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
EnglishSummary
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
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