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

Title

Session minutes, 1744–1798

Authors

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

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798
(Philadelphia, United States, Presbyterian Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutes1744-1798
• local-identifier: V MI46 P533s

Publisher

Presbyterian Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

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.

Notes

• Alternative Title: Second Presbyterian Church Session Minutes, 1744-1798
   

Extent

135 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 discipline
• Church finance
• Church management
• Corporate minutes
• Presbyterians
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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