A List of Members Belonging to the Women's Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia, 1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1793
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1795-1801
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1795/1801
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1789-1795
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1789/1795
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1782-1789
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1782/1789
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1777-1781
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1777/1781
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, 1771-1777
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index in front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1771/1777
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes Commencing the 25th day of the 1st Monthly (January) 1765, 1765-1771
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1765/1771
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1762-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. Index at front of book.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1762/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1757-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline. This volume also includes "An Account of Sundry Books of Records &c belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philada."
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1757/1762
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1751-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1751/1756
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1745-1755
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1745/1755
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1715-1744
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1715/1744
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1705-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1705/1714
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1714
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1714
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1759-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1759/1762
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Marriage certificates, 1759-1814
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. A marriage certificate was drawn up and signed by those in attendance. This document also included the names of the bride and groom, where the wedding took place, and what monthly meeting oversaw the proceedings. Some certificates list the parents as well. This, the meeting's record of the event, was a copy of the original which was retained by the couple after being recorded. Index at front.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1759/1814
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A Record of Friends Certificates of Marriage belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia, 1672-1759
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. A marriage certificate was drawn up and signed by those in attendance. This document also included the names of the bride and groom, where the wedding took place, and what monthly meeting oversaw the proceedings. Some certificates list the parents as well. This, the meeting's record of the event, was a copy of the original which was retained by the couple after being recorded.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1672/1759
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1800
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1800
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1790
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation. This list includes the names of more Philadelphia Friends than does the other 1790 list.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1790
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1790
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1790
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1782
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1782
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A List of the Members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1773
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Most Quaker meetings did not keep membership lists until the 19th century, but urban areas were an exception. Population movement into and out of the City necessitated more documentation.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1773
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Birth, death and marriage records, 1721-1783
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries, Friends generally kept records of the births and deaths only of members. If a child was born to two Quakers in good standing at the time of the birth they were considered "birthright." This item also includes some copies of marriage certificates.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1721/1783
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Deed for St. Peter's Church, 1757
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Deeds
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church history
description: Deed from Thomas Penn and Richard Penn for the land for St. Peter's church and graveyard.
creator: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1757
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Journal of the Philadelphia Conference, 1800-1814
subject: Church records and registers
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church discipline
subject: Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816
subject: Church finance
subject: Church committees
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference
subject: Methodists
subject: Methodist Church
subject: Corporate minutes
description: Minutes of the annual Philadelphia Conference from 1800 through 1814, presided over by Francis Asbury and others. Each year's entry states the date, place, church leaders presiding, and members present, followed by the business discussed. Business regularly includes the recommendation and evaluation of traveling preachers, allegations of misbehavior, financial accounting, requests for assistance, and committee reports. An index of names, compiled from the records in 1868, appears at the rear of the book.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference
date: 1800/1814
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1816-1817
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: African Americans
subject: Methodists
subject: Camp meetings
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from his second year preaching on the Snow Hill circuit, from April 17, 1816 to March 16, 1817. As with his first few diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he met, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. He still experiences bouts of depression, but also describes happiness and contentment in preaching, visiting the sick, and performing baptisms, marriages and funerals. He is particularly pleased by camp meetings that are successful in gaining converts. Several entries refer to a woman named Sally, who often attends meetings with Dailey and who would eventually become his wife. Copies of several letters between the two are included at the end of the volume.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1816/1817
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1815-1816
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodists
subject: Church discipline
subject: African Americans
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from his time preaching on the Snow Hill circuit, from April 20, 1815 to April 16, 1816. During this time he notes his 24th birthday. As with his first two diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, and his physical and emotional state throughout. During his third year as a traveling preacher, he seemed to find more joy in his preaching, particularly in "meeting with the blacks." He survives a bout of the measles and another unnamed "tedious illness," and is vaccinated for small pox. He also presides over two trials regarding member misconduct.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1815/1816
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1814-1815
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: African Americans
subject: Methodists
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from his time preaching on the Smyrna and Cambridge circuits, from April 5, 1814 to April 16, 1815. As with his first diary, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. Entries continue to paint a picture of a difficult life, including loneliness, hoarseness, bad weather and poor attendance, although he experiences some good days as he preaches, performs baptisms, and visits the sick and dying.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1814/1815
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1813-1814
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodists
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: African Americans
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from his time preaching on the Dorchester circuit, from April 5th 1813 to April 5th 1814. Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate "black classes," and his physical and emotional state throughout. Entries paint a picture of a difficult life, as Dailey was lonely, suffered from hoarseness, and often traveled through bad weather to find only small gatherings and "hardened sinners." He often prays for greater faith in order to persevere.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1813/1814
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account of a camp meeting, David Dailey, 1819
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Camp meetings
subject: Methodists
subject: Methodist Church
description: Account of a camp meeting held on Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, in August 1819. Dailey notes the preachers and elders present, their circuits, and what they preached on. The meeting was plagued with heavy rainstorms, but there was still much singing and praying, as described by Dailey.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1819-08
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1819-1820
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodists
subject: Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference
subject: Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Baltimore Conference
subject: Camp meetings
subject: African Americans
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from his time on the Cambridge Circuit, from April 7, 1819 to March 7, 1820. As with his first several diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. This diary begins with a brief account of the Philadelphia meeting, which Dailey describes as disagreeable, and his assignment to the Cambridge circuit, which he explains is the same as the Dorchester circuit to which he was previously assigned. Dailey travels through much bad weather on horse and by canoe to preach, visit with the sick, perform baptisms, marriages, and funerals, and attend tent meetings. He also attends the Baltimore conference and records the names of the preachers he met there. Also during this time, Dailey's younger brother dies of typus, and Dailey's wife bears a second son.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1819/1820
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1817
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference
subject: Methodists
subject: Church discipline
subject: Camp meetings
subject: African Americans
subject: United States--Delmarva Peninsula
subject: Circuit riders
subject: Methodist Church
description: David Dailey's diary from March 17 to November 19, 1817. On March 17 Dailey left the circuit and took his wife Sally to meet his family. He then attended the Philadelphia Conference, where he was appointed to the Accomack circuit. As with his first few diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. He still experiences bouts of sickness and depression, but also finds happiness in preaching, visiting the sick, performing baptisms, and attending camp meetings. During this time, Sally gives birth to a son. Also during this time, Dailey describes several trials, including those involving black members, and is involved in matters of church discipline such as expelling a member for "selling a human being in the Southern States."
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dailey, David
date: 1817
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, offerings, 1786-1788
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogue fund raising
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Synagogues--Finance
description: Record of offerings given or promised to Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1786 to 1788. The book includes an alphabetical index of congregant names in the first two pages, followed by a listing of general offerings by quarter. More detailed records of individuals' offerings span two pages, verso and recto, and the book concludes with outstanding debts and balances.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1786/1788
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, Society for the Visitation of the Sick and Mutual Assistance, 1813-1864
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Jews
subject: Charity
subject: Care of the sick
subject: Death
subject: Synagogues
description: The Society for the Visitation of the Sick and Mutual Assistance started as "the Hebra," or a sacred society that ensures the bodies of deceased Jews are prepared for burial according to Jewish tradition and protected from desecration before burial. The new name was adopted around 1850 and made official by new Articles in 1853 (see page 250 in the bound manuscript.) Meeting minutes cover topics such as elections, resignations, admissions, expulsions and deaths of members; the drafting and redrafting of rules and regulations; accounting, including debt collection, donations and investments; interactions with other Jewish charitable organizations; and the organization of day and night watches.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1813/1864
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Annual seat rentals, 1827-1844
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogue fund raising
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Synagogues
subject: Jews
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: Record of seat rentals for Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1827 to 1844. Entries are listed by seat number, and include the name of the purchaser or renter, and yearly rent paid.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1827/1844
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Copy of David Solis letter to Isaac Leeser, 1863
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Leeser, Isaac
subject: Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Jews--Dietary laws
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Letters
description: Copy of a letter David Solis wrote to Rev. Isaac Leeser, who was the hazan of Congregation Beth El Emeth after retiring from Mikveh Israel. The copy was sent to the president of Beth El Emeth. Solis resigned his membership in the congregation due to what he described as Leeser's violation of Jewish dietary laws.
creator: Solis, David H.
date: 1863
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, 1824-1857
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogues--Finance
subject: Jews
subject: Account books
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue fund raising
description: The majority of this book serves as a record of sundry accounts as drafted by the gabay (a position similar to a warden or a sexton) of Mikveh Israel, from 1824 to 1857. Accounts covered include seat rents/sales, ground and building rents, offerings and collections, salaries for synagogue employees, cleaning and repair of the synagogue, taxes, the Pennsylvania state lottery, bills for gas and coal, and donations to charity. The inside front cover of the book includes a printed copy of the 1828 act to enable Mikveh Israel to lease a lot in Philadelphia, and the first several pages cover yearly incomes versus expenditures from 1827 to 1856 as well as seat rents from 1824 to 1830. Page numbering then starts over with the gabay's entries.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1824/1857
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Deed for Federal Street cemetery, 1841
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Deeds
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
description: Deed for a plot of land located in the Township of Moyamensing in the County of Philadelphia, granted by William G. Alexander and Joel B. Sutherland and their wives Catharine and Mary, to Congregation Mikveh Israel, for the sum of $2650 in 1841.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1841
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, check stubs, 1862-1910
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Account books
subject: Charity
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogues--Finance
description: Record of checks paid by Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1862 to 1910. Each check stub includes a check number, date, payee name, amount, and goods or services purchased. Examples of payments include mortgage interest, charitable donations, and building maintenance and repair.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1862/1910
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, donations for building a new synagogue, 1782-1784
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogue fund raising
subject: Jews
subject: Religious facilities
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Synagogues--Finance
description: Account ledger recording donations toward the construction of the new Mikveh Israel Synagogue. Pages are numbered chronologically: records start in 1782, from what appears to be the back of the book as scanned, proceed backward through the book until page 28, then continue from what appears to be the front of the book. Entries contain name of donor and amount and date donated.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1782/1784
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 970, "The death & burial of Moses," 1865
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. Old Testament
subject: Bible. Pentateuch
subject: Bible. Deuteronomy
subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon, delivered during a National Fast mourning the assassination of President Lincoln, contains Reverend Dorr's thoughts on Deuteronomy 34:5-8, ""So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended."
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1865-06-01
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 969, "Jacob's Vow; or the duty and blessedness of giving," 1865
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. Old Testament
subject: Bible. Pentateuch
subject: Bible. Genesis
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on Genesis 28:20-22, "And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee."
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1865-01-01
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 964, "Unspotted from the world," 1863
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. James
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on James 1:27, "To keep himself unspotted from the world."
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1863-09-06
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 961, "St. Paul at Athens," 1862
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Acts
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on Acts 17:32-34, "And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him and believed."
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1862-08-10
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 926, "Scripture Mysteries," 1859, 1864
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Timothy, 1st
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on 1st Timothy 3:16, "Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." The inside front cover notes two dates Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon, once in 1859 and again in 1864.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: {1859,1864}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 881, "The Christian Calling," 1858-1864
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. Ephesians
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on Ephesians 4:1-3, "Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." The inside front cover notes six dates Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon, from 1858 to 1864.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1858/1864
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 852, "Christ's Promise: I will see you again," 1857-1862
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Gospels
subject: Bible. John
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on John 16:22, "Ye now therefore have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you." The inside front cover notes six dates Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon, from 1857 to 1862.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1857/1862
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 758, "Jesus Weeping over Jerusalem," 1851-1865
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Gospels
subject: Bible. Luke
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon is marked for Advent, and lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on Luke 19:41 and 42, "And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes." The inside front cover notes six dates Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon, from 1851 to 1865. Note: page numbering follows the text, which contains three page sevens.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1851/1865
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 757, "Christian Confidence," 1851-1865
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Timothy, 2nd
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Reverend Benjamin Dorr served as rector for Christ Church from 1839 to 1868, and undertook the difficult job of holding the congregation together during the Civil War. This sermon lays out Reverend Dorr's thoughts on 2 Timothy 1:12, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against this day." The inside front cover notes 17 dates Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon, from 1851 to 1865.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: 1851/1865
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text