Pew rents, Christ Church, 1779 March

Metadata

Title

Creator

United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1779-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v222

Call Number

3.4.3.1, v222

Description

The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in March 1779. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.
Pages after page 17 are blank and were not scanned.

Subject

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

19 pages

Format (Original)

Account books

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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IIIF Manifest

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Collection

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew rents, Christ Church, 1779 March,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed July 5, 2025, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v222.