Metadata
Title
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1785 September
Date
1785-09
Digital Identifier
ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v234
Call Number
3.4.3.7, v234
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 1785. 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 after page 14, with new page numbering.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Extent
33 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_v234/manifest