Metadata
Title
Pew rents, Christ Church, St. Peter's and St. James's, 1809 September
Date
1809-09
Digital Identifier
ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v281
Call Number
v281
Description
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church, St. Peter's Church and St. James's Church in September 1809. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book; St. Peter's pew rents start after page 24 with a new page 1, and St. James's pew rents start on the following page 26.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Extent
71 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
IIIF Manifest
https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v281/manifest