1 50 165 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Historic St. George’s United Methodist Church of Philadelphia is the oldest Methodist Church in America. Located in Philadelphia, the Church was founded by Captain Thomas Webb and the Methodist Society of Philadelphia in 1769 for the purpose of practicing Methodist religion. In December of 1769, a Missionary of John Wesley, Joseph Pilmore, held the first prayer meeting at church followed later by Thomas Coke and Bishop Francis Asbury. Bishop Asbury was the first pastor of St. George’s United Methodist Church and ordained as many as 35 ministers in the Methodist faith within America during his travels. Two African Americans, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, licensed as lay preachers of Methodism eventually left the church because of racial tensions and formed two new congregations. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones turned to the Episcopal faith and established St. Thomas’ African Episcopal Church. St. George’s is known as “the church that moved the bridge” as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge was rerouted in the 1920s, so the Church would not be demolished by its construction. St. George’s records consist of conference letters, account books, baptism, death, and marriage records as well as Journals, Diaries, etc. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account book, 1769-1774 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StGeorge.AsburyAccountBook1769-1774 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StGeorge.AsburyAccountBook1769-1774/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StGeorge.AsburyAccountBook1769-1774.001.Cover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StGeorge.AsburyAccountBook1769-1774.001.Cover.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Account book, 1769 – 1774 for travelling expenses for Mr. Asbury Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1769/1774 Description An account of the resource "A Book... For the Collections & etc. to Defray the Expences of the Methodist Meeting House." Entries are listed by date, starting on August 21, 1769 and ending on July 14, 1774. Date ranges span two pages, with amounts collected on the verso and amounts spent, along with the items or services paid for, on the recto. Listed expenses include: travel, such as hiring horses and paying for room and board; supplies such as candles, nails, wood, paper, clothing, and wine; and services such as laundry, housekeeping, printing, mail, and the drawing up of legal documents. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 89 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Account books Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. St. George's United Methodist Church Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Church records and registers Church finance St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Methodists Methodist Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Historic St. George’s United Methodist Church of Philadelphia is the oldest Methodist Church in America. Located in Philadelphia, the Church was founded by Captain Thomas Webb and the Methodist Society of Philadelphia in 1769 for the purpose of practicing Methodist religion. In December of 1769, a Missionary of John Wesley, Joseph Pilmore, held the first prayer meeting at church followed later by Thomas Coke and Bishop Francis Asbury. Bishop Asbury was the first pastor of St. George’s United Methodist Church and ordained as many as 35 ministers in the Methodist faith within America during his travels. Two African Americans, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, licensed as lay preachers of Methodism eventually left the church because of racial tensions and formed two new congregations. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones turned to the Episcopal faith and established St. Thomas’ African Episcopal Church. St. George’s is known as “the church that moved the bridge” as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge was rerouted in the 1920s, so the Church would not be demolished by its construction. St. George’s records consist of conference letters, account books, baptism, death, and marriage records as well as Journals, Diaries, etc. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account book, 1787-1795 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StGeorge.VariousAccountsApril1787-April1795 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StGeorge.VariousAccountsApril1787-April1795/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StGeorge.VariousAccountsApril1787-April1795.01.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StGeorge.VariousAccountsApril1787-April1795.01.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1787/1795 Description An account of the resource Record of "various accounts" for St. George's Methodist Church from April 1787 to April 1795, including "cash on account of poor" as well as bonds, incidental charges, interests, collections, and payments to individuals. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 48 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Account books Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. St. George's United Methodist Church Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Church records and registers Church finance St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church fund raising Methodists Methodist Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agreement to remove burials to Mount Moriah Cemetery, 1860 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCAgreementRemovalsToMtMoriah1860 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCAgreementRemovalsToMtMoriah1860/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCAgreementRemovalsToMtMoriah1860.001.p01.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCAgreementRemovalsToMtMoriah1860.001.p01.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860 Description An account of the resource Mount Moriah Cemetery was established in 1855, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. As the population grew and land in Philadelphia became scarcer and more valuable, many churches had their burials removed to more rural locations. After moving to a new building to accommodate their growing congregation, First Baptist Church made the decision to remove their burials from the cemetery on Arch Street to Mount Moriah in 1860. This manuscript documents the agreement between the Trustees of First Baptist and a Mr. William Brown that Mr. Brown would "in a good workmanlike manner and according to the best of his art and skill" remove all remains to Mount Moriah. In 2016, human remains were uncovered at the Arch Street site by a construction crew. The effort to identify and re-inter those remains are documented at archstbones.org. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 5 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Contracts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Baptists Burial records Cemeteries Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Presbyterians began gathering for worship in Philadelphia in 1692, sharing a building known as the "Barbadoes Warehouse" at Second and Chestnut streets with Baptists and Congregationalists. In 1698, the congregation officially organized as the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Six years later, the congregation moved to High Street (now Market Street) at the corner of Bank Street, and built the first Presbyterian church building in the city, known as "Old Buttonwood." Both the first American presbytery and the first synod met in this church building. In 1820, the church moved to a new building on the south side of Washington Square where it remained until the late 1920s, when it moved to 15th and Locust streets. In 1949, First and Second Presbyterian Churches united as First with the congregation moving into the Second Presbyterian Church building at 21st and Walnut streets, where the congregation continues today. Records scanned for this project include congregation minutes, pew records, and lists of burials. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alphabetical list with sundry names to be inquired about, 1894 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PHS.PersonsWithFirstChurch1774-ca1803 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/PHS.PersonsWithFirstChurch1774-ca1803/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/PHS.PersonsWithFirstChurch1774-ca1803.01.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/PHS.PersonsWithFirstChurch1774-ca1803.01.FrontCover.jpg Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. RG 35-1-18 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894 Description An account of the resource Bound manuscript with "alphabetical list of sundry names to be inquired about." Dates ranging from 1774 to 1803 are penciled in next to the names, which are written in ink. Also included is a letter dated November 17th, 1894 from a researcher interested in "Pennsylvania's early citizens" and listing approximately 90 names connected with First Presbyterian. Numbers penciled in next to the names refer to the page numbers of the bound manuscript on which the name can be found. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 26 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Presbyterian Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Church membership Presbyterians Presbyterian Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptism certificate of Sarah Sallows, 1762 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCBaptismCertificateSarahSallonis1762 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCBaptismCertificateSarahSallonis1762/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCBaptismCertificateSarahSallonis1762.01.Recto.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCBaptismCertificateSarahSallonis1762.01.Recto.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1762 Description An account of the resource Baptism certificate listing a series of questions about the baptismal candidate's beliefs and commitments, to which she has answered yes. On this profession, Sarah Sallows was baptized by Morgan Edwards in the Schuylkill River on June 22, 1762. Sarah's last name is difficult to discern in this document; she is listed as added to the membership in 1762, with much clearer handwriting, in the Register, 1746-1824. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 leaf Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Baptism and church membership Baptists Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Holy Trinity parish was formed in 1788 at the initiative of German-speaking Catholics who wanted a separate place for worship. Once established, it was the first ethnic parish in the United States. The movement for a separate congregation began when the Germans bought a purchased their own burial ground in 1768. They would also begin keeping separate registers in 1784. The German Catholic Society was organized in 1787 to acquire land for a church as well as for the maintaining of a school. Construction started on the church in in 1788 and the first Mass was held in 1789. The exterior of the church has remained largely unchanged, while the interior was twice destroyed by fire, the first in 1860 and again in 1890. Similar to Old St. Mary’s, Holy Trinity was incorporated with trustees, which led to a conflict with the bishops over the appointing of priests. This conflict would be resolved in 1859, when the original charter was replaced with a new one giving the Bishop more control. In 1797, the parish established America’s first Catholic orphanage for children left homeless by the yellow fever epidemics. The parish closed and combined with Old St. Mary’s in 2009. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms and burials, 1790-1826, bulk 1796-1806 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1798-1806 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1798-1806/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1798-1806.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1798-1806.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790/1826 Description An account of the resource Record of baptisms and burials undertaken by Holy Trinity from 1790 to 1826. The manuscript is in Latin. The first page of the manuscript lists the Trustees of Holy Trinity from 1819 to 1826. Next is a summary of the numbers of "baptismi" (baptisms), "sepultura" (burials) and "matrimonia" (marriages) performed by each "pastore" (shepherd, reverend) from 1790 to 1823. A chronological list of the baptisms performed by Reverend Wilhelmus Elling from 1799 to 1806 begins on image 9 and runs through image 82. Each entry includes name, date of birth, date of baptism, parents' names and names of sponsors. Some entries include the signatures of the parents and sponsors. Image 83 lists all the infants who were buried in 1806. A chronological listing of burials from 1796 to 1798 takes up the remainder of the manuscript. Entries include the date of death, and sometimes place of death. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 88 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Baptismal records Burial records Catholics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms and marriages, 1758-1768, Rev. Ferdinand Farmer Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1758to1768 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1758to1768/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1758to1768.01.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1758to1768.01.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. S. Josephi. Baptismi et matrimonia : ab 1758 ad 1768. Rev. Ferdinand Farmer, S.J. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1758/1768 Description An account of the resource Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit Father Rev. Ferdinand Steinmeyer (Farmer), who came to the colonies in 1752 to minister to German Catholics. He served at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia from 1758 until his death in 1786. In Latin. Note: Some page scans are missing, photographs have been inserted as placeholders until the book can be re-scanned. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 volume (107 pages) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms and marriages, 1769-1786, Rev. Ferdinand Farmer Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1769to1786 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1769to1786/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1769to1786.01.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1769to1786.01.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. S. Josephi. Baptismi et matrimonia : ab 1769 ad 1786. Rev. Ferdinand Farmer, S.J. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1769/1786 Description An account of the resource Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit Father Rev. Ferdinand Steinmeyer (Farmer), who came to the colonies in 1752 to minister to German Catholics. He served at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia from 1758 until his death in 1786. In Latin. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 volume (182 pages) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Farmer, Ferdinand, 1720-1786 Subject The topic of the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Church records and registers Marriage records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms and marriages, 1773-1786, Rev. Robert Molyneux Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1773to1786 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1773to1786/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1773to1786.01.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismsandMarriages1773to1786.01.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1773/1786 Description An account of the resource Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit missionary Father Robert Molyneux, who became pastor of Old St. Joseph's and Old St. Mary's in 1771. Records appear in both the front and rear of this volume. In Latin. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 volume (77 pages) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Molyneux, Robert, 1738-1808 Subject The topic of the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Church records and registers Marriage records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, 1791-1801 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegister1791to1801 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegister1791to1801/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegister1791to1801.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegister1791to1801.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1791/1801 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 volume (469 pages) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site. Archival records scanned as part of this project include vestry minutes, registers, financial, correspondence between the original Swedish parishes and the churches in Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey as well as their "miscellaneous records." Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, 1804-1878 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GloriaDei.BaptismalRecords1804-1878 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/GloriaDei.BaptismalRecords1804-1878/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/GloriaDei.BaptismalRecords1804-1778.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/GloriaDei.BaptismalRecords1804-1778.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1804/1878 Description An account of the resource Baptisms recorded by Nicholas Collin, Director of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania, from 1804 to 1878. Each entry includes the date of baptism, name of the person baptized, his or her date of birth, parents' names, and other information such as whether the baptism was conducted in a private home, the names of known extended family members, adults' occupations and countries of birth, and concerns about the family's financial situation or behavior. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 382 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng swe Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Church records and registers Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Lutherans Episcopalians Lutheran Church Episcopal Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site. Archival records scanned as part of this project include vestry minutes, registers, financial, correspondence between the original Swedish parishes and the churches in Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey as well as their "miscellaneous records." Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, burials, and marriages, 1750-1789, and records of pastors, 1733-1758 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1750-1789 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1750-1789/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1750-1789.001.Cover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/GloriaDei.RecordsMiscellaneous1750-1789.001.Cover.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Records Miscellaneous, 1750-1789 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1733/1789 Description An account of the resource Record of baptisms, burials and marriages performed by Gloria Dei from 1750 to 1789. Entries are not in strict order, and page numbering starts over several times. Records look to be batched by the pastor performing the ceremony as well as by date, and indexes are found throughout, paged in lowercase roman numerals. Baptismal records are found on images 5-67 (1750-1780) and 191-203 (1780-1788). Burial records from are found on images 2-4 (1787-1789) and 177-190 (1750-1776). Marriage records from are found on images 4-5 (1778); 68-158 (1750-1779); and 169-175 (1779-1780); and 204-237 (1779-1789). Although the vast majority of records in this bound volume are baptisms, burials and marriages, images 158 to 168 include accounts of the experiences of several early pastors of Gloria Dei in the 1730s, 1740s and 1750s. These pages include notes from meetings with the congregation and vestry. Some entries are written in Swedish. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 484 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng swe Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Lutherans Baptismal records Marriage records Burial records Registers of births, etc. Clergy Lutheran Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Holy Trinity parish was formed in 1788 at the initiative of German-speaking Catholics who wanted a separate place for worship. Once established, it was the first ethnic parish in the United States. The movement for a separate congregation began when the Germans bought a purchased their own burial ground in 1768. They would also begin keeping separate registers in 1784. The German Catholic Society was organized in 1787 to acquire land for a church as well as for the maintaining of a school. Construction started on the church in in 1788 and the first Mass was held in 1789. The exterior of the church has remained largely unchanged, while the interior was twice destroyed by fire, the first in 1860 and again in 1890. Similar to Old St. Mary’s, Holy Trinity was incorporated with trustees, which led to a conflict with the bishops over the appointing of priests. This conflict would be resolved in 1859, when the original charter was replaced with a new one giving the Bishop more control. In 1797, the parish established America’s first Catholic orphanage for children left homeless by the yellow fever epidemics. The parish closed and combined with Old St. Mary’s in 2009. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1796-1806 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1796-1806 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1796-1806/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1796-1806.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/HolyTrinity.BaptismsMarriagesBurials1796-1806.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1796/1806 Description An account of the resource Record of baptisms, marriages and burials in the congregation of Holy Trinity from 1796 to 1806. Most entries are in Latin or French. Baptisms are listed chronologically from images 11 to 28, then from images 33 to 39. Baptismal records include the date, name of person baptized, pastor, parents, and sponsors. A name index for baptismal records begins on image 91. Some burial information, including the interment of infants and paupers, can be found interspersed in the baptismal records, from images 23 to 25. The names of congregants buried at Holy Trinity are listed by date on images 29 to 32. Marriages records, some quite detailed, are recorded in images 41 to 90. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 104 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource lat fre Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Marriage records Baptismal records Burial records Catholics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, v. 1, 1801-1809 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol1Jan1801toJan1809 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol1Jan1801toJan1809/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol1Jan1801toJan1809.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol1Jan1801toJan1809.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1801/1809 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. 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Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, v. 2, 1809-1823 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol2Jan1809toApr1823 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol2Jan1809toApr1823/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol2Jan1809toApr1823.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol2Jan1809toApr1823.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1809/1823 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. 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Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, v. 3, 1823-1837 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol31823-1837 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol31823-1837/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol31823to1837.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol31823to1837.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1823/1837 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, v. 4, 1835-1867 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol4Jan1835toJan1867 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol4Jan1835toJan1867/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol4Jan1835toJan1867.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol4Jan1835toJan1867.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835/1867 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. 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Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old Saint Joseph’s Church, founded by Jesuits in 1733, was the first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Its present building on Willings Alley was built in 1839 and is unique in having no entrance visible from the street. Because of the anti- Catholic and anti- foreign sentiment in the 19th century, this configuration saved the church, both the present building and the original chapel, during Nativist riots. The first congregation was founded by English Jesuit, Rev. Joseph Greaton, S.J. (1679-1753) Mass was said in a small chapel in his residence. Old St. Joseph’s sacramental records, among the earliest in the nation, record 8,850 baptisms before 1810. The religious tolerance of the Quaker city of Philadelphia allowed the church to grow from its small initial congregation through three centuries to its present diverse and thriving parish. Rev. Felix Joseph Barbelin, S.J. was a pastor and educator who founded Saint Joseph’s College while continuing the work of Father Greaton. He was born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France, May 30, 1808 and died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 8, 1869. After attending French schools and seminaries, he became a Jesuit in Maryland in 1831, and was ordained on Sept. 22, 1835. Father Barbelin was an avid promoter of Catholic Education in Philadelphia. With a Catholic population in the city of 136,000, there was no Catholic secondary school or college. Two buildings fronting on Willings Alley were purchased and in 1851 the clergy house was expanded to Willings Alley and increased to four floors to accommodate a college. Father Barbelin was the first president. Both St. Joseph’s College and St. Joseph’s Preparatory School were founded by Father Barbelin, in 1851. Saint Joseph’s College became Saint Joseph’s University and now houses the archives of Old Saint Joseph’s Church in their library, in Archives and Special Collections. The collection consists of papers, books, objects, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the church, the Jesuits and Catholicism in Philadelphia and neighboring areas, including sacramental records dating back to 1758. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Baptisms, v. 5, 1867-1888 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol5Jan1867toMay1888 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol5Jan1867toMay1888/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol5Jan1867toMay1888.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/SJU.OSJBaptismRegisterVol5Jan1867toMay1888.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867/1888 Description An account of the resource Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 volume (398 pages) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was an outgrowth of the African Church of Philadelphia founded in 1792 by the Free African Society, a mutual aid organization, established in 1787 by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen for the purpose of encouraging religion, literacy, and providing destitute members – especially widows and orphans – with financial assistance. Absalom Jones led the congregation and became the first African American admitted to Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church when Bishop William White ordained him a deacon in 1796 and a priest in 1802. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church which became a separate Methodist denomination. Records consist of vestry minutes, pew rents, birth and baptismal records as well as some records of the Free African Society. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Births and baptisms, 1795-1837, Absalom Jones Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795/1837 Description An account of the resource Absalom Jones was the founder of of St. Thomas. This bound manuscript is a register of births and baptisms performed by Jones from 1796 to 1830. Each record includes the child's date of birth, child's and parents' names, and date of baptism. The record of one marriage performed in 1795 is also included on the first flyleaf of the manuscript. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 160 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Registers (Lists) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 Subject The topic of the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Registers of births, etc. Baptismal records African American churches Episcopal Church African Americans Episcopalians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burial ground expenses, 1768 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCBurialGroundExpenses1768 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCBurialGroundExpenses1768/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCBurialGroundExpenses1768.001.Front.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCBurialGroundExpenses1768.001.Front.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1768 Description An account of the resource One page, front and back, documenting "an account of work and materials" done at First Baptist Church in 1768. Expenses include, for example, supplies such as stone, brick, sand, wood, and nails, and services such as relocating corpses from a bank into the vaults, and building gutters for those vaults. Note: A piece of the page is missing, due to deterioration. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Account books Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Baptists Cemeteries Burial records Church finance Abstract A summary of the resource. This document records expenses for construction and maintenance work at the First Baptist Church burial ground in Philadelphia in 1768. The account is addressed to the Baptist Church and names Joseph Watkins Senior, Benjamin Loxley, Samuel Davis, Thomas Britton, Samuel Miles, and Joseph Watkins Jr. as responsible parties [image 1]. Expenses on the recto include materials such as brick from Isaac Coats (9000 bricks at 24s/) [image 1], lime, sand, oak and pine boards, cedar boards for lining vault doors, nails, hooks, staples, and hinges. Labor costs include digging away a bank, wheeling dirt, moving corpses out of the bank and placing them in vaults, spreading dirt, making centers and coverings for vaults, building gutters, turning arches over vaults, laying stone work, building a common sewer, walling up steps, laying herringbone pavement, and making and hanging vault doors [image 1]. A payment for damage done in Mr. Dunkin's garden is also recorded [image 1]. The total on the recto comes to £87 0s 3½d. The verso contains individual accounts for Joseph Watkins Senior, Benjamin Loxley, Samuel Davis, and Samuel Miles, each debited to Joseph Watkins Jr. for sundries and workmanship related to their vaults [image 2]. The Baptist Church account for the front wall of the vaults, foundation of a little house, return and common sewer, pavement, stopping a gateway, and arching the little house totals £33 17s 6d [image 2]. Per Contra entries record cash payments received between September 1768 and March 1769 [image 2]. Additional itemized expenses include work by Hughes & Crawford on imposts and keys, making centers and coverings, iron hooks, oak scantling, hinges, and vault door construction [image 2]. Credits include cash for moving corpses, hinges and fastenings, and rum [image 2]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site. Archival records scanned as part of this project include vestry minutes, registers, financial, correspondence between the original Swedish parishes and the churches in Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey as well as their "miscellaneous records." Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burials, 1750-1878 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GloriaDei.BurialRecords1750-1878 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/GloriaDei.BurialRecords1750-1878/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/GloriaDei.BurialRecords1750-1878.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/GloriaDei.BurialRecords1750-1878.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1750/1878 Description An account of the resource Record of persons buried by Gloria Dei from 1750 to 1878. Entries are listed chronologically and vary over time, but include at minimum the name of the deceased and the date they were buried, and often more extensive information such as the date and place they died, age at time of death, cause of death, whether they were a church member, names of family members, cost of burial, and, during the time multiple cemeteries were in use, the name of the cemetery where they were buried. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 815 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old St. Mary’s is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Located at 248 S. Fourth Street, it was built in 1763 as a Sunday Church to be used by the parishioners of Old St. Joseph Church. In 1788, the Board of Trustees was incorporated to manage the temporal affairs of the church. After Philadelphia was made a diocese in 1808, Bishop Michael Egan selected Old St. Mary Church as the first Cathedral. Problems would arise between the trustees and the bishops over the appointment of priests. This would eventually lead to the Hogan schism and appeals to the Pope for intervention. After over 20 years of conflict, the third Bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Kenrick temporarily closed in the church 1831 and would later move the Cathedral to St. John the Evangelist in 1838. The early congregation of 222 families was mostly Irish but with 30 German and 15 French. Some of the more distinguished early members were George Meade, great-grandfather to Civil War General George Gordon Meade, the victor at Gettysburg; Revolutionary War naval hero Commodore John Barry; Thomas Fitzsimmons, a signer of the Constitution; and Matthew Carey, a leading publisher in the Federalist era. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers there in October of 1774 and it was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burials, 1823-1843 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OldStMary.Burials1823-1843 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1823-1843/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1823-1843.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1823-1843.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1823/1843 Description An account of the resource Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1823 to 1843. The manuscript begins with new regulations dated January 1, 1844, listing fees for various burial services. Burials are then listed by date beginning on page 3, with name, age at time of death, which ground the decedent was buried in, and fees paid. Notes are included for the purchase of a headstone, and if the decedent was a child, "colored," or poor. Entries from January 1830 onward also note causes of death, which include consumption, worms, whooping cough, scarlet fever, old age, inflammation of bowels, drinking cold water, apoplexy, accident, and dropsy, among others. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 106 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Burial records Catholics Cemeteries Registers of births, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old St. Mary’s is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Located at 248 S. Fourth Street, it was built in 1763 as a Sunday Church to be used by the parishioners of Old St. Joseph Church. In 1788, the Board of Trustees was incorporated to manage the temporal affairs of the church. After Philadelphia was made a diocese in 1808, Bishop Michael Egan selected Old St. Mary Church as the first Cathedral. Problems would arise between the trustees and the bishops over the appointment of priests. This would eventually lead to the Hogan schism and appeals to the Pope for intervention. After over 20 years of conflict, the third Bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Kenrick temporarily closed in the church 1831 and would later move the Cathedral to St. John the Evangelist in 1838. The early congregation of 222 families was mostly Irish but with 30 German and 15 French. Some of the more distinguished early members were George Meade, great-grandfather to Civil War General George Gordon Meade, the victor at Gettysburg; Revolutionary War naval hero Commodore John Barry; Thomas Fitzsimmons, a signer of the Constitution; and Matthew Carey, a leading publisher in the Federalist era. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers there in October of 1774 and it was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burials, 1844-1850 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OldStMary.Burials1844-1850 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1844-1850/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1844-1850.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1844-1850.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1844/1850 Description An account of the resource Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1844 to 1850. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 145 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Burial records Catholics Cemeteries Registers of births, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old St. Mary’s is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Located at 248 S. Fourth Street, it was built in 1763 as a Sunday Church to be used by the parishioners of Old St. Joseph Church. In 1788, the Board of Trustees was incorporated to manage the temporal affairs of the church. After Philadelphia was made a diocese in 1808, Bishop Michael Egan selected Old St. Mary Church as the first Cathedral. Problems would arise between the trustees and the bishops over the appointment of priests. This would eventually lead to the Hogan schism and appeals to the Pope for intervention. After over 20 years of conflict, the third Bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Kenrick temporarily closed in the church 1831 and would later move the Cathedral to St. John the Evangelist in 1838. The early congregation of 222 families was mostly Irish but with 30 German and 15 French. Some of the more distinguished early members were George Meade, great-grandfather to Civil War General George Gordon Meade, the victor at Gettysburg; Revolutionary War naval hero Commodore John Barry; Thomas Fitzsimmons, a signer of the Constitution; and Matthew Carey, a leading publisher in the Federalist era. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers there in October of 1774 and it was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burials, 1851-1859 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OldStMary.Burials1851-1859 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1851-1859/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1851-1859.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1851-1859.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851/1859 Description An account of the resource Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1851 to 1859. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 150 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Burial records Catholics Cemeteries Registers of births, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old St. Mary’s is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Located at 248 S. Fourth Street, it was built in 1763 as a Sunday Church to be used by the parishioners of Old St. Joseph Church. In 1788, the Board of Trustees was incorporated to manage the temporal affairs of the church. After Philadelphia was made a diocese in 1808, Bishop Michael Egan selected Old St. Mary Church as the first Cathedral. Problems would arise between the trustees and the bishops over the appointment of priests. This would eventually lead to the Hogan schism and appeals to the Pope for intervention. After over 20 years of conflict, the third Bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Kenrick temporarily closed in the church 1831 and would later move the Cathedral to St. John the Evangelist in 1838. The early congregation of 222 families was mostly Irish but with 30 German and 15 French. Some of the more distinguished early members were George Meade, great-grandfather to Civil War General George Gordon Meade, the victor at Gettysburg; Revolutionary War naval hero Commodore John Barry; Thomas Fitzsimmons, a signer of the Constitution; and Matthew Carey, a leading publisher in the Federalist era. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers there in October of 1774 and it was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burials, 1859-1878 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OldStMary.Burials1859-1878 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1859-1878/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1859-1878.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/OldStMary.Burials1859-1878.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1859/1878 Description An account of the resource Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1859 to 1878. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 202 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Burial records Catholics Cemeteries Registers of births, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Church register vol. 1, 1743-1822 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.ChReg_107 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_107/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_107.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_107.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Church register of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, vol. 1, 1743-1822 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1743/1822 Description An account of the resource This register dates from 1743 to 1822 and includes an extensive alphabetical index in the front of the book. Births and baptisms are then listed from page 1 to page 172, deaths and burials are listed from page 201 to page 302, and marriages are listed from page 305 to page 328. Note: Text on pages i-iv is in German. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 365 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Church register vol. 2, 1823-1855 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.ChReg_108 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_108/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_108.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_108.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Church register of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, vol. 2, 1823-1855 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1823/1855 Description An account of the resource This register begins with an alphabetical index. Births and baptisms are listed from page 1 to page 93, marriages are listed on page 131 to 171, and deaths and burials are listed from page 213 to page 262. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 219 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Church register vol. 3, 1856-1870 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.ChReg_109 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_109/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_109.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.ChReg_109.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Church register of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, vol. 3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1856/1870 Description An account of the resource This register begins with an alphabetical index. Communicants are listed from pages 52 to 117, and again on page 324. Births and baptisms are listed on pages 121 to 153; receptions of new members are listed on pages 181 to 193 (previous congregations are noted); deaths, funerals and burials are recorded on pages 241 to 279; and marriages are recorded on pages 301 to 323. Note: blank pages were not scanned. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 207 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Moravian Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Moravian Church Moravians Lord's Supper Registers of births, etc. Baptismal records Church membership Marriage records Burial records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Historic St. George’s United Methodist Church of Philadelphia is the oldest Methodist Church in America. Located in Philadelphia, the Church was founded by Captain Thomas Webb and the Methodist Society of Philadelphia in 1769 for the purpose of practicing Methodist religion. In December of 1769, a Missionary of John Wesley, Joseph Pilmore, held the first prayer meeting at church followed later by Thomas Coke and Bishop Francis Asbury. Bishop Asbury was the first pastor of St. George’s United Methodist Church and ordained as many as 35 ministers in the Methodist faith within America during his travels. Two African Americans, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, licensed as lay preachers of Methodism eventually left the church because of racial tensions and formed two new congregations. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones turned to the Episcopal faith and established St. Thomas’ African Episcopal Church. St. George’s is known as “the church that moved the bridge” as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge was rerouted in the 1920s, so the Church would not be demolished by its construction. St. George’s records consist of conference letters, account books, baptism, death, and marriage records as well as Journals, Diaries, etc. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context St. George's United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Class book, Daniel Meredith, leader, circa 1797-1826 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StGeorge.ClassBookDanielMeredithLeader1805 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StGeorge.ClassBookDanielMeredithLeader1805/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StGeorge.ClassBookDanielMeredithLeader1805.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StGeorge.ClassBookDanielMeredithLeader1805.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1797/1826? Description An account of the resource Daniel Meredith served as class leader for the Methodists in the "Valey" of Chester County, Pennsylvania for many years. He recorded the preachers assigned to the Chester circuit each year, and kept records of members' attendance at the Valey class. The first several pages of the book are faded to the point that some text is illegible; more readable entries begin around 1805 and end with the 1826 class. Often the black classes are listed separately; see "coloured people" on page 56 or "coloured friends" on page 62. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 287 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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African Americans Itinerancy (Church polity) Methodists Methodist Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Committee minutes, 1760-1761 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1760-1761 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1760-1761/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1760-1761.01.Recto.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1760-1761.01.Recto.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1760/1761 Description An account of the resource On August 11, 1760 the First Baptist Church appointed a committee to "to Settle the Church Affairs, and Examine the State of the Church Purchases, Gifts and Donations, Given to the Said Church, and get them well Secured where they are not, and to settle other Affairs that shall Come before them." The minutes of this committee, recorded on both sides of four loose sheets, include the dates of meetings, members present, and committee work discussed, including registering deeds, paying leases, collecting interest on accounts, and consolidating records. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 leaves Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church finance Church management Church committees Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational diary, 1743-1745 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.MC_Phila_I_1 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_1/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_1.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_1.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Congregational diary of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, 1743-1745 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1743/1745 Description An account of the resource A journal of happenings in the "English congregation" from its establishment on January 1, 1743, running up to June 15, 1745. Topics covered include births and baptisms, sermons preached and hymns sung, "love feasts," meetings and conferences, members' travel (including extensive travel between Philadelphia and Bethlehem), missionary work with Native Americans, and correspondence with Moravians in other parts of Pennsylvania and abroad, as far as London and Germany. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 83 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Diaries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Moravian Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Moravian Church Moravians Love feasts Sermons Church membership Hymns Church management Church records and registers Indians of North America Baptismal records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational diary, 1745-1746 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.MC_Phila_I_2 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_2/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_2.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_2.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Congregational diary of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, 1746-1747 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1745/1746 Description An account of the resource "The Continuation of ye Philadelphia Journal," documenting happenings in the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia from June 16, 1745 to December 31, 1746. Topics covered include: sermons preached; members' travel and correspondence; burials; love feasts, meetings and conferences; relations with local Native Americans; visits with members, especially those who were ailing; and the committee appointed to look into building a church school. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 89 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Diaries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Moravian Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Moravian Church Moravians Church schools Love feasts Church membership Burial records Sermons Indians of North America Baptismal records Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational diary, 1747-1748 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.MC_Phila_I_4 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_4/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_4.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_4.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Congregational diary of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, 1747-1748 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1747/1748 Description An account of the resource Although the cover suggests this diary covers a date span of 1747 to 1751, entries actually run from January 1, 1747 to December 31, 1748. Topics covered include: sermons preached; visits to church members, especially those who were ailing; baptisms and burials; meetings, conferences and love feasts; members' travels and correspondence; relations with local Quakers; and admission of new members. Records of sermons and meetings often include notes about the language spoken - English, German, or both. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 69 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Diaries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Moravian Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Moravian Church Moravians Sermons Church membership Quakers Baptismal records Burial records Love feasts Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational diary, 1749-1751 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.MC_Phila_I_6 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_6/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_6.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_6.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Congregational diary of First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, 1749-1751 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1749/1751 Description An account of the resource Diary of happenings in the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia from September 6, 1749 to December 31, 1751. Topics covered include: church meetings, including "Negro Meetings," "German Meetings," and "English Meetings;" members traveling to and away from Philadelphia, particularly to and from Bethlehem; sermons preached in English and German; births, baptisms, deaths, burials, and new members received into the congregation; love feasts; and regular visits to members, including those in ill health. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 127 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1757-1769 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1757/1769 Description An account of the resource Congregational minute book begun in 1760, which begins with notes about meetings that occurred during the previous three years, before organized record-keeping was established, and runs to 1769. Entries include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: disputes between church members, appointments to positions such as deacon and sexton, invitations to visiting preachers, financial gifts to the church and gifts from the church to the poor, which included firewood, coffins, and the forgiveness of burial fees in addition to financial donations, letters of dismission, applications for baptism, excommunications and restorations to membership, construction and maintenance of buildings and grounds, church purchases such as a new chalice, and the settlement of accounts with both debtors and creditors. There is an alphabetical index of church members' names at the back of the book. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 149 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church finance Church buildings Church discipline Church membership Church management Poor Charity Church fund raising Church committees Pews and pew rights Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1771-1775 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1771-1775 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1771-1775/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1771-1775.01.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1771-1775.01.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1771/1775 Description An account of the resource Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1771 to 1775, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: property bequeathed to the church; the filling of positions such as moderator, clerk, treasurer, deacon and minister; maintenance of burial grounds; the church's position on the impropriety of the slave trade; collections for the poor; payment of pew rents; nominations for representatives to the annual association meeting; and admission of new members. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 64 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church management Charity Pews and pew rights Church finance Church membership Church fund raising Church discipline Church committees Church buildings Poor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1779-1786 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1779-1786 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1779-1786/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1779-1786.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1779-1786.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1779/1786 Description An account of the resource Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1779 to 1786, members present, and business conducted. In addition to commonplace business such as repairs to the buildings and grounds, admission and dismission of members, appointment of trustees and directions for better record-keeping, this bound manuscript also documents reinvigorated collection of pew rents for the purpose of securing a new minister, and conflict in the congregation over the Doctrine of Universal Restoration. A listing of members is included in the first few pages of the book, and financial records, including recordings of pew rent, can be found in the last quarter of the book. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 223 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church finance Church management Church discipline Pews and pew rights Church membership Church fund raising Church committees Church buildings Poor Charity Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1786-1791 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791.01.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791.01.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1786/1791 Description An account of the resource Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1786 to 1791. Topics include but are not limited to: baptism, admission, exclusion, readmission, and transfer of members; discipline for drinking, fraud, or holding to the doctrine of universal salvation; building construction and repairs; management of the burial ground; election of deacons; income from legacies, donations, pew money and burial money; and relief for the poor, including widows and orphans. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 82 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church buildings Church finance Church management Church membership Church discipline Poor Charity Pews and pew rights Church fund raising Church committees Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1792-1795 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1792-1795 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1792-1795/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1792-1795.01.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1792-1795.01.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1792/1795 Description An account of the resource Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1795 to 1806. Topics include the baptism, dismission, transfer, exclusion and readmission of members, church finance, charity for the poor, and repairs and improvements to building and grounds. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 70 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church membership Church discipline Church finance Church management Church fund raising Church committees Church buildings Poor Charity Pews and pew rights Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1795-1806 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795/1806 Description An account of the resource Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1795 to 1806. Topics include but are not limited to: collection of pew rent and management of donations and legacies; payments to church employees such as the minister and sexton; payments for goods such as candles and firewood and services such as the printing of minutes and pamphlets; repairs and improvements to church buildings and burial grounds; baptism and transfer of members, as well as exclusions for poor conduct; charitable gifts to other churches and to the poor; and resolutions for improved record-keeping. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 274 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Baptists Church membership Church management Church finance Church discipline Church committees Church buildings Poor Charity Pews and pew rights Church fund raising Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Title A name given to the resource First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Notable for its early leadership in Baptist organization and evangelism, the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was prominent both in its region and city and in the transatlantic community of Baptists. Begun in 1698 as a mission of the more suburban Pennepack (now, Lower Dublin) Baptist Church, First Baptist soon became the leading congregation for the city, region, and colonies, gaining independent status from Pennepack in 1746. In 1707 the church hosted the organizing meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the first lasting inter-regional organization of Baptists in America, and over the years provided a disproportionate share of this group’s officers. From the beginning, the lives of this association and the First Baptist congregation were intertwined, with the church meeting house hosting meetings of the association and welcoming delegates, called messengers by the Baptists, from as far south as Charleston and as far north as Boston. By the 1760s, the first decade for which minutes survive, the congregation had gained prominence beyond its modest size, including among the transatlantic Baptist network. This prominence had to do with its leaders hosting and shaping the role of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, to which far-flung congregations wrote letters that began, “Dear Mother.” The life of the congregation and its leaders was also intertwined with that of its city, with several ministers taking teaching posts at the University of Pennsylvania, then the College and Academy of Philadelphia. William Rogers, for example, came from New England to pastor the church but remained in that post for only three years, though active in the congregation and as a supply preacher until his death in 1824. Like several other Baptist ministers, Rogers served as a military chaplain during the American Revolution, an event that made havoc of the congregation’s finances and leadership. While these Baptists supported the American rebellion as a fight for necessary liberties, their former pastor Morgan Edwards criticized the rebels until 1775 when he was convinced to revise his opinion. With his excellent preaching, historical research and publications on early Baptists, and support for formal education leading to the founding and support of Brown University, Edwards embodied the strengths of Baptists. It was under Edwards’ leadership that First Baptist built a new and larger meeting house at the same time accepting the need to lend their pastor to the larger Baptist cause and arranging for supply preaching while Edwards traveled the colonies as an evangelist, church organizer, and historian of Baptists. Despite these successful efforts toward gaining respect and leaders for Baptists, Edwards’ connection with the Philadelphia congregation grew strained during the 1780s, largely because Edwards struggled through bouts of drinking and subsequent church meetings for discipline, only being restored to the congregation’s fellowship in late 1788. When in 1814 Baptists from twelve states gathered to form a national organization in support of Baptist missions, the meeting was at the First Baptist meeting house in Philadelphia, with two of the four officials chosen being laymen from that congregation and a third, William Staughton, a former pastor. Throughout the next century, the congregation grew in numbers and influence in the city and in national and global mission programs, despite conflicts related to theology, leadership, and relationships with daughter churches, including two competing First African Baptist congregations. Its early interest in circulating religious pamphlets, as well as Philadelphia’s wealth of printers, made it feasible for American Baptists to locate their publishing operations in the city, where they remained until 1961, when operations moved to a new building and printing plant in Valley Forge. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minutes Books of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, A. D. Gillette, editor, Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1851), and William Williams Keen, The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1899). Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational minutes, 1806-1813 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1806/1813 Description An account of the resource Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1806 to 1813. Topics include but are not limited to: income from pew rents, house rents, legacies, and donations; baptism, dismission, and transfer of members; exclusion of members for bad behavior and readmission upon repentance; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including fundraising for enlargement of the meeting house; payments to the minister and the appointment of a librarian; purchases of firewood, candles, and curtains; and charity for the poor, including funeral expenses for orphans and the loan of stoves to recent widows. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 265 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. American Baptist Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource 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 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Presbyterians who favored the religious revivalism of George Whitefield organized a Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1743. Second was a “New Side” church as opposed to the “Old Side” First Presbyterian Church. For many years, the congregation worshipped in its building at Third and Arch streets, where the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. met in 1789. In 1837, the church moved to Seventh and Arch, and in 1872, to 21st and Walnut. In 1949, the congregation united with First Presbyterian Church. Records scanned for this project include minutes, pew records, deeds, and burial records. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 1, 1749-1775 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1772 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1772/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1772.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1749-1772.001.FrontCover.jpg Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. V MI46 P533c v. 1 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Second Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1749-1772 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1749/1775 Description An account of the resource Congregational minutes from 1749, 1751 to 1755, and 1759 to 1772 run through page 163 of this bound manuscript, then the trustee minutes from January 1773 to January 1775 begin at the back of the book, upside down, and continue until page 164. Entries note the date and place of meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: the purchase of new grounds and building of a new meeting house; the assignment of pews and pew rents and later a rise in pew rents to help the church out of debt; fees for baptisms and terms for burials; the choice of a new minister; discipline of members for ill behavior; and application for a charter. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 178 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Presbyterian Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Church finance Church management Church discipline Presbyterians Church buildings Cemeteries Pews and pew rights Corporate minutes Church committees Church membership First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Presbyterians who favored the religious revivalism of George Whitefield organized a Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1743. Second was a “New Side” church as opposed to the “Old Side” First Presbyterian Church. For many years, the congregation worshipped in its building at Third and Arch streets, where the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. met in 1789. In 1837, the church moved to Seventh and Arch, and in 1872, to 21st and Walnut. In 1949, the congregation united with First Presbyterian Church. Records scanned for this project include minutes, pew records, deeds, and burial records. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 2, 1772-1805 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1772-1805 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1772-1805/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1772-1805.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1772-1805.001.FrontCover.jpg Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. V MI46 P533c v. 2 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Second Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1772-1805 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1772/1805 Description An account of the resource Minutes of the Second Presbyterian trustees, corporation and congregational meetings from 1772 to 1805 are all recorded together in this bound manuscript, in chronological order. Meetings cover topics including but not limited to: elections to church leadership positions; church finance, including the collection of pew rent; and the need for new construction to accommodate growing membership. There is a membership list from 1773 and a map of pews in the back of the book. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 351 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Presbyterian Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Corporate minutes Presbyterians Church finance Church management Church buildings Church membership Church discipline Cemeteries Pews and pew rights Church committees Presbyterian Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Presbyterians who favored the religious revivalism of George Whitefield organized a Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1743. Second was a “New Side” church as opposed to the “Old Side” First Presbyterian Church. For many years, the congregation worshipped in its building at Third and Arch streets, where the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. met in 1789. In 1837, the church moved to Seventh and Arch, and in 1872, to 21st and Walnut. In 1949, the congregation united with First Presbyterian Church. Records scanned for this project include minutes, pew records, deeds, and burial records. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 3, 1792-1803 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1792-1803 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1792-1803/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1792-1803.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/PHS.SecondPresbyterianChurchMinutes1792-1803.001.FrontCover.jpg Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. V MI46 P533c v. 3 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Second Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1792-1803 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1792/1803 Description An account of the resource Rough draft ("Rough Draught") of minutes for meetings of the Second Presbyterian Church trustees, corporation and congregation from 1792 to 1803. Meetings cover issues such as church committees, church finance, and the need to accommodate a growing membership. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 98 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Minutes (Records) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Presbyterian Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Church finance Church management Church committees Presbyterians Corporate minutes Church discipline Pews and pew rights Church buildings Cemeteries Church membership Presbyterian Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Holy Trinity parish was formed in 1788 at the initiative of German-speaking Catholics who wanted a separate place for worship. Once established, it was the first ethnic parish in the United States. The movement for a separate congregation began when the Germans bought a purchased their own burial ground in 1768. They would also begin keeping separate registers in 1784. The German Catholic Society was organized in 1787 to acquire land for a church as well as for the maintaining of a school. Construction started on the church in in 1788 and the first Mass was held in 1789. The exterior of the church has remained largely unchanged, while the interior was twice destroyed by fire, the first in 1860 and again in 1890. Similar to Old St. Mary’s, Holy Trinity was incorporated with trustees, which led to a conflict with the bishops over the appointing of priests. This conflict would be resolved in 1859, when the original charter was replaced with a new one giving the Bishop more control. In 1797, the parish established America’s first Catholic orphanage for children left homeless by the yellow fever epidemics. The parish closed and combined with Old St. Mary’s in 2009. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Deaths, 1790-1849 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HolyTrinity.Deaths1790-1849 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/HolyTrinity.Deaths1790-1849/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/HolyTrinity.Deaths1790-1849.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/HolyTrinity.Deaths1790-1849.001.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790/1849 Description An account of the resource Record of deaths in the Holy Trinity congregation from 1790 to 1849. Two alphabetical indexes take up the first half of the manuscript. The first index begins in 1790, and the second index begins on image 33 with deaths from 1828. Chronological listings from 1806 to 1849 run from image 59 to image 104, and from 1790 to 1795 in images 105 to 111. For earlier deaths, only the person's name and year of death may be recorded. For later years, the complete date of death is usually included. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 104 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource lat Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Death registers Catholics Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource Old St. Mary’s is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Located at 248 S. Fourth Street, it was built in 1763 as a Sunday Church to be used by the parishioners of Old St. Joseph Church. In 1788, the Board of Trustees was incorporated to manage the temporal affairs of the church. After Philadelphia was made a diocese in 1808, Bishop Michael Egan selected Old St. Mary Church as the first Cathedral. Problems would arise between the trustees and the bishops over the appointment of priests. This would eventually lead to the Hogan schism and appeals to the Pope for intervention. After over 20 years of conflict, the third Bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Kenrick temporarily closed in the church 1831 and would later move the Cathedral to St. John the Evangelist in 1838. The early congregation of 222 families was mostly Irish but with 30 German and 15 French. Some of the more distinguished early members were George Meade, great-grandfather to Civil War General George Gordon Meade, the victor at Gettysburg; Revolutionary War naval hero Commodore John Barry; Thomas Fitzsimmons, a signer of the Constitution; and Matthew Carey, a leading publisher in the Federalist era. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers there in October of 1774 and it was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Deaths, 1837-1850 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OldStMary.Deaths1837-1856 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/OldStMary.Deaths1837-1856/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/OldStMary.Deaths1837-1856.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/OldStMary.Deaths1837-1856.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837/1850 Description An account of the resource Record of deaths in the congregation of Old St. Mary's from 1837 to 1850. Entries are listed chronologically and include the decedent's date of death, name, age at time of death, native country, and cause of death. Causes of death include consumption of the lung, disease of the heart, poison by arsenic, hydrocephalus, croup, colic, old age, asthma, influenza, and small pox, among others. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 228 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Old St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Registers of births, etc. Catholics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In 1742, the Moravian Church began holding services in Philadelphia under the leadership of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. On New Year’s Day in 1743, 34 members organized as a Moravian congregation in a new church building in Old City, at the corner of Race and Bread Streets. In 1820, the original church building was enlarged and remodeled. In 1856, a second church building was dedicated by the congregation, on Franklin and Wood Streets. A third and final church building was dedicated in 1893 on Fairmount Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, where it remained until the congregation’s official closing in 1965. Today, Redeemer Moravian Church continues the Moravian tradition in Southwest Philadelphia. Select archival records from this massive collection (54 boxes) of First Moravian Church were scanned as part of this project and include diaries, minutes, membership lists, church registers, and drawings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Deceased Moravians, friends, and children, 1744-1768 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Moravian.MC_Phila_I_514 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_514/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_514.001.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_514.001.jpg Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Catalog of deceased Moravians, friends, and children in Philadelphia, PA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1744/1768 Description An account of the resource Record of Philadelphia Moravians, their children and friends who died during the years 1744 to 1768. Many of the column headings in the catalog are in German, for which translations are provided: "No." (number), "Nahmen der Verschiedenen" (names of the deceased), "Nahmen der Eltern, der Eheleute oder Meisters" (name of parents, spouse, or master), "wie alt" (how old), "wenn verschieden" (when deceased), "wenn begraben" (when buried), "wo begraben" (where buried), and "durch wen begraben" (buried by whom). Several notes about individuals buried at Potter's Field in Philadelphia are included on the final page. This manuscript was likely sent or intended to be sent to church leadership in Bethlehem, PA. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 17 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng ger Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Moravian Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Moravian Church Moravians Cemeteries Church records and registers Burial records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was an outgrowth of the African Church of Philadelphia founded in 1792 by the Free African Society, a mutual aid organization, established in 1787 by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen for the purpose of encouraging religion, literacy, and providing destitute members – especially widows and orphans – with financial assistance. Absalom Jones led the congregation and became the first African American admitted to Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church when Bishop William White ordained him a deacon in 1796 and a priest in 1802. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church which became a separate Methodist denomination. Records consist of vestry minutes, pew rents, birth and baptismal records as well as some records of the Free African Society. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Free African Society receipts and expenditures, 1790-1792; pew rentals, 1840 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StThomas.FreeAfricaSocietyReceipts1790-1792PewRentals1840 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StThomas.FreeAfricaSocietyReceipts1790-1792PewRentals1840/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StThomas.FreeAfricaSocietyReceipts1790-1792PewRentals1840.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StThomas.FreeAfricaSocietyReceipts1790-1792PewRentals1840.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790/1792 Description An account of the resource St. Thomas' earliest precursor organization, the Free African Society was formed by Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and others in 1787, with the goal of building community among black Philadelphians. This bound manuscript is a record of people who donated to the Society, or were paid for a service. The transactions span the years 1790 to 1792. The manuscript also includes a list of the names of church members who owed pew rent up to Easter Monday 1840, and five loose pew receipts dating from 1840 and 1870s. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 180 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Account books Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church finance African American churches African Americans Episcopal Church Church records and registers Episcopalians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site. Archival records scanned as part of this project include vestry minutes, registers, financial, correspondence between the original Swedish parishes and the churches in Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey as well as their "miscellaneous records." Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Funeral records, 1803-1822 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1803-1816 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1803-1816/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1803-1816.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1803-1816.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1803/1822 Description An account of the resource Record of funerals performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1803 to 1822. Entries are listed by year, with members, members' children, strangers, and strangers' children listed separately. Each entry contains the date of the funeral, name of the deceased, their date and cause of death, and varying amounts of biographical information, such as country of birth, family members, occupation, public reputation, medical history an cost of burial. Indexes for individual years appear periodically in the book, as well as mentions of church members who were buried elsewhere. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 336 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng swe Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Church records and registers Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Lutherans Burial records Cemeteries Lutheran Church Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site. Archival records scanned as part of this project include vestry minutes, registers, financial, correspondence between the original Swedish parishes and the churches in Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey as well as their "miscellaneous records." Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Funeral records, 1822-1927 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1822-1927 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1822-1927/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1822-1927.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/GloriaDei.FuneralRecords1822-1927.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822/1927 Description An account of the resource Record of funerals performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1822 to 1927. Entries are listed by year, with members, members' children, strangers, and strangers' children listed separately. Each entry contains the date of the funeral, name of the deceased, date and cause of death, and their age at time of death. Many entries also include the cost of burial and varying amounts of biographical information, such as country of birth, family members, occupation, public reputation, and medical history. Note: Blank pages were not scanned, resulting in some gaps in page numbering. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 230 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Registers (Lists) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng swe Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Subject The topic of the resource Church records and registers Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Lutherans Episcopalians Burial records Cemeteries Lutheran Church