Women's Removals Issued
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Includes Certificate of Removal for Grace Stevenson and her daughters to Middletown Monthly Meeting dated 1768; four copies of the Certificate for Removal of Letitia Penn to London dated 1701; Certificate of Removal for Elizabeth Pane to Dublin dated 1711.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: {1701/1711,1768}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Archivum Americanum, 1724-1786, 1891
subject: Parish missions
subject: Sweden
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Lutherans
subject: American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
subject: Swedes
subject: United States--Delaware River Valley
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Archivum Americanum contains summaries, extracts and copies of correspondence between the archbishop and consistory of Upsal in Sweden and the missionaries sent to Swedish parishes along the Delaware river, including churches in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Entries date from 1724 through approximately 1786, but begin with a "Prefatory Note" dated 1891. Topics include but are not limited to: requests to replace pastors who have passed away, opinions on the use of English in liturgy, personal controversies, official meeting minutes, and the welfare of members during the American Revolutionary war. A register of the members of various parishes makes up the rear portion of the volume. Some pages are in Swedish.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1724/1786,1891}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: swe
type: Text

Pew rents, 1769-1770, and general accounts, 1799-1813
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church finance
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of pew rents at St. Paul's from 1769 to 1770, and general accounts from 1799 to 1813. 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. Pew holders are listed by name, which are not entered alphabetically. Each entry spans two pages, recto and verso, and includes dates, numbers of seats rented, and sums paid. General accounts of the church start on page 65a, and include salaries for church employees, collections, investments, legacies, mortgages, ground rents, and payments toward an organ for the church.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1769/1770,1799/1813}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Lottery account book, 1773 and charity collections, 1802-1812
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Charity
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: The first 24 pages of this account book record the funds raised by St. Paul's 1773 church lottery, with entries ordered by date. Records of St. Paul's charity collections from 1802 to 1812 start from the back of the book and run chronologically, upside down, for another eight pages.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1773,1802/1812}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1785, 1789-1791, 1793-1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
date: {1785,1789/1791,1793/1800}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

William White sermon 11, "Of the Truth of God," 1791, 1800
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Sermons
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: White, William, 1748-1836
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Psalms
subject: Episcopal Church
description: William White (1748-1836) was born and educated in Philadelphia, and served as Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church for 57 years. He also served as Chaplain of the Continental Congress, Chaplain of the Senate, the first presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, and a long-time trustee for the University of Pennsylvania. Reverend White read this sermon in 1791 and again, in altered form, in 1800. In it, he discusses his thoughts on Psalms 100:5, "And his Truth endureth from Generation to Generation."
creator: White, William, 1748-1836
date: {1791,1800}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

William White sermon 224, "Of Gospel Righteousness," 1792, 1800
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Sermons
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: White, William, 1748-1836
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Gospels
subject: Bible. Matthew
subject: Episcopal Church
description: William White (1748-1836) was born and educated in Philadelphia, and served as Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church for 57 years. He also served as Chaplain of the Continental Congress, Chaplain of the Senate, the first presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, and a long-time trustee for the University of Pennsylvania. In this sermon, which Reverend White delivered in 1792 and again in 1800, he discusses his thoughts on Matthew 5:20, "Except your Righteousness shall exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."
creator: White, William, 1748-1836
date: {1792,1800}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

William White Sermon 170, "Of the enumeration of Days," 1797, 1835
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Sermons
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: White, William, 1748-1836
subject: Bible. Old Testament
subject: Bible. Psalms
subject: Episcopal Church
description: William White (1748-1836) was born and educated in Philadelphia, and served as Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church for 57 years. He also served as Chaplain of the Continental Congress, Chaplain of the Senate, the first presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, and a long-time trustee for the University of Pennsylvania. Reverend White delivered this sermon in 1797, and again in 1835, with revisions noted on the inside front cover. Within, he discusses his thoughts on Psalms 90:12, "To teach us to number our Days, that we may apply our Hearts into Wisdom."
creator: White, William, 1748-1836
date: {1797,1835}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Trustee account book, David Lake, 1806-1827, 1843-1844
subject: Church finance
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Methodists
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Burial records
subject: Methodist Church
description: 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.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1806/1827,1843/1844}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials in Spruce Street Cemetery, 1843-1868 and Federal Street Cemetery, 1849-1863
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Burial records
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Jews
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Synagogues
description: Record of persons buried in both the Spruce Street Cemetery and Federal Street Cemetery of Congregation Mikveh Israel in the mid-19th century. Burials in the Spruce Street Cemetery are listed chronologically from the front of the book and span the years 1843 to 1868. Listings include the date of burial, name of deceased, age at time of death, date of death, location of grave, and sometimes family relations. Burials in the Federal Street Cemetery are listed chronologically from the back of the book and span the years 1849 to 1863. Listings include both the English and Hebrew dates of burial, name of deceased and location of grave.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1843/1868,1844/1863}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Benjamin Dorr sermon 697, "Obedience to Government," 1849, 1860
subject: Sermons
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
subject: Politics and government
subject: Church and state
subject: Bible. New Testament
subject: Bible. Gospels
subject: Bible. Matthew
subject: Episcopal Church
description: 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. Reverend Dorr delivered this sermon in 1849 and again in 1860, and lays out his thoughts on Matthew 22:21 "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." Note: Page numbering in the original text starts over after page 6, with a second page 3.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869
date: {1849,1860}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Balance book, 1856-1876, 1900-1908
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues--Finance
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
description: Detailed account of money spent and received by Congregation Mikveh Israel; the first 20 pages are of a slightly smaller size, which have been inserted into the bound manuscript and contain balances from 1858 to 1876. A few notes and receipts from that timeframe have been inserted into the following pages. The second half of the book contains a detailed accounting of expenses and receipts from 1900 to 1908, which pages are numbered according to the page numbers in the record itself.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1857/1876,1900/1908}
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

Historical accounts of Swedish settlement along the Delaware River and financial records of Gloria Dei, 1653-1760
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Lutherans
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Sweden
subject: Netherlands
subject: Land Settlement
subject: Colonies
subject: African Americans
subject: Rudman, Andrew, 1668-1708
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Clergy
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Bound manuscript containing many accounts of Swedish settlement along the Delaware River from the early 17th century to the mid-late 18th century. These accounts come from various sources, including several ministers sent to Gloria Dei by the King or Queen of Sweden. The accounts do not appear in strict chronological order and sometimes overlap with each other, but provide a rich and detailed account of this time and place. Translations of the Swedish have been provided for the bulk of the manuscript. Meeting minutes for the general parish and church council of Gloria Dei are interspersed with these personal accounts, as well as copies of letters to and from various kings, queens, bishops and archbishops in Europe. Topics covered include: land purchases; the building and upkeep of churches, including Gloria Dei and its cemetery; the need for new ministers and the struggle to house and pay them; the establishment of standards for religious practices in the new land; listings of Swedish families, including information on births, deaths, and marriages; and ongoing relations between the Swedes and their Indian, Dutch and English neighbors, including Quakers and the leaders of Christ Church. The last third of the book consists of financial accounts kept by Gloria Dei. Sums recorded include Sunday collections, special fundraising efforts, and expenditures for church repair, ministers' travel, and support of the poor and sick in the congregation. Note: The vast majority of records in this book run to 1760, but several documents at the back of the volume date from the early 1800s.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1653/1760
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: swe
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
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A Booke of records: of bierthes and burials in Philadelphia in the Province of Penezlvania in Amerrica
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 of only those who were members. If a child was born to two Quakers in good standing at the time of the birth they were considered "birthright." This volume is unusual because it includes not only members of the Society of Friends, but also, entered separately after 1692, "An Account of the burialls of Such as are not Friends within the town of Philadelphia." Also includes births, 1677-1808, removals received, 1681-1758; acknowledgments, 1695-1698; births, 1783-1827; Deaths, 1806-1826. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1677/1827
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tif
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1681-1746
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church membership
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Religious literature
subject: Persecution
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1681/1746
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1681-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. Copy of the original made in 1881. Includes acknowledgments in the back, 1692-1698.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1681/1758
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1681-1814
subject: Yearly Meeting of Women Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Quaker women
subject: Women and religion
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Indians of North America
subject: African Americans
subject: Temperance
subject: Religious education
subject: Correspondence
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
description: Yearly Meetings are large autonomous bodies of Quakers, meeting for several days once annually to conduct business, formulate the discipline, receive reports and concerns from its constituent meetings, review the state of the Society, and communicate with other yearly meetings and non-Quaker organizations.
creator: Yearly Meeting of Women Friends (Philadelphia
creator: Pa.)
date: 1681/1814
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

A Minute Book of Friends their Quarterly and Monthly Metings, 1682-1705
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. This first book of minutes is unusual because it includes both quarterly and monthly business meeting minutes.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1705
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1711
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1682/1711
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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

Miscellaneous Papers, 1682-1764
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church management
subject: Persecution
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: African Americans
subject: Antislavery movements
subject: Church committees
subject: Church finance
subject: Correspondence
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Religious education
subject: Temperance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church discipline
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1682/1764
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1684-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. This volume also includes a few acknowledgements, 1692-1698, at the end of the volume as well as a separate index.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1684/1758
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tif
language: eng
type: Text

The Women's Monthly Meeting Booke, 1685-1728
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. This book, kept by women Friends, recorded intentions of marriage and the people and causes for distribution of funds. Laid in is another small book with additional marriage and fund disbursement information and 3 loose pages of accounts. Also includes some removals.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1685/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Book of marriage intentions and accounts, 1685-1728
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. This book, kept by women Friends, recorded intentions of marriage and the people and causes for distribution of funds. Laid in is another small book with additional marriage and fund disbursement information and 3 loose pages of accounts.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1685/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Epistles, letters, minutes, and reports - Index, 1685-1778
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Marriage records
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Religious education
subject: Religious literature
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting. Includes typed index of contents at beginning of each folder dated 1662-1702 [p. 2-8] and 1703-1713 [p. 224-229].
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1685/1778
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1-150, 1686-1713
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1686/1713
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1686-1728
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: 1686/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Supplementary Record to Certificates Received, 1686-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. This is a copy made in 1882.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1686/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1692-1792
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1692/1792
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Deeds, 1695, 1702
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Deeds
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church history
subject: Church property
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Two copies of the indenture made on November 15, 1695, from Griffith Jones to Joshua Carpenter, for a parcel of land at Second Street in the Towne of Philadelphia, for the yearly rent of "Tenne pounds of currant silver money." One copy for Jones, and one for Carpenter. Two copies likewise of the 1702 deed by which Jones extinguished the ground rent, for the consideration of 150 pounds, and clarifying that Carpenter's name was used by "special nomination and appointment" of the community of Christ Church, and that the lot is to be used for the perpetual public worship of God, in the Christian religion as practiced by the Church of England.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1695/1702
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Naturalization certificate of Andrew Rudman, 1701
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Naturalization records
subject: Lutherans
subject: Rudman, Andrew, 1668-1708
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Framed parchment signed by William Penn, Governor of Pennsylvania, granting citizenship to Reverend Andreas (Andrew) Rudman in 1701. Rudman was one of the earliest pastors at Gloria Dei, and oversaw the construction of the church beginning in 1698.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1701
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: swe
type: Text

Queen Anne Warrant, 1702
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church finance
subject: Protestants
subject: Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714
subject: Clergy
subject: Church schools
subject: Tobacco
subject: Taxation
description: Treasury warrant from Queen Anne, continuing a previous warrant from King William, allowing Christ Church to pay annual salaries of 50 pounds to a Protestant minister and 30 pounds to a schoolmaster, to be paid with one penny per each pound of tobacco duties collected in Pennsylvania.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1702
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Charter, 1703
subject: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Charters
description: A 1703 land grant from Governor Inglesby, giving four English farmers land to build a church on the hills north of the Delaware Falls, which they shared with Scottish farmers. In 1751 St. Michael's original Trenton sanctuary was built on this land.
creator: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
date: 1703
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
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
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, 1708-1833
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Charity
subject: Poor
subject: Episcopalians
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of expenditures by Christ Church and the United Episcopal Churches, from 1708 through 1833. Expenses noted include: firewood and candles; wine and bread for communion; supplies and workmen for building repairs and upkeep of the burial grounds; charitable assistance to the poor; and salaries for church employees such as the minister, sexton, organist, and Sunday school superintendent.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1708/1833
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Baptisms, marriages, and burials, Christ Church, 1709-1718
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church of England
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of baptisms, marriages, and burials at Christ Church between 1709 and 1718, kept by clerk John Ashton. Pages containing baptism records are numbered pages 5 to 47; pages containing marriages are numbered pages 70 to 87; and pages containing burial records are numbered pages 123 to 158. Baptism records include the name of the person baptized, parents' names if that person is a child, age at time of baptism and date of baptism. Marriage records include the names of the bride and groom and the date of the marriage. Burial records include the name of the decedent and date of burial; often the names of parents or spouses are listed also.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1709/1718
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Epistles, letters, minutes, and reports, 1714-1721
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Marriage records
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Religious education
subject: Religious literature
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting. Includes typed index of contents at beginning dated 1714-1721.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1714/1721
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 151-300, 1714-1729
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1714/1729
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Vestry minutes, Christ Church, v. 1, 1717-1760
subject: Parish elections
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church finance
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church management
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church schools
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church of England
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Episcopal Church
description: This volume holds the oldest known meeting minutes for Christ Church, dating from 1717 to 1760. The vestry is the governing body for the church. Each entry records the date, members present and business discussed. The Lieutenant Governor was often present at early meetings, and the Governor became a member of the vestry in 1718. Topics covered include: elections of wardens and vestrymen; fundraising for a steeple and burial ground; establishment of new pew rents; settlement of various accounts; the need to write to the Bishop of London for a new reverend; application for a charter; and the appointment of a schoolmaster. Note: Page 92 was blank and was not scanned.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1717/1760
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Baptisms, marriages, and burials, Christ Church, 1719-1750
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church of England
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of marriages, christenings/baptisms, and burials at Christ Church from 1719 to 1750. All events from 1719 to 1724 are recorded together by date from pages 1 to 27. There is a gap in page numbering, then all marriages from 1725 to 1750 are recorded by date from pages 34 to 73. There is another gap in page numbering, then all christenings/baptisms are recorded by date from pages 104 to 179. There is a final gap in page numbering, then all burials from 1725 to 1750 are listed by date from pages 189 to 264.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1719/1750
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
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

Epistles, letters, minutes, and reports, 1722-1730
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Marriage records
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Religious education
subject: Religious literature
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting. Includes typed index of contents at beginning dated 1722-1731.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1722/1730
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1723-1772
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1723/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1728-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
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: 1728/1756
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 301-450, 1729-1736
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1729/1736
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Epistles, letters, minutes, and reports, 1731-1738
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy
subject: Church committees
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Correspondence
subject: Marriage records
subject: Persecution
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Religious education
subject: Religious literature
description: Miscellaneous papers might include reports, financial documents, epistles, and other items which were usually only briefly referenced in the minutes of the business meeting. Includes typed index of contents at beginning dated 1730-1738.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
date: 1731/1738
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Baptisms, burials, and marriages, 1750-1789, and records of pastors, 1733-1758
subject: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Lutherans
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Clergy
subject: Lutheran Church
description: Record of baptisms, burials and marriages performed by Gloria Dei from 1750 to 1789. Entries are not in strict order, and page numbering starts over several times. Records look to be batched by the pastor performing the ceremony as well as by date, and indexes are found throughout, paged in lowercase roman numerals. Baptismal records are found on images 5-67 (1750-1780) and 191-203 (1780-1788). Burial records from are found on images 2-4 (1787-1789) and 177-190 (1750-1776). Marriage records from are found on images 4-5 (1778); 68-158 (1750-1779); and 169-175 (1779-1780); and 204-237 (1779-1789). Although the vast majority of records in this bound volume are baptisms, burials and marriages, images 158 to 168 include accounts of the experiences of several early pastors of Gloria Dei in the 1730s, 1740s and 1750s. These pages include notes from meetings with the congregation and vestry. Some entries are written in Swedish.
creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1733/1789
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: swe
type: Text