Vestry minutes, 1792-1797

Metadata

Title

Vestry minutes, 1792-1797

Alternative Title

St. Paul Vestry Minutes, 1792-1797

Date

1792/1797

Digital Identifier

EpiscopalDiocese.StPaulVestryMinutes1792-1797

Description

Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1792 to 1797. Each entry includes the date of the meeting, members present, and business discussed. Many entries include wardens' accounts, as reports from the committee appointed to examine those accounts. Other topics include: elections to the vestry and the appointment of wardens and sextons; the management of pews and of the church graveyard; the departure of one minister and need to secure a new one; and the presentation of an act of incorporation to the state assembly for ratification in 1795.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives

Extent

84 pages

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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