Pew rents, Christ Church, 1840

Metadata

Title

Creator

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1840

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v327

Call Number

v327

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 1840. 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.

Subject

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

47 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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Collection

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew rents, Christ Church, 1840,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed December 22, 2024, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v327.