Description of Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1791-1792_Vol5: Pew rent books, 1791-1792, v. 5 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Presbyterian Historical Society 2019-08-22 2019-08-22 These images and the content of Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1791-1792_Vol5: Pew rent books, 1791-1792, v. 5 are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Presbyterian Historical Society has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1791-1792_Vol5: Pew rent books, 1791-1792, v. 5. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project ATLA Digital Library United States Philadelphia Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1791-1792_Vol5 https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1791-1792_Vol5 V MI46 P477px v. 5 The practice of renting pews was common in 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents owed and paid to First Presbyterian from 1791 to 1792. Entries are listed by pew number and congregant name, with dates and amounts paid, and they span two pages, verso and recto. English Pew rent books, 1791-1792, v. 5 First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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United States 18th century Accounts Register Church finance Church records and registers Pews and pew rights Presbyterians Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania--Philadelphia First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Account books Manuscripts