Guide to the Female Cent Society, Hopewell, New Jersey Records
Open for research.
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.
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.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| 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 |