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

Title

Pew rent records, v. 4, 1788-1789

Authors

• Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/140838460)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchPewRentRecords1788-1789
(Philadelphia, United States, Presbyterian Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchPewRentRecords1788-1789
• local-identifier: V MI46 P4p v. 4

Publisher

Presbyterian Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

The practice of renting pews was common in 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. The majority of this bound manuscript is devoted to recording pew rents paid to Third Presbyterian from 1787 to 1789. Entries are usually listed by pew number and congregant name, with dates and amounts paid, and for most of the book they span two pages, verso and recto. A few pages towards the beginning of the manuscript contain records of payments to individuals and annual collection totals, dating from 1765 to 1769.

Extent

96 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 finance
• Pews and pew rights
• Presbyterians
• Church records and registers
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Account books
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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