Pew rent account book, 1832-1834

Metadata

Title

Pew rent account book, 1832-1834

Date

1832/1834

Digital Identifier

StPeter.RentRoll1832-1834

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 contains the pew rentals for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church from 1832 to 1834. Each listing includes pew number, name of renter, number of seats rented, seat rate, arrears, and total paid.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Extent

126 pages

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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