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

Title

Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 1, 1749-1775

Authors

• Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/129086513)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1775
(Philadelphia, United States, Presbyterian Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1772
• local-identifier: V MI46 P533c v. 1

Publisher

Presbyterian Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Congregational minutes from 1749, 1751 to 1755, and 1759 to 1772 run through page 163 of this bound manuscript, then the trustee minutes from January 1773 to January 1775 begin at the back of the book, upside down, and continue until page 164. Entries note the date and place of meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: the purchase of new grounds and building of a new meeting house; the assignment of pews and pew rents and later a rise in pew rents to help the church out of debt; fees for baptisms and terms for burials; the choice of a new minister; discipline of members for ill behavior; and application for a charter.

Notes

• Alternative Title: Second Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1749-1772
   

Extent

178 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 finance
• Church management
• Church discipline
• Presbyterians
• Church buildings
• Cemeteries
• Pews and pew rights
• Corporate minutes
• Church committees
• Church membership
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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