Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Hodge, G. Woolsey, 1845-1929]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Episcopalians]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Hospitals]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]>
As in preceding minute books, topics include the election of church leaders and hiring and payment of staff; appointments to and reports from various church committees; the upkeep of buildings and grounds; the ongoing balancing of financial accounts including ground rents, loans, investments and bequests; the collection of pew rents; and management of the Sunday school and hospital.

Other topics specific to this book include the Rev. Dr. Dorr's declining health and eventual death; the conflict between Rev. Edward Foggo, Rector of Christ Church, and Rev. Woolsey Hodge, minister in charge of the the Christ Church Chapel; and the management of Calvary Church (also known as the Monument to Bishop White.)

The pages tucked into the front of the book are likely attendance records. An index of subjects begins on image 576.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Corporate minutes]]>
This notebook contains the "Minutes of the Committee on the New Burial Ground of First Bapt. Church of Phil. appointed by the Trustees." The committee was charged with "presenting a suitable plan for the arrangement of the ground into burial lots, and of presenting to the Church such suggestions and recommendations as may be found necessary in preparing the way for the removal of the dead from our old ground." The first meeting was recorded on October 31, 1859. The November 11, 1859 entry spans five pages and documents a detailed plan proposed to the church. The Church moved quickly in resolving various concerns, and the minutes conclude in March of 1860.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)]]> St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Church music]]> Church management]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Corporate minutes]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church bells]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Charity]]> Episcopal Church]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopalians]]> Church history]]> Sunday schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Cemeteries]]>
This bound volume contains the dates, members present and business discussed at St. Peters vestry meetings from 1852 to 1871. Topics include but are not limited to: insurance policies on the rectory, house, bells and organ; election of vestrymen, officers, warden and rector; appointments to committees for finance, choir, Sunday school, library, burial grounds and bell; selection of delegates to the Diocesan convention; management of the St. Peters charity fund and Christ Church hospital; and income from pew rent and collections.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Episcopalians]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Charity]]> Poor]]> Church schools]]> Hospitals]]> Church committees]]> Church management]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865]]> Episcopal Church]]>
The meeting minutes from the Spring of 1865 refer to the death of President Abraham Lincoln. The vestry of Christ Church elected to drape the church in black for a period of three months and muffle the church bells to mourn the death of the president.

A copy of the charter separating Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in 1832 is also included in this volume. Note: Blank pages were not scanned.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Church fund raising]]> Missionaries]]> Religious education]]> Sunday schools]]> Charters]]>
Business includes, but is not limited to: collection of pew rents; record keeping; elections to leadership and appointments to committees; resignations, appointments and payment of staff; upkeep of building and grounds; fundraising for the mission society and Sunday school; and preparation of a charter to be reviewed by the state legislature.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Catholics]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]> Church schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Church fund raising]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Charity]]> Episcopalians]]> Church history]]> Corporate minutes]]> Sunday schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Church fund raising]]>
The vestry minutes begin with a copy of the 1832 Act by the Pennsylvania legislature which separated Christ Church and St. Peter's Church into two separate entities. Minutes from the vestry meetings from 1832 to 1852 follow, containing the dates and locations of the meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the settlement of separate financial accounts following the split from Christ Church, the hiring of a new minister and assistant minister, election of vestrymen and appointment of organist and choir, purchase of a new building to house the Sunday school, collection of pew rents, improvement of burial grounds, management of the church's charity fund, and committee reports.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Church management]]> Church bells]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church fund raising]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Hospitals]]> Charity]]> Poor]]> Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania]]> Episcopal Church]]>
Annotated copies of Christ Church's charter and by-laws are inserted in the beginning of the volume, entitled "Charter of Christ Church in the city of Philadelphia and St. Peter's Church, in the city of Philadelphia, As established by an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed January, 1832; together with the proceedings of the respective vestries thereupon." These documents reflect the separation of Christ Church and St. Peter's in 1832.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
This manuscript begins with a list of pastors at First Presbyterian up to 1830, then includes an historical list of elders, followed by a list of communicants, with their dates of admission as well as notes on certificates, dismissals, exclusions and deaths.

Session minutes begin on image 90. They run from 1830 to 1851, and note 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.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Catholics]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]> Church schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Church fund raising]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
Meeting minutes run from 1828 to 1863, and note 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.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopalians]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Church management]]> Hospitals]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Marriage records]]> Persecution]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Religious education]]> Religious literature]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church finance]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church fund raising]]> Church records and registers]]> Methodists]]> Charity]]> Poor]]> Methodist Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church discipline]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Church committees]]> Missionaries]]> Methodist Church]]> Letters]]>
A separate index of the correspondence for 1819 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include several committee reports and discussions related to the development of a missionary society. Also of note, a dispute between the New Mills and Burlington circuits, which had previously been one circuit, over the profits from sale of the once-shared parsonage.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)]]> St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Articles of incoporation]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church management]]> Corporate minutes]]>
Note: a copy of the "act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael's in the city of Trenton" dated January 28, 1818 opens the manuscript.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church committees]]> Church membership]]>
Meeting minutes run from 1817 to 1841, and note 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.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Quaker women]]> Women and religion]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Quaker women]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Women and religion]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Episcopalians]]> Hospitals]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Cemeteries]]> Religious education]]> Religious literature]]> Church management]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Temperance]]> Correspondence]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Quaker women]]> Women and religion]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Quaker women]]> Women and religion]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Catholics]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]> Church schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Church fund raising]]>
Front matter includes a map of the pews and list of pewholders of Old St. Mary's, a copy of the act of incorporation, and the trustees' rules for management of the church.

Meeting minutes begin on image 46, and each dated entry includes a list of attendees and a description of the topics covered. Topics include but are not limited to: election, appointment, and payment of church staff; management of the church finances, buildings, school and burial ground; pew rentals; and reports from committees.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Quaker women]]> Women and religion]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church discipline]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Church committees]]> Methodist Church]]> Letters]]>
A separate index of the correspondence for 1811 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include many discussions of members' misbehavior, as well as some committee reports.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Church membership]]> Church schools]]> Churchwardens' accounts]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Charity]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church discipline]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Church committees]]> Methodist Church]]> Letters]]>
A separate index of the correspondence for 1810 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include an accounting from the Committee of Claims.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
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.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Quaker women]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Women and religion]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Missionaries]]> Church committees]]>
Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including the funding of missionary work and financial assistance to the poor; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.

The history of First Presbyterian is sketched out on the verso of the first flyleaf, and the first few pages of the notebook contains a list of members from 1807. A list of communicants runs from image 116 to image 147, followed by several pages of certifications for members in good standing, and a list of members who had moved to other churches.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Marriage records]]> Persecution]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Religious education]]> Religious literature]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Church fund raising]]> Church discipline]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Quaker women]]> Women and religion]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church discipline]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Church committees]]> Methodist Church]]> Letters]]>
A separate index of the correspondence for 1805 exists and is scanned separately. Letters from this year include many discussions of members' misbehavior, as well as an annual statement from the Committee of Claims.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Religious education]]> Temperance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Indians of North America]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Corporate minutes]]> Correspondence]]> Marriage records]]> Persecution]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Religious education]]> Religious literature]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Church records and registers]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church discipline]]> Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816]]> Church finance]]> Church committees]]> Religious leaders]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Corporate minutes]]>
An index of names, compiled from the records in 1868, appears at the rear of the book.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]>