Metadata
Title
Pew rent books, 1793-1794, v.6
Date
1793/1794
Digital Identifier
PHS.FirstPresbyterianChurchPewRentBooks1793-1794_Vol6
Call Number
V MI46 P477px v. 6
Description
The practice of renting pews was common in 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 owed and paid to First Presbyterian in 1794. Entries are listed by pew number and congregant name, with dates and amounts paid, and they span two pages, verso and recto.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
42 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
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