Collection ID: 0041 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Vestry minutes, 1765-1840

Authors

• Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/267021391)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

GloriaDei.VestryMinutes1765-1840
(Philadelphia, United States, Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/GloriaDei.VestryMinutes1765-1840

Publisher

Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Meeting minutes of the vestry of the United Swedish Lutheran Churches of Wicaco (Gloria Dei), Kingsessing and Upper Merion. The book begins with a partial index of contents, then the charter of incorporation for the three churches. Meeting minutes start in 1765, and include the date, list of attendees, and business discussed. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: election of vestrymen and selection of other church employees such as wardens, clerks and deacons; filling and supporting the position of minister; management of church finances, including rents and deeds; establishing rules for the management of the cemetery and assignment of pews; communications with Swedish royalty and church leaders in Europe; appointing committees and receiving their reports; assisting widows and the sick and poor of the congregations; and mediating conflict. Many of the early entries concern the vestry's defense of minister, Dr. Carl Magnus Wrangel.

Extent

444 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

• Corporate minutes
• Church records and registers
• Lutherans
• Church management
• Charters
• Poor
• Charity
• Church finance
• Church discipline
• Sweden
• Church committees
• Cemeteries
• Pews and pew rights
• Lutheran Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786

Genres

• Minutes (Records)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century
• 19th century

Licenses

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