Pew rent books, 1790, v. 4

Metadata

Title

Creator

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1790

Digital Identifier

PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1790_Vol4

Call Number

V MI46 P477px v. 4

Description

The practice of renting pews was common in 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 owed and paid to First Presbyterian in 1790. Entries are listed by pew number and congregant name, with dates and amounts paid, and they span two pages, verso and recto.

Subject

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Church finance

Church records and registers

Pews and pew rights

Presbyterians

Presbyterian Church

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Presbyterian Historical Society

Extent

38 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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IIIF Manifest

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Collection

First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew rent books, 1790, v. 4,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed December 22, 2024, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1790_Vol4.