Pew rent account book, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1782 September

Metadata

Title

Pew rent account book, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1782 September

Alternative Title

Account of Pew Rent Due to Christ & St. Peter's Churches to September 20th, 1782

Date

1782-09

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v230

Call Number

3.4.3.5, v230

Description

Pew Registers were maintained at Christ Church and indeed many churches in the 18th and 19th centuries. The pew rent records document pew rents collected and from whom. Some books note where individuals sat and their home addresses. This particular journal indicates rents due in 1782. These are the accounts of Wooddrop Sims.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia PA

Extent

1 volume, 36 pages

Format (Original)

Account books
Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

Thumbnail

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IIIF Manifest

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Rights Holder

Christ Church, Philadelphia PA