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Organization name Pelham Friends meeting
Date founded 1799
Org type Local meeting
Bio notes Friends from the United States migrated to Upper Canada after the American Revolution. The earliest meetings at Pelham and Black Creek on the Niagara Penninsula were had no official recognition until 1799 when they became a distant part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. In 1810, these meetings were transferred to Canada Half Yearly Meeting, a part of New York Yearly Meeting.
See also New York Yearly meeting of Friends
Citations quakermeetings.com

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Isaac Coates Journal of Journeys to the Indian Country