Pew rents, Christ Church, 1836

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church, 1836

Date

1836

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v323

Call Number

v323

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 1836. Rents from March are listed first, followed by rents from September. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats rented, rent rate, arrears, total owed and amount paid.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

42 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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