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

Title

Congregational minutes, 1795-1806

Authors

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

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806
(Atlanta, United States, American Baptist Historical Society)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806

Publisher

American Baptist Historical Society

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1795 to 1806. Topics include but are not limited to: collection of pew rent and management of donations and legacies; payments to church employees such as the minister and sexton; payments for goods such as candles and firewood and services such as the printing of minutes and pamphlets; repairs and improvements to church buildings and burial grounds; baptism and transfer of members, as well as exclusions for poor conduct; charitable gifts to other churches and to the poor; and resolutions for improved record-keeping.

Extent

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

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century
• 19th century

Licenses

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