Pew committee minutes, 1774-1786

Metadata

Title

Alternative Title

First Presbyterian Church Pew Committee Records 1774-1786, Vol 1

Creator

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1774/1786

Digital Identifier

PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewCommitteeRecords1774-1786_Vol1

Call Number

V M146 P477pm

Description

The minutes of the meetings of "the committee for regulating pews" from 1774 to 1786 include the meeting time, place, names of committee members present and business discussed, primarily the assignment of pews and collection of pew rents. Other topics discussed include the split with "Pine Street Church" (Third Presbyterian), fees for burials, and charitable assistance to widows.

Subject

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Church records and registers

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Presbyterian Historical Society

Extent

80 pages

Format (Original)

Minutes (Records)

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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Collection

First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew committee minutes, 1774-1786,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed July 2, 2025, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewCommitteeRecords1774-1786_Vol1.