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From: Alan Crosman< >
Subject: Re: Quaker Calendar
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:54:56 -0500

At 12:48 PM 1/2/97, Elke Hall wrote:
>When entering Quaker dates, is 2 mo. 4, 1694 the same as Feb. 4, 1694? I
>seem to remember having read some peculiarities about the Quaker dates? I
>don't want to make a mistake, can somebody explain the system to me? Thanks.
>Elke

Probably not if you are looking at original source information. It is not
strictly a Quaker problem, but the English did not adopt the "new" calendar
of the Cathlic church until abut 1752. Under the traditional system, the
year started with the vernal equinox in March, so that March was usually
considered the first month of the year, April second and Feb 12th. 2 mo 4
would be April 4, 1694 if it is a English date written by Quakers. Since
Quakers did not use names of Roman and Greek gods when referring to days or
months, you are looking for the second month of the year, April in this
case.

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