Description of Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchActReestablishingCharter1780: Act re-establishing the charter, 1780 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Presbyterian Historical Society 2019-11-18 2019-11-18 These images and the content of Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchActReestablishingCharter1780: Act re-establishing the charter, 1780 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.SecondPresbyterianChurchActReestablishingCharter1780: Act re-establishing the charter, 1780. 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. Alternative Title: Second Presbyterian Church, Act Reestablishing Charter, 1780 Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project ATLA Digital Library United States Philadelphia Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchActReestablishingCharter1780 https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchActReestablishingCharter1780 RG 33-1-41 During the American Revolution, the trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church found it difficult to gather the quorum required by their original charter in order to conduct church business. They also desired the freedom to hold property in a greater amount than allowed for in the original charter. This document reaffirms the charter of Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, while also allowing for a smaller quorum and increased investments. English Act re-establishing the charter, 1780 Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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