Collection ID: 0034 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.) (http://viaf.org/viaf/139662090)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• local-identifier: 3.4.3.1, v221

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Pew rent registers were maintained at Christ Church and indeed many churches in the 18th and 19th centuries. The records document pew rents collected and from whom. Some volumes note where individuals sat and their home addresses. This particular journal indicates rents due in September, 1778, for Christ Church. Book openings after p. 15 are blank and were not digitized.

Support

Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)

Subjects topical

• Pews and pew rights
• Church finance
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Account books
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century
• Accounts

Licenses

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