Pew rents, Christ Church, 1780 March

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church, 1780 March

Date

1780-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v224

Call Number

3.4.3.2, v224

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 1780. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

22 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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