotat; ]> 4011buau An Inventory of the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records, 1830-1845 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. before 1967 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records, 1830-1845 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2000 Descriptive Summary Records, 1830-1845 RG 4/011 Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) 1 box; 0.25 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage “the frequent and serious perusal of them”, and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents”. All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body, which in turn provided the Auxiliary with Bibles or testaments to sell or to distribute in their vicinity. According to the Annual Reports of the Bible Association of Friends in America, the Bucks Auxiliary ceased to operate in 1857. This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, reports and financial records of the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, together with a manuscript genealogy of the Moon family, compiled by the donor.

Repository:

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage” the frequent and serious perusal of them,” and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents.”

All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body, which in turn provided the Auxiliary with Bibles or testaments to sell or to distribute in their vicinity. According to the Annual Reports of the Bible Association of Friends in America, the Bucks Auxiliary ceased to operate in 1857.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, reports and financial records of the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, together with ms. genealogy of the Moon family.

The collection is organized into five series. The series are:

Minutes Corresponding Committee Reports Correspondence Financial Records

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Charles H. Moon

Date: 12/1934

 Access

The collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records, RG 4/011, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Bible -- Publications and distribution -- Pennsylvania Bible -- Publication and distribution -- Societies, etc. Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Charities -- Records. Quaker -- Societies, etc. Bucks County (Pa.) -- Churches and religious affairs -- Quaker Bucks County (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Religion Pennsylvania -- Churches and religious affairs -- Quaker Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Religion Moon family -- Genealogy Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1 Minutes, 1831-1837 1 Ser. 2 Corresponding Committee Minutes, includes manuscript genealogy of the Moon family. 1830-1840 1 Ser. 3 Reports Reports by individual members and by committees on the number of Bibles distributed. Arranged chronologically. 1834-1836, n.d. 1 Ser. 4 Correspondence Correspondence, includes two letters from the Bible Association of Friends in America, with which the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association was affiliated. 1830-1839 1 Ser. 5 Financial Records Financial Records, includes Treasurer's book with list of contributions. Also loose papers: receipts, expenditures, lists of Bibles sold and in stock. 1830-1845, n.d. 1