Guide to the Female Cent Society, Hopewell, New Jersey Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

Female Cent Society, Hopewell, New Jersey Records

Inclusive Dates

1814-1823, 1953

Call Number

RG 341

Creator(s)

Female Cent Society (Hopewell, N.J.)

Quantity

0.15 cubic feet (4 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The first meeting of the Female Cent Society was held in the home of Abigail Van Doren in 1814. The Society's purposes were twofold; to provide financial assistance to young men matriculating at the newly founded Princeton Theological Seminary, and to develop a circulating library among its members. In order to maintain memberships, women paid six cents immediately and thereafter one cent per week. Some of the money was used to expand the library, and the rest was sent to Princeton for the aid of needy students.

Collection Overview

This collection includes a bound volume of records of the Cent Society from its first meeting in 1814 to its ninth annual meeting in 1823. Included are minutes, the constitution, and membership lists. Also included are a few loose pages of poetry and notes which were found in the book, and a typed transcript of the records which was done when they were edited for publication in the Journal of Presbyterian History in 1953.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Female Cent Society (Hopewell, N.J.)

Princeton Theological Seminary.

Topical Subject

Women in church work--New Jersey.

Seminarians--Finance, Personal.

Genre-form

Minutes (administrative records) aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 341
1	2	Constitution, Minutes, Member Lists (original bound records), 1814-1823
1	3	Loose Pages from Record Book, undated
1	4	Transcript of Bound Records, 1953

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Guide to the Female Cent Society, Hopewell, New Jersey Records

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