St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Itinerancy (Church polity)
Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference
Methodists
Methodist Church
Letters
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1820, including the name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Church discipline
Church schools
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1820. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1820 exists and is scanned separately. Many letters from this year pertain to the Committee on Charters. Other letters suggest the development of a seminary and church school. Also of note, the continuing dispute between the New Mills and Burlington circuits, which had previously been one circuit, over the profits from sale of the once-shared parsonage.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1819, including the name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Church committees
Missionaries
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1819. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1819 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include several committee reports and discussions related to the development of a missionary society. Also of note, a dispute between the New Mills and Burlington circuits, which had previously been one circuit, over the profits from sale of the once-shared parsonage.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1818, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Church fund raising
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1818. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1818 exists and is scanned separately.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1817, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1817. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1817 exists and is scanned separately. Many of the letters from this year include discussions of a conflict related to land rights.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1816, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1816. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1816 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year are recommendations for traveling preachers.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1815, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1815. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1815 exists and is scanned separately. Many letters from this year discuss the bad behavior and subsequent suspension of one John Miller.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1814, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1814. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1814 exists and is scanned separately.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1813, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1813. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1813 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include discussion of a book sale to help fund the traveling preachers.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1812, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1812. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1812 exists and is scanned separately.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1811, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1811. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1811 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include many discussions of members' misbehavior, as well as some committee reports.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1810, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1810. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1810 exists and is scanned separately. This year's letters include an accounting from the Committee of Claims.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1809, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1809. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1809 exists and is scanned separately.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1808, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1808. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1808 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year are recommendations for traveling preachers.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1807, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1807. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1807 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year are recommendations for traveling preachers.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1806. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1805, including the date of the letter, name and/or circuit of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia in 1805. Letters include requests or receipts for financial Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1805 exists and is scanned separately. Letters from this year include many discussions of members' misbehavior, as well as an annual statement from the Committee of Claims.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1804. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1804 exists and is scanned separately.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1803. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1803 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year are recommendations for traveling preachers.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1802, including the name and/or circuit of writer, date of the letter, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1802. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1802 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year are recommendations for traveling preachers.
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1801, including the name and/or circuit of writer, date of the letter, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1801. Letters to conference typically include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1801 exists and is scanned separately. Most of the letters from this year concern the behavior of one John Stuart, a "band man and liar."
Index of correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1800, including the date of the letter, name of writer, name of addressee, and a brief summary of the subject.
Correspondence to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1800. Letters include: requests and recommendations for circuit preachers; reports of misbehavior by or censure of members; and requests for or receipts of financial compensation or other aid. A separate index of the correspondence for 1800 exists and is scanned separately.
Two letters to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1799, recommending men to serve or be trained as traveling preachers on the area circuits.
Church buildings
Church finance
Three handwritten letters to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1792 and 1793. One receipt for debt paid on the Preaching House, another receipt for fees paid to rent the Quantico meeting house, and an accounting of fees paid for work upon the Quantico meeting house.
Two photocopied letters and one typed reproduction of a letter to the annual conference of Methodists in Philadelphia in 1771. The first letter discusses allegations of misbehavior, the second a request for contact from a colleague, and the third a request for pens from a preacher laid up with gout.
Trustee account book, David Lake, 1806-1827, 1843-1844
Cemeteries
Burial records
Account book of trustee David Lake. The first two pages date from 1843 to 1844 and appear to be a listing of member's burials, with names and grave locations. The records then begin at 1806 and run to 1827. Lake notes the Church's need to raise money through subscriptions to buy more land for burials, although the page for subscribers' names only lists two people, from 1808. From 1809 to 1812 Lake records the money he paid for clothing on behalf of James Ware, David James, and William Lake. From 1814 to 1827, Lake records the amounts (in number of "coppers") taken out and returned, usually written to cash, but sometimes for services, bills, or specific individuals' names.
Class book, Daniel Meredith, leader, circa 1797-1826
Church records and registers
African Americans
Daniel Meredith served as class leader for the Methodists in the "Valey" of Chester County, Pennsylvania for many years. He recorded the preachers assigned to the Chester circuit each year, and kept records of members' attendance at the Valey class. The first several pages of the book are faded to the point that some text is illegible; more readable entries begin around 1805 and end with the 1826 class. Often the black classes are listed separately; see "coloured people" on page 56 or "coloured friends" on page 62.
Northwest burial ground, cash book, 1818-1857
Record of burial plots purchased in the Northwest burial ground at St. George's church, from 1818 to 1857. Entries are listed by the date a burial plot was chosen, and span two pages, recto and verso. They include the name of the person who purchased a lot or lots, the number of the lot and the price paid. Often the lots were purchased in installments over time, the dates and amounts of which are also noted. Some entries are marked as delinquent or forfeited. There is an alphabetical index of names in the beginning of the book.
Northwest burial ground, placement of lots, 1818, 1875
Two maps showing a grid of cemetery lots and numbers, with the names of the persons buried there. The burial ground was located at the southeast corner of what is now 16th St. and Fairmount Ave. Sometime between 1860 and 1875, the burial ground had been sold, the bodies disinterred, and the land developed into housing. The second map has notations of "x" and "out" to indicate that bodies had been moved.
St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Marriage records
Register of marriages at St. Joseph's Church. In Latin.
Register of marriages at St. Joseph's Church. In Latin. Includes index at rear.
Baptisms and marriages, 1773-1786, Rev. Robert Molyneux
Baptismal records
Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit missionary Father Robert Molyneux, who became pastor of Old St. Joseph's and Old St. Mary's in 1771. Records appear in both the front and rear of this volume. In Latin.
Molyneux, Robert, 1738-1808