Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1786 September, book 1

Metadata

Title

Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1786 September, book 1

Date

1786-09

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v237

Call Number

3.4.3.8, v237

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 1786. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Many entries also include the pew occupant's home address. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start after page 16.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

33 pages

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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