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

Title

Trustees minutes, 1771-1796

Authors

• Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/140838460)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchMinutes1771-1796_Vol1
(Philadelphia, United States, Presbyterian Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchMinutes1771-1796_Vol1
• local-identifier: V MI46 P54t

Publisher

Presbyterian Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Inscribed as "The Pine Street Presbyterian Church Committee Book," this bound volume contains the minutes of the meetings of trustees of Third Presbyterian from 1771 to 1796. Each entry includes the date, place, members present, and business discussed. Topics of the meetings generally include the collection of pew rents, settlement of financial accounts, improvements to the buildings and grounds, and management of charitable funds, as well as more specific entries such as the seasonal adjustment of service times and adoption of a new version of the Psalms. Of particular interest are the minutes pertaining to the call for George Duffield to serve as their new pastor, and the resulting rift with First Presbyterian Church. The bulk of the minutes end on page 168, and pages 174, 175 and 176, which list the books and verses read from during services, are written upside down, so run in reverse chronological order. Note: Prior to 1797, the Trustees were called "the Committee."

Extent

180 pages;

Support

Paper

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 records and registers
• Corporate minutes
• Presbyterians
• Pews and pew rights
• Church finance
• Church committees
• Church management
• Church discipline
• Charity
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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