Collection ID: 0035 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Vestry minutes, 1792-1797

Authors

• St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/159521020)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

EpiscopalDiocese.StPaulVestryMinutes1792-1797
(Philadelphia, United States, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/EpiscopalDiocese.StPaulVestryMinutes1792-1797

Publisher

Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1792 to 1797. Each entry includes the date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Many entries include wardens' accounts, as reports from the committee appointed to examine those accounts. Other topics include: elections to the vestry and the appointment of wardens and sextons; the management of pews and of the church graveyard; the departure of one minister and need to secure a new one; and the presentation of an act of incorporation to the state assembly for ratification in 1795.

Notes

• Alternative Title: St. Paul Vestry Minutes, 1792-1797
   

Extent

84 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
• Church committees
• Church buildings
• Church finance
• Church management
• Churchwardens' accounts
• Episcopalians
• Cemeteries
• Pews and pew rights
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Episcopal Church

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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