Metadata
Title
Session minutes, 1809-1828
Date
1809/1828
Digital Identifier
PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutesV1_1809-1828
Description
The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church.
This manuscript begins with a brief history of Third Presbyterian, followed by an alphabetical list of "members in full communion." Meeting minutes begin on image 19 and run from 1809 to 1828. Each entry notes the date, members present, and business discussed.
Business includes: elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
Please note there are some page numbering irregularities in the original manuscript; image numbers will provide better identification of each page.
This manuscript begins with a brief history of Third Presbyterian, followed by an alphabetical list of "members in full communion." Meeting minutes begin on image 19 and run from 1809 to 1828. Each entry notes the date, members present, and business discussed.
Business includes: elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
Please note there are some page numbering irregularities in the original manuscript; image numbers will provide better identification of each page.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
172 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Thumbnail
IIIF Manifest
https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/PHS.ThirdPresbyterianChurchSessionMinutesV1_1809-1828/manifest
