Collection ID: 0036 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

General committee meeting minutes, 1747-1772

Authors

• First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/139528580)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchMinutes1747-1772
(Philadelphia, United States, Presbyterian Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchMinutes1747-1772

Publisher

Presbyterian Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Meeting minutes begin with the names of members elected for the Committee in May of 1747, and go on to document the dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted. Topics covered include financial matters such as account balances, collections, payments to those employed by the church, and pew rents; charity, including a very active widows' fund; and repairs and upgrades such as new roof shingles and a new velvet cover for the pulpit. The minutes also contain discussion of the need for a second church building to accommodate a growing congregation, and the eventual split with Third Presbyterian ("the Pine Street church.")

Extent

186 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
• Presbyterians
• Corporate minutes
• Church management
• Church finance
• Church fund raising
• Pews and pew rights
• Church buildings
• Church committees
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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