Collection ID: 0036 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/139528580)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1783-1785_Vol1
• local-identifier: V MI46 P477px v. 1

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

The practice of renting pews was common in 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents owed and paid to First Presbyterian from 1783 to 1785. For most of the book, entries are listed by pew number and congregant name, with dates and amounts paid, and they span two pages, verso and recto. The last few pages of the book contain notes written upside down, starting from the back and running backwards chronologically.

Extent

Support

Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)
• ATLA Digital Library (https://dl.atla.com/collections/philadelphia-congregations-early-records-project)

Subjects topical

• Church finance
• Church records and registers
• Pews and pew rights
• Presbyterians
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Account books
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century
• Accounts
• Register

Licenses

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