ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813 Congregational minutes, 1806-1813
Title
Congregational minutes, 1806-1813Authors
- First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/138474365)
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813(Atlanta, United States, American Baptist Historical Society)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
American Baptist Historical SocietyLanguage
EnglishOrigin
1806-1813
- Place
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United States
Summary
Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1806 to 1813. Topics include but are not limited to: income from pew rents, house rents, legacies, and donations; baptism, dismission, and transfer of members; exclusion of members for bad behavior and readmission upon repentance; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including fundraising for enlargement of the meeting house; payments to the minister and the appointment of a librarian; purchases of firewood, candles, and curtains; and charity for the poor, including funeral expenses for orphans and the loan of stoves to recent widows.
Extent
265 pages;Support
PaperRelated 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 management
- Church fund raising
- Church discipline
- Church membership
- Church committees
- Church buildings
- Church finance
- Poor
- Charity
- Pews and pew rights
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genres
- Minutes (Records)
- Manuscripts
Keywords
- 19th century
Licenses
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