Call to Rev. George Duffield, 1771

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Title

Creator

Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1771

Digital Identifier

PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchCalltoRevGeorgeDuffield1771_32_53

Call Number

Map Case 32.53

Description

Following a majority vote by the congregation, the subscribers of Third Presbyterian wrote to Reverend George Duffield requesting he become their new pastor. The letter, dated August 9, 1771, offers him an annual salary of 200 pounds. Duffield accepted the call, and served as pastor at Third Presbyterian until his death in 1790. Duffield also served as chaplain of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.

Subject

Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Presbyterians

Clergy

Duffield, George, 1732-1790

Religious leaders

Presbyterian Church

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Presbyterian Historical Society

Extent

1 page

Format (Original)

Manuscripts

Correspondence

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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Collection

Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Call to Rev. George Duffield, 1771,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed May 7, 2025, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchCalltoRevGeorgeDuffield1771_32_53.