Collection ID: 0040 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Congregational minutes, 1786-1791

Authors

• First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/138474365)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791
(Atlanta, United States, American Baptist Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791

Publisher

American Baptist Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1786 to 1791. Topics include but are not limited to: baptism, admission, exclusion, readmission, and transfer of members; discipline for drinking, fraud, or holding to the doctrine of universal salvation; building construction and repairs; management of the burial ground; election of deacons; income from legacies, donations, pew money and burial money; and relief for the poor, including widows and orphans.

Extent

82 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
• Corporate minutes
• Baptists
• Church buildings
• Church finance
• Church management
• Church membership
• Church discipline
• Poor
• Charity
• Pews and pew rights
• Church fund raising
• Church committees
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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