Pew rents, Christ Church, 1827 March

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church, 1827 March

Date

1827-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v311

Call Number

v311

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 in March 1827. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, rent rate, arrears, total due and sums paid. Pews in the gallery are listed separately, with new page numbering.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

32 pages

Format (Original)

Account books
Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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