Collection ID: 0046 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/StGeorge.DavidLakeHisBook1806

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Account book of trustee David Lake. The first two pages date from 1843 to 1844 and appear to be a listing of member's burials, with names and grave locations. The records then begin at 1806 and run to 1827. Lake notes the Church's need to raise money through subscriptions to buy more land for burials, although the page for subscribers' names only lists two people, from 1808. From 1809 to 1812 Lake records the money he paid for clothing on behalf of James Ware, David James, and William Lake. From 1814 to 1827, Lake records the amounts (in number of "coppers") taken out and returned, usually written to cash, but sometimes for services, bills, or specific individuals' names.

Extent

Support

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 finance
• Church fund raising
• Methodists
• Cemeteries
• Burial records
• Methodist Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Manuscripts
• Account books

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

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