Correspondent

 

OFFICE DETAILS

Name

Correspondent

Correspondents were the Friends who facilitated correspondence among meetings.

The yearly meeting correspondent handled mail for the yearly meeting and for the Meeting for Sufferings. (S)he gathered incoming mail, read it, and delivered the mail to the appropriate person. The correspondent also collected outgoing mail to send to the appropriate person. At any given time, Ohio YM had from zero to three correspondents. The minutes appointing someone as correspondent were not always recorded, as on occasion someone was released from this service who had not been officially appointed. The position of YM correspondent was more important when the YM Clerk did not live at Mount Pleasant (prior to 1878) or Stillwater (after 1878).

Monthly Meeting correspondents were appointed by Ohio YM from 1828 until 1921 and by the MMs from 1922 until 1962. They performed the same duties as the YM correspondent, with one additional duty: the MM correspondent added his signature to all outgoing mail as evidence of its authenticity. MM correspondents tended to serve for long periods of time, much longer than clerks. This position was created at the time of the Hicksite division to help ensure that incoming and outgoing certificates were approved by the appropriate bodies.

 

OTHER OFFICE TYPES

Clerk

Minister

Elder

Overseer

Assistant Clerk

Treasurer

Convenor

Trustee

Recorder

Librarian

Caretaker

 

SAMPLE APPOINTMENTS

Ohio YM Correspondent 1949-2018

Westland MM Correspondent 1828-1865

Redstone MM Correspondent 1828-1855

Short Creek MM Correspondent 1828-1960

Upper Springfield MM Correspondent 1828-

Marlborough MM Correspondent 1828-1855

Pasadena MM Correspondent 1895-

Coal Creek MM Correspondent 1864-

Providence MM Correspondent 1828-1869

Plainfield MM Correspondent 1835-1865

Sandy Spring MM Correspondent 1820-1873

Chesterfield MM Correspondent 1838-1915

Chesterfield MM Correspondent 1915-1963

Carmel MM Correspondent 1828-1854

Deerfield MM Correspondent 1828-1835

Sewickley MM Correspondent 1866-1874

Winona MM Correspondent 1958-1962

Somerset MM Correspondent 1828-1962

Fairhope MM Correspondent 1919-1962

Smithfield MM Correspondent 1828-1855

Pennsville MM Correspondent 1835-1904

Plymouth MM Correspondent 1851-1897

Flushing MM Correspondent 1828-1960

Stillwater MM Correspondent 1828-1962

Springville MM Correspondent 1865-

Salem MM Correspondent 1828-1957

 


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