Pew rents, Christ Church, 1827 September

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church, 1827 September

Date

1827-09

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v312

Call Number

v312

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 September 1827. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats rented, rent rate, arrears, total owed and amount 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

31 pages

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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