Pew rents, Christ Church, 1781 March

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church, 1781 March

Date

1781-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v226

Call Number

3.4.3.3, v226

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 1781. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

17 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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