Poor book, 1767-1769

Metadata

Title

Alternative Title

Joshua Moore Poor Book, 1767-1769

Creator

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1767/1769

Digital Identifier

ABHS.FBCJoshuaMoorePoorBook1767

Description

This book records the amounts donated by members to First Baptist Church to help the poor, and the amounts given to the poor from First Baptist Church, from 1767 to 1769. Each entry includes the date, donor or donee's name, and amount donated.

Subject

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Church records and registers

Church fund raising

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

American Baptist Historical Society

Extent

14 pages

Format (Original)

Account books

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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IIIF Manifest

https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCJoshuaMoorePoorBook1767/manifest

Text

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Collection

First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Poor book, 1767-1769,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed July 18, 2025, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCJoshuaMoorePoorBook1767.