Marriages, baptisms, and burials, 1789-1803
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Burial records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Lutherans
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Records of baptisms, burials and marriages conducted by Gloria Dei from 1789 to 1803. Entries for baptisms are listed chronologically, and include the name of the person baptized, their date of birth, parents' names, and sometimes godparents' names. Baptism records, including alphabetical indexes of names, are found on images 3-19, 82-89, 97-120 and 189-194. Entries for burials are listed chronologically, and include at minimum the name of the deceased and date of burial, and often contain more information such as time and cause of death, age at time of death, and names of relatives. Burial records, including alphabetical indexes of names, are found on images 20-26 and 121-188. Entries for marriages are listed chronologically and include the date of marriage, names of the bride and groom, and their place of residence. Marriage records, including alphabetical indexes of names, are found on images 27-81 and 89-96.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1789/1803
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Marriages, burials, and baptisms, 1830-1884
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church history
subject: Church records and registers
description: Bound manuscript listing marriages, burials and baptisms performed at St. Peter's from 1830 to 1884. Marriages span the years 1832 to 1870. Each marriage listing includes the date of marriage and the names of the individuals being married. Often the name of the minister is listed at the top of the page. Burials span the years 1830 to 1884. Each burial listing includes the date of death, name of deceased, and age of death. Baptisms span the years 1831 to 1870. Each Baptism listing includes the date of baptism, name of person baptized, parents’ names, sponsor's name, and minister's name. Note: Due to the nature of scanning primary sources, page numbering for the images of this bound manuscript jump from page 18 to page page 51, and from page 84 to page 147.
creator: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1830/1884
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Marriages, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1763-1836
subject: Marriage records
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of marriages of the members of Christ Church and Saint Peter's Church from 1763 to 1836. Marriages are listed by date and include the name of the bride and groom and the official who married them. Marriages by license from the governor are marked with an "L" while marriages by publication in the church are marked with a "P".
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1763/1836
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Marriages, Christ Church, 1836-1870
subject: Marriage records
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of marriages performed at Christ Church from 1837 to 1870. Entries are listed by date and include the name of the bride and groom and the name of the person who married them. A note on the inside front cover from Rector B. Dorr adds to the record five marriages from 1836 and one from 1839, which were recorded in a private record but left out of previous official registers. (This register contains records dating up to 1979, but was only scanned through 1870, per the terms of grant funding.)
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1836/1870
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Marriages, v. 3, 1835-1888
subject: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Marriage records
description: Register of marriages at St. Joseph's Church. In Latin.
creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1835/1888
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: lat
type: Text

Marshall family marriages, births and deaths, 1769-1813
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Marriage records
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
description: One page listing the marriages, births and deaths that took place in the Marshall family between 1769 and 1813.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1769/1813
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Member's children, 1760
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Titled in English, "A List of the Children under the Care of the Brethren in Philadelphia." The date of August 13, 1760 is noted in A. G. Spangenberg's handwriting at the top of page 1. The list was handwritten by Jacob Rogers, then pastor of the Philadelphia congregation, and it includes the children's names and dates of birth.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1760
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: ger
type: Text

Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1759-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1759/1762
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Membership (Women), 1802-1808
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Quaker women
subject: Church membership
subject: Women and religion
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1802/1808
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Membership (Women), 1813-1833
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Quaker women
subject: Church membership
subject: Women and religion
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1813/1833
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Membership (Women), 1814-1819
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Quaker women
subject: Church membership
subject: Women and religion
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District
date: 1814/1819
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Membership catalog, 1742-1783
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Immigrants
subject: Church records and registers
description: Membership catalog of the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, with entries dating from 1742 to 1783; likely handwritten by Jacob Friis or Johann Daniel Sydrich, who were both pastors of the Philadelphia congregation. Most of the column headings are in German, for which translations have been provided: "No." (number), "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "woher" (where born), "Religion" (faith traditions), "in die Ehe getreten" (entered into marriage), "ins Land kommen" (arrival in the country), "Aufgenommen" (received as a member), "zur Communion" (admitted to communion), "Ihre Kinder" (their children), "geboren" (born/dates of birth of children), and "getauft, von wem" (date child baptized, by whom). Contains an incomplete index that was never used.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1742/1783
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: ger
type: Text

Membership catalog, 1745-1755
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
description: Titled in English, "A Catalogue of the Congregation members, Communicants, & not-communicants, & Society People, belonging to the little Flock of United Brethren in Phiadelphia." Names are listed for each category, along with short testimonies about the character or general mood of individuals, for example, "A good heart," or "Goes on as usual," or "Happier than ever." The list is likely not complete, as A. G. Spangenberg noted on page 4, "wo sind aber die übrigen?" (but where are the rest of them?).
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1745/1755
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Membership catalog, 1766
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Immigrants
description: Titled in German, "Verzeichniß derer zum Brüder-Gemeinlein in Philadelphia Befindenden, bey Bruder David Nitschmanns Visitation vom 24 30. Januar. 1766," which translates to "List of those in the Brethren congregation in Philadelphia, at Brother David Nitschmann's visitation from January 24-30, 1766." This catalog includes detailed information about individuals belonging to the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, written in German. Translations of column headings are as follows: Beginning with page 2, the column headings are "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "Wo?" (where born), "Religion" (faith traditions), "in die Ehe getreten" (entered into marriage), "ins Land gekommen" (arrived in the country), "aufgenommen" (received as a member), and "zur Heiligen Communion" (admitted to Holy Communion). Beginning with p. 21, the column headings are "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "wo" (where born), and "Religion" (faith traditions).
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1766
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format: tiff
language: eng
language: ger
type: Text

Membership catalog, 1836-1843
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Titled in English, "Catalogue of Members belonging to the Congregation in Philadelphia : Nov. 13, 1836." Members are listed in groups, with communicants listed first, followed by society members, and both groups further subdivided by sex and marital status. Next children are listed, also divided by sex. Entries include individual's names and dates of birth. Many of the pages of this catalog were not used; a few additional entries are scattered through later pages.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1836/1843
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Membership catalog, 1849-1853
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church membership
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Confirmation records
description: Titled in English on front cover, "Church Book." Members are listed in groups, with communicants listed first, followed by society members, and both groups further subdivided by sex and marital status. Next children are listed, also divided by sex. Entries include individual's names and dates of birth; some entries also include dates of baptism and confirmation. The manuscript begins with an index that covers the first and largest grouping of entries. Several updated catalogs are recorded throughout the manuscript, and friends of the congregation who were not members are listed on pages 120-121.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1849/1853
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Membership register, 1746-1824
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Church membership
subject: Baptism and church membership
subject: Baptists
subject: Burial records
description: This register begins with a corrected list of the members of the church at its founding, and those added in the initial years. It then lists each member's admission to the church by baptism or letter of transfer. It also includes dates and causes for termination of membership, whether by church discipline, transfer to another church, or death.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1746/1824
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Membership register, 1772-1844
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Marriage records
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Baptism and church membership
subject: Baptists
subject: Church membership
subject: Burial records
description: For members of First Baptist Church from 1772 to 1844, this bound manuscript lists their date and manner of admission to the church (whether by baptism or transfer,) date of marriage, and notes on date and manner of removal from membership, including dates of death.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1772/1844
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Membership, 1802-1819
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church membership
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1802/1819
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Membership, 1814-1820
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church membership
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District
date: 1814/1820
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Memoranda book, pew rent and Sunday collections, 1793-1795
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church finance
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Memoranda book with brief entries running chronologically from 1793 to 1795, listing congregant names with amounts received for pew rents, as well as totals received in church collections.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1793/1795
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes Commencing the 25th day of the 1st Monthly (January) 1765, 1765-1771
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1765/1771
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the English Conference, 1743-1747
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church meetings
subject: Elders (Church officers)
subject: Church discipline
subject: Conflict management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Love feasts
subject: Baptism
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church schools
subject: Church membership
description: This committee included the elders of the English-speaking Moravians in Philadelphia. Minutes run from September 27, 1743 to July 3, 1747, and cover a variety of topics. Disputes between the German and English members of the Philadelphia congregation were common in the early period, so management of those conflicts - as well as conflicts among the English speaking congregants, including marital disputes - is a recurrent subject. Other topics include, but are not limited to: collections to pay for church supplies, ground rent, and preachers' salaries; relations with the Quakers; visitation of the sick and care of vulnerable members; reception of new members; baptisms and love feasts; upkeep of the church building and grounds; members' travel; the desire for a school church; and a conference to bring together English and German-speaking laborers in the congregation.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1743/1747
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1771-1777
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index in front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1771/1777
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1777-1781
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1777/1781
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1782-1789
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1782/1789
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the trustee board, 1819-1830
subject: Church finance
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Methodists
subject: Charity
subject: Poor
subject: Methodist Church
description: Minutes of the St. George's Board of Trustees from 1819 to 1830. Each entry notes the date and place of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Business includes, but is not limited to: the election of trustees and appointment of acting committees, superintendents, stewards, and collectors; financial support for preachers and their families; church finances; reports from various committees and member churches; upkeep of buildings and grounds; charity sermons to raise money for the poor; the settlement of disputes between members; correspondence with another church about a proposed union; and a proposal to build a new church near Nazareth.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1819/1830
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1681-1746
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church membership
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Religious literature
subject: Persecution
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1681/1746
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1681-1814
subject: Yearly Meeting of Women Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Quaker women
subject: Women and religion
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Indians of North America
subject: African Americans
subject: Temperance
subject: Religious education
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Yearly Meeting of Women Friends (Philadelphia
creator: Pa.)
date: 1681/1814
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1711
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1682/1711
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1714
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1705-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1705/1714
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1715-1744
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1715/1744
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1723-1772
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1723/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1745-1755
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1745/1755
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1747-1779
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church membership
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Religious literature
subject: Persecution
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1747/1779
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1751-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1751/1756
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language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1756-1775
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Religious literature
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
description: A “Meeting for Sufferings” was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1756. This representative body was specifically charged with acting for the Society of Friends in the region during the time when the Yearly Meeting was not in session. Duties included oversight of Quaker publications, recording annual accounts of sufferings (primarily as a result of the Peace Testimony) and assistance to any affected individuals, collecting memorials concerning deceased Friends, and correspondence with the Meeting for Sufferings in London. Includes index of names at front of volume.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
date: 1756/1775
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language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1757-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. This volume also includes "An Account of Sundry Books of Records &c belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philada."
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1757/1762
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language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1761-1818
subject: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church buildings
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
description: Meeting minutes of the wardens and vestry of St. Michael's, dating from 1761 to 1818. Each entry includes the date and location of the meeting, persons present and business discussed. Business includes but is not limited to: the hiring and payment of church employees; elections; fundraising and payment of debts; improvements to the church building; assignment of pews and collection of pew rents.
creator: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
date: 1761/1818
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1762-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front of book.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1762/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1772-1780
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. This volume includes an index.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1772/1780
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1772-1826
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1772/1826
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1775-1785
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Religious literature
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
description: A “Meeting for Sufferings” was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1756. This representative body was specifically charged with acting for the Society of Friends in the region during the time when the Yearly Meeting was not in session. Duties included oversight of Quaker publications, recording annual accounts of sufferings (primarily as a result of the Peace Testimony) and assistance to any affected individuals, collecting memorials concerning deceased Friends, and correspondence with the Meeting for Sufferings in London.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
date: 1775/1785
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1780-1798
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church membership
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Religious literature
subject: Persecution
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1780/1798
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1781-1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1781/1793
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1782-1789
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
date: 1782/1789
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1785-1802
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Religious literature
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
description: A “Meeting for Sufferings” was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1756. This representative body was specifically charged with acting for the Society of Friends in the region during the time when the Yearly Meeting was not in session. Duties included oversight of Quaker publications, recording annual accounts of sufferings (primarily as a result of the Peace Testimony) and assistance to any affected individuals, collecting memorials concerning deceased Friends, and correspondence with the Meeting for Sufferings in London.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings
date: 1785/1802
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1788-1811
subject: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Catholics
subject: Church management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church schools
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church committees
subject: Church fund raising
description: Minutes of the meetings of the trustees of Old St. Mary's from 1788 to 1811. Front matter includes a copy of the Act of Incorporation dated September 13, 1788; lists of subscribers who paid towards the burial ground, the building of the church in 1762, and the addition of pews and galleries in 1782; and rules for conducting church business. The meeting minutes begin on image 26, and each entry includes a list of attendees and a description of the topics covered. Topics include but are not limited to: election, appointment, and payment of church staff; management of the church finances, buildings, school and burial ground; pew rentals; and reports from committees. Rear matter includes: a copy of the articles agreed upon in 1782; another list of subscribers, towards building the schoolhouse in 1781; an account of the costs involved in building that schoolhouse; a list of pewholders and their pew numbers dated 1782; and maps of the numbered pews.
creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1788/1811
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1788-1839
subject: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Catholics
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church schools
description: Meeting minutes from Holy Trinity, dating from 1788 to 1839. Much of the text is in German. Topics covered include but are not limited to: pew rents; election of trustees and committees; staff salaries; and management of the church buildings, cemetery and schools. A notable topic is the schism between the trustees and Bishop Carroll of Baltimore, who held authority over the entire Catholic population of the United States prior to the creation of the diocese of Philadelphia in 1808, over the hiring of priests.
creator: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1788/1839
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: ger
type: Text