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

Title

Vestry minutes, Christ Church, v.6, 1832-1845

Authors

• Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (http://viaf.org/viaf/123165129)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

ChristChurch.MinuteBooks_v6
(Philadelphia, United States, Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.MinuteBooks_v6
• local-identifier: 1.1.0.6, v6

Publisher

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Meeting minutes of the Christ Church vestry from 1832 to 1845. Each entry records the date and place of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Regular business includes the election of church leaders; employment of staff (ministers, clerks, sextons, bellringers and organists); financial matters such as budgeting, fundraising, taxation, insurance and bequests; maintenance of buildings (including the steeple and bells) and burial grounds; management of pew rents; appointments to and reports from various church committees; the operation of Christ Church hospital; and charity for the poor. Of special interest, this volume of minutes also records the beginning years of the ministry of the Reverend Benjamin Dorr. Annotated copies of Christ Church's charter and by-laws are inserted in the beginning of the volume, entitled "Charter of Christ Church in the city of Philadelphia and St. Peter's Church, in the city of Philadelphia, As established by an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed January, 1832; together with the proceedings of the respective vestries thereupon." These documents reflect the separation of Christ Church and St. Peter's in 1832.

Extent

315 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
• Church management
• Church bells
• Church buildings
• Church committees
• Church fund raising
• Episcopalians
• Cemeteries
• Pews and pew rights
• Hospitals
• Charity
• Poor
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
• Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania
• Episcopal Church

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

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