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

Title

Vestry minutes, Christ Church, St. Peter's Church, and St. James's Church, v. 4, 1816-1826

Authors

• United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/136497827)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

ChristChurch.MinuteBooks_v4
(Philadelphia, United States, Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.MinuteBooks_v4
• local-identifier: 1.1.0.4, v4

Publisher

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Meeting minutes of the vestry of the United Churches of Christ Church, St. Peter's Church and St. James's Church from 1816 to 1826. Each entry records the date and place of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Topics include: the election of church leaders; the hiring, duties and salaries of church staff such as minister, organist, clerk, sexton, and bell ringer; reports from committees responsible for tasks such as locating new land to rent, securing insurance, and managing the church hospital; the upkeep of buildings and burial grounds; and the ongoing management of church finances, including bequests.

Extent

211 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

• Parish elections
• Church records and registers
• Church finance
• Corporate minutes
• Church management
• Church buildings
• Cemeteries
• Church committees
• Episcopalians
• Hospitals
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Episcopal Church

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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