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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+schools">Church schools</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+of+England">Church of England</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Episcopalians">Episcopalians</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Corporate+minutes">Corporate minutes</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This volume holds the oldest known meeting minutes for Christ Church, dating from 1717 to 1760. The vestry is the governing body for the church. Each entry records the date, members present and business discussed. The Lieutenant Governor was often present at early meetings, and the Governor became a member of the vestry in 1718. Topics covered include: elections of wardens and vestrymen; fundraising for a steeple and burial ground; establishment of new pew rents; settlement of various accounts; the need to write to the Bishop of London for a new reverend; application for a charter; and the appointment of a schoolmaster. <br />
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Note: Page 92 was blank and was not scanned.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Vestry minutes, Christ Church, v. 6, 1832-1845]]></dcterms:title>
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+records+and+registers">Church records and registers</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+finance">Church finance</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+Churches+of+Christ-Church+and+St.+Peter%27s+%28Philadelphia%2C+Pa.%29">United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter&#039;s (Philadelphia, Pa.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dorr%2C+Benjamin%2C+1796-1869">Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+bells">Church bells</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+buildings">Church buildings</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+committees">Church committees</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Church+fund+raising">Church fund raising</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Episcopalians">Episcopalians</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Poor">Poor</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/records/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Episcopal+Church.+Diocese+of+Pennsylvania">Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Meeting minutes of the Christ Church vestry from 1832 to 1845. Each entry records the date and place of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Regular business includes the election of church leaders; employment of staff (ministers, clerks, sextons, bellringers and organists); financial matters such as budgeting, fundraising, taxation, insurance and bequests; maintenance of buildings (including the steeple and bells) and burial grounds; management of pew rents; appointments to and reports from various church committees; the operation of Christ Church hospital; and charity for the poor. Of special interest, this volume of minutes also records the beginning years of the ministry of the Reverend Benjamin Dorr.<br />
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Annotated copies of Christ Church&#039;s charter and by-laws are inserted in the beginning of the volume, entitled &quot;Charter of Christ Church in the city of Philadelphia and St. Peter&#039;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.&quot; These documents reflect the separation of Christ Church and St. Peter&#039;s in 1832.]]></dcterms:description>
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