Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1781 March

Metadata

Title

Creator

Land, H. (Henry), 1723 or 1724-

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

Date

1781-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v227

Call Number

3.4.3.3, v227

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

Subject

Pews and pew rights

Church finance

St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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

Episcopalians

Episcopal Church

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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Collection

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Land, H. (Henry), 1723 or 1724- and United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1781 March,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v227.