Pew rent account book, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1787 March

Metadata

Title

Pew rent account book, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1787 March

Date

1787-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v238

Call Number

3.4.3.8, v238

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 March 1787. The cover and initial pages at front and back are missing in the original volume.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia PA

Extent

1 volume, 24 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