| Organization name | Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends |
| Date founded | 1672 |
| Org type | Yearly meeting |
| Bio notes | What became Baltimore Yearly Meeting opened in 1672 as the Half Yearly Meeting held at West River and "Tredhaven" (Third Haven). It became Maryland Half-Yearly Meeting in 1763, and began to hold only one annual meeting in 1774. The name "The Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Baltimore Town for the Western Shore of Maryland and Adjacent Areas of Pennsylvania and Virginia" (commonly rendered as "Baltimore Yearly Meeting") was adopted in 1790 when BYM transferred the Eastern Shore Quarterly Meeting of Friends to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and accepted the transfer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Fairfax and Warrington Quarterly Meeting of Friendss. They accepted the transfer of Nottingham Quarterly Meeting of Friends from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1819. |
| Citations | https://quakermeetings.com |
A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Baltimore for Promoting the Improvement and Civilization of the Indian Natives
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Journal of Joshua Evans 1795-1796 (E)
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy