Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1501-1650, 1762-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1762/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 151-300, 1714-1729
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1714/1729
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1651-1800, 1764-1767
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1764/1767
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1800-1950, 1767-1770
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1767/1770
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1951-2095, 1770-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1770/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 301-450, 1729-1736
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1729/1736
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 451-600, 1736-1742
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1736/1742
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 601-750, 1742-1746
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1742/1746
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 751-900, 1747-1750
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1747/1750
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 901-1049, 1750-1755
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1750/1755
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Resolutions in regard to interment, 1846
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Baptists
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: One printed page, addressed "To the Members of the First Baptist Church and Congregation," dated May 11, 1846 and outlining policies and prices for interment in the First Baptist burial ground, including a pew rent requirement.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1846
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Richard Peters correspondence, 1771
subject: Peters, Richard, 1704-1776
subject: Duche, Jacob, 1737-1798
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Church finance
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Two items of correspondence involving Richard Peters, an important figure in colonial Philadelphia and rector of Christ Church from 1762 to 1775. The first letter, dated September 31, 1771, is from Rector Peters and Assistant Minister Jacob Duche to the Bishop of Cork, regarding a relation of the bishop who is a member of their congregation. She traveled to Philadelphia with her husband, who drowned two years previously, and fell on hard times. Peters and Duche request financial assistance on behalf of the widow, so she can set up a shop and support herself. The second letter, dated June 28, 1771, is to the Reverend Doctor Peters from Robert Smith, regarding the purchase of a lot of land from the church.
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1771
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Robert Jenney letter, 1753
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church of England
description: Robert Jenney served as the Reverend of Christ Church from 1742 until his death in 1762. Jenney wrote this letter "to the Subscribers for erecting a new Church in Philadelphia" in 1753. As the population of Philadelphia grew, Christ Church no longer had enough room, and as a result, some members wanted to build a new church. While Jenney approved of the goal to accommodate more congregants, he was concerned about the approach, and strongly believed that the new church should remain part of one congregation with Christ Church, led by the same vestry, with a minister licensed by the Bishop of London. As long as they followed the "established rules" of erecting new churches, he was willing to assist them however he could. In 1758 the vestry of Christ Church authorized the construction of a new chapel at Third & Pine Streets to accommodate its members living in the southern section of the city. St. Peter's Church, located at the corner of Third & Pine Streets, and Christ Church shared the same vestry, ministers, and records and until they formally separated in 1832, and were known as the United Churches of Christ Church & St. Peter's.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1753
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Robert Jenney Pledge of Conformity, 1742
subject: Oaths
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church of England
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Church management
subject: British colonies
description: Robert Jenney served as the Reverend of Christ Church from 1742 until his death in 1762. In this document, he writes: "I do declare that I will Conform to the Liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by Law established." Such a pledge of conformity was required to secure license to perform ministerial office in the colonies.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1742
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Scheme of a Lottery, 1824
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
description: Two page manuscript documenting the previously secured Commonwealth approval for a lottery to raise money for repairs to Mikveh Israel's synagogue and burial ground, "and other purposes of relief," as well as laying out a detailed plan for how to structure the lottery.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1824
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
language: eng
type: Text

School Committee records, 1795-1798
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Education
subject: Church schools
subject: Public schools
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church committees
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Forty loose pages documenting the activities of the church committee charged with overseeing the development of the "congregational or charity school" in 1795. Documents include committee reports regarding school organization, securing the land and completing the school building, and accounting for such things as plumbing improvements and school supplies. Documents also include a list of initial subscribers and their donations, and records of continuing donations over the course of three years.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1795/1798
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Schoolmaster records, 1786-1791, John Ely
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Education
subject: Public schools
subject: Church schools
subject: Church buildings
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: In 1787, schoolmaster John Ely agreed to rent the Second Presbyterian schoolhouse and provide instruction to local children on reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion, with Second Presbyterian serving as a patron to the school and referring children of parishioners for instruction there. These seven loose documents include Ely's contract with Second Presbyterian, and letters from Ely regarding the need to enlarge the schoolhouse, a proposal to create "an academy for the instruction of young ladies," the employment of tutors and ushers, and an account of his expenditures in improving the building.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1786/1791
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Seat rentals, 1857-1866
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogue fund raising
subject: Synagogues
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: Record of seat rentals at Mikveh Israel from 1857 to 1866. Entries are listed by name and include dates and amounts paid. There is an alphabetical index of names at the front of the volume.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1857/1866
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Seating plan, circa 1760
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Seating plan of Christ Church, first floor and gallery, circa 1760, listing names and pew numbers. These correlate to the numbers found in the pew register listings.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1760~
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1744–1798
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. In this bound volume, the Session is referred to as the Consistory until 1767. Meeting minutes run from 1744 to 1798, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor, with the bulk of entries concerning resolution of conflicts between church members and discipline of church members found guilty of offenses such as drinking, fighting, theft, slander and adultery.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1744/1798
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1798-1817
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: Church committees
subject: Church membership
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. Meeting minutes run from 1798 to 1817, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1798/1817
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1807-1830
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church membership
subject: Missionaries
subject: Church committees
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. Meeting minutes run from 1807 to 1830, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including the funding of missionary work and financial assistance to the poor; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members. The history of First Presbyterian is sketched out on the verso of the first flyleaf, and the first few pages of the notebook contains a list of members from 1807. A list of communicants runs from image 116 to image 147, followed by several pages of certifications for members in good standing, and a list of members who had moved to other churches.
creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1807/1830
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1809-1828
subject: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: Church membership
subject: Church committees
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. This manuscript begins with a brief history of Third Presbyterian, followed by an alphabetical list of "members in full communion." Meeting minutes begin on image 19 and run from 1809 to 1828. Each entry notes the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes: elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members. Please note there are some page numbering irregularities in the original manuscript; image numbers will provide better identification of each page.
creator: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1809/1828
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1817-1841
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: Church committees
subject: Church membership
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. Meeting minutes run from 1817 to 1841, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1817/1841
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1828-1863
subject: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: Church membership
subject: Church committees
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. Meeting minutes run from 1828 to 1863, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
creator: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1828/1863
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Session minutes, 1830-1851
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
subject: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church membership
subject: Church committees
description: The Session is a body of elected elders governing a Presbyterian church. This manuscript begins with a list of pastors at First Presbyterian up to 1830, then includes an historical list of elders, followed by a list of communicants, with their dates of admission as well as notes on certificates, dismissals, exclusions and deaths. Session minutes begin on image 90. They run from 1830 to 1851, and note the date, members present, and business discussed. Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.
creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1830/1851
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Steeple accounts, 1751-1755
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church finance
subject: Spires
subject: Church bells
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church of England
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Records kept by treasurer Jacob Duche of donations towards and payments for the construction of the steeple and bells at Christ Church from 1751 to 1755.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1751/1755
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Street directory of members, 1830-1860
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
description: A directory of members' names, listed street by street. Spouses and children are also noted, as well as descriptions such as "yellow frame house." Updates and annotations are penciled in throughout the manuscript.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1830/1860
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Sunday School correspondence, 1835-1877
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jewish religious education
subject: Jews
subject: Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
subject: Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
subject: Sunday schools
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Letters
description: Four letters regarding the Hebrew Sunday school sponsored by Mikveh Israel: One letter from educator and philanthropist Rebecca Gratz, then secretary of the board of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, thanking parnas Lewis Allen for "carrying into effect the business of their anniversary meeting" in 1836; another letter from Rebecca Gratz thanking the parnas and adjunta for permission to use a room in the synagogue for the Sunday school in 1841; a letter presenting curtains for the school on behalf of "the ladies of the congregation" in 1845; and finally a letter from Mary Cohen of the Hebrew Sunday School Society to Henry Cohen, the president of the congregation, thanking him for the donation of a stove and permission to hold class in the synagogue, in 1877.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
creator: Cohen, Mary M., 1854-1911
date: 1835/1877
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Sunday School members, 1856
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church membership
subject: Church schools
description: One page, front and back, listing the names and addresses of members of the Sunday School of the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia in 1856.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1856
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Supplementary Record to Certificates Received, 1686-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. This is a copy made in 1882.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1686/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Testimonies of Disownment (A-G)
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A disownment was an involuntary termination of membership in a meeting, when a member of a meeting acted contrary to established discipline. This folder includes disownments from the Orthodox branch of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting after the Separation of 1827.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1827~
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Testimonies of Disownment (P-Z)
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A disownment was an involuntary termination of membership in a meeting, when a member of a meeting acted contrary to established discipline. This folder includes disownments from the Orthodox branch of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting after the Separation of 1827.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1827~
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

The Neighborhood House of Christ Church, Philadelphia, with a Social Survey of its district
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Social conditions
subject: Social surveys
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1915
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

The Women's Monthly Meeting Booke, 1685-1728
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. This book, kept by women Friends, recorded intentions of marriage and the people and causes for distribution of funds. Laid in is another small book with additional marriage and fund disbursement information and 3 loose pages of accounts. Also includes some removals.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1685/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Tombstone inscriptions, 1877-1920
subject: Sepulchral monuments
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Lutherans
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Burial records
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Record of the inscriptions on tombstones in the Gloria Dei Church Yard. Inscriptions include the deceased individual's name, dates of birth and death, and other information such as place of birth, occupation, names of family members, and epitaphs. There is an alphabetical index of names in the back of the book. Although the inscriptions were compiled in 1877, additions were made up to the 1920, which can be found in the loose papers folded into the book and also penciled into the book itself.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1877/1920
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Transcript of the Travels of Benjamin Dorr, 1819-1864
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Voyages and travels
subject: American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Steamboats
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. Dorr traveled extensively throughout his life. This manuscript was copied from one loaned to a Dr. Hedrick in 1941 or 1942, and contains Dorr's notes about his many travels through the United States from 1819 to 1864. He often traveled through New England, but also visited the mid-Atlantic states, and even ventured into the deep South and as far West as the Green Bay area, stopping in Detroit and Chicago. He traveled by steamboat, stagecoach and horse; stayed with family and friends; dined with persons prominent in the military, church, politics and local businesses; and visited museums, hospitals, libraries, colleges, factories and local historical landmarks. He would sometimes preach and collect money for missionary work. The last entry details his visit to the Army of the Potomac in 1864.
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1819/1864
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Traveling Certificate, 1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
subject: Lay ministry--Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A Travelling Certificate was issued by a meeting to a member in good standing (normally a recorded minister), allowing him or her to travel to other meetings to visit or preach. This is the certificate of William Savery.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
date: 1793
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Trustee account book, David Lake, 1806-1827, 1843-1844
subject: Church finance
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Methodists
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Burial records
subject: Methodist Church
description: Account book of trustee David Lake. The first two pages date from 1843 to 1844 and appear to be a listing of member's burials, with names and grave locations. The records then begin at 1806 and run to 1827. Lake notes the Church's need to raise money through subscriptions to buy more land for burials, although the page for subscribers' names only lists two people, from 1808. From 1809 to 1812 Lake records the money he paid for clothing on behalf of James Ware, David James, and William Lake. From 1814 to 1827, Lake records the amounts (in number of "coppers") taken out and returned, usually written to cash, but sometimes for services, bills, or specific individuals' names.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1806/1827,1843/1844}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Trustee minutes, 1794-1836
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
description: The meeting minutes of the Trustees of First Baptist Church from 1794 to 1836 contain the date of each meeting, the trustees present, the topics they discussed, and the resolutions they passed. Trustee business included appointments to positions such as treasurer and clerk; the management of donations and investments; oversight of record-keeping; payment to workers such as the minister and carpenter; and maintenance of buildings and burial grounds. There is an index on the inside back cover of the bound manuscript. Note: The meeting minutes between March 1796 and February 1798 are missing from the original manuscript, which is why they do not appear in the digital version, and why the page numbering skips from page 8 to page 11. Also, page numbering on the original manuscript starts over at a new page 1 following page 89. To identify page numbers in citations, researchers can use the image number in combination with the page number.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1794-1836
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language: eng
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Trustees minutes, 1771-1796
subject: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Church committees
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Charity
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Inscribed as "The Pine Street Presbyterian Church Committee Book," this bound volume contains the minutes of the meetings of trustees of Third Presbyterian from 1771 to 1796. Each entry includes the date, place, members present, and business discussed. Topics of the meetings generally include the collection of pew rents, settlement of financial accounts, improvements to the buildings and grounds, and management of charitable funds, as well as more specific entries such as the seasonal adjustment of service times and adoption of a new version of the Psalms. Of particular interest are the minutes pertaining to the call for George Duffield to serve as their new pastor, and the resulting rift with First Presbyterian Church. The bulk of the minutes end on page 168, and pages 174, 175 and 176, which list the books and verses read from during services, are written upside down, so run in reverse chronological order. Note: Prior to 1797, the Trustees were called "the Committee."
creator: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1771/1796
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language: eng
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Vestry minutes, 1762-1774
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church of England
subject: Episcopalians
subject: McClenachan, William, 1714-
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1762 to 1774. Each entry records the date of the meeting, members present and business discussed. One of the main topics covered is the ill health of Reverend McClenachan and the subsequent need to secure an assistant minister and, eventually, a replacement minister. Other topics include: election of vestry members, wardens, clerks and sextons; appointments to committees; management of finances; pew assignments; regulation of burials, fundraising for an organ; building upkeep such as painting doors and windows; and the purchase of supplies such as candles and collection plates.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1762/1774
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1765-1840
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Lutherans
subject: Church management
subject: Charters
subject: Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Church finance
subject: Church discipline
subject: Sweden
subject: Church committees
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Meeting minutes of the vestry of the United Swedish Lutheran Churches of Wicaco (Gloria Dei), Kingsessing and Upper Merion. The book begins with a partial index of contents, then the charter of incorporation for the three churches. Meeting minutes start in 1765, and include the date, list of attendees, and business discussed. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: election of vestrymen and selection of other church employees such as wardens, clerks and deacons; filling and supporting the position of minister; management of church finances, including rents and deeds; establishing rules for the management of the cemetery and assignment of pews; communications with Swedish royalty and church leaders in Europe; appointing committees and receiving their reports; assisting widows and the sick and poor of the congregations; and mediating conflict. Many of the early entries concern the vestry's defense of minister, Dr. Carl Magnus Wrangel.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1765/1840
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1792-1797
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1792 to 1797. Each entry includes the date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Many entries include wardens' accounts, as reports from the committee appointed to examine those accounts. Other topics include: elections to the vestry and the appointment of wardens and sextons; the management of pews and of the church graveyard; the departure of one minister and need to secure a new one; and the presentation of an act of incorporation to the state assembly for ratification in 1795.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1792/1797
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language: eng
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Vestry minutes, 1797-1810
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church management
subject: Church schools
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Charity
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1797 to 1810. Each entry includes the date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: elections to the vestry and the appointment of wardens and sextons; hiring of a new minister and assistant minister; management of church finances, including ground rents, pew rents and bequests; the problem of a full burial ground; appointments to various committees; plans for a singing school for children and home for aged widows; establishment of a subscription to raise funds for a church organ; and ongoing upkeep of church buildings and grounds.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1797/1810
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language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1810-1829
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church membership
subject: Church schools
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Charity
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1810 to 1829. Each entry includes the date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: vestry elections; appointment of wardens and sextons; various committee assignments; management of financial accounts, including loans, investments and bequests; management of pew assignments; management of the cemetery; mediation of interpersonal disputes between church members; upkeep of and improvements to the buildings and grounds; the continued quest to secure a church organ; and continued support for the church school and house for aged widows.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1810/1829
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1813-1821
subject: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: African American churches
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church management
subject: African Americans
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Episcopalians
description: The vestry is the governing body of an Episcopal church; it is comprised of the rector and members of the congregation elected by other congregants. This bound volume contains the St. Thomas vestry meeting minutes from 1813 to 1821, including date, time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening), members and Reverend present, and a brief description of each meeting. Topics include church lotteries, overdue "seat money," building repairs, burials, elections, resignations, committee assignments, and parishioners in financial need.
creator: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1813/1821
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1821-1831
subject: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: African American churches
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: African Americans
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Episcopalians
description: The vestry is the governing body of an Episcopal church; it is comprised of the rector and members of the congregation elected by other congregants. This bound volume contains the St. Thomas vestry meeting minutes from 1821 to 1831, including date, time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening), members and Reverend present, and a brief description of each meeting.
creator: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1821/1831
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1832-1852
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Church management
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church finance
subject: Charity
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church history
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Sunday schools
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church fund raising
description: The vestry is the governing body of an Episcopal church; it is comprised of the rector and members of the congregation elected by other congregants. The vestry minutes begin with a copy of the 1832 Act by the Pennsylvania legislature which separated Christ Church and St. Peter's Church into two separate entities. Minutes from the vestry meetings from 1832 to 1852 follow, containing the dates and locations of the meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the settlement of separate financial accounts following the split from Christ Church, the hiring of a new minister and assistant minister, election of vestrymen and appointment of organist and choir, purchase of a new building to house the Sunday school, collection of pew rents, improvement of burial grounds, management of the church's charity fund, and committee reports.
creator: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1832/1852
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, 1838-1860
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Missionaries
subject: Religious education
subject: Sunday schools
subject: Charters
description: The manuscript begins with a transcription of the by-laws of Wicacoe Church adopted on December 3, 1838, which include the duties of the warden, secretary, and sexton, and policies for interment of members. Vestry minutes follow, including the place and date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Business includes, but is not limited to: collection of pew rents; record keeping; elections to leadership and appointments to committees; resignations, appointments and payment of staff; upkeep of building and grounds; fundraising for the mission society and Sunday school; and preparation of a charter to be reviewed by the state legislature.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1838/1860
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text