Description of Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798: Session minutes, 1744–1798 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Presbyterian Historical Society 2019-11-22 2019-11-22 These images and the content of Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798: Session minutes, 1744–1798 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.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798: Session minutes, 1744–1798. 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 Session Minutes, 1744-1798 Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project ATLA Digital Library United States Philadelphia Presbyterian Historical Society PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798 https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798 V MI46 P533s The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. In this bound volume, the Session is referred to as the Consistory until 1767. Meeting minutes run from 1744 to 1798, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor, with the bulk of entries concerning resolution of conflicts between church members and discipline of church members found guilty of offenses such as drinking, fighting, theft, slander and adultery. English Session minutes, 1744–1798 Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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