Collection ID: 0040 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Orphans book, 1795

Authors

• First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/138474365)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

ABHS.FBCOrphansBook1795
(Atlanta, United States, American Baptist Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCOrphansBook1795

Publisher

American Baptist Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

On February 16, 1795, the members of First Baptist Church established "a fund for the relief of Orphans and other indigent Persons." This bound manuscript contains details of how the fund was established and administered, and a list of members who paid an annual contribution to the fund in order to insure those in their charge would receive aid upon their death. Identifying information includes subscriber names, parents' names, birthdates, birthplaces, contributions paid and dates of death.

Extent

46 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
• Poor
• Poverty
• Baptists
• Orphans
• Church finance
• Registers of births, etc
• Charity
• Church fund raising
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Registers (Lists)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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