Metadata
Title
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1783 March, book 1
Date
1783-03
Digital Identifier
ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v232
Call Number
3.4.3.6, v232
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 March 1783. 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 begin towards the middle of the book, with new page numbering.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Extent
46 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
IIIF Manifest
https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v232/manifest