Metadata
Title
Pew rents, 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
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 and St. Peter's in September 1782. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 13. These are the accounts of church warden Wooddrop Sims.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Holding Institution
Christ Church, Philadelphia PA
Extent
34 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Thumbnail
IIIF Manifest
https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v230/manifest
Rights Holder
Christ Church, Philadelphia PA
