Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1828 March

Metadata

Title

Creator

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1828-03

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v314

Call Number

v314

Description

The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to St. Peter's Church in March 1828. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats rented, rent rate, arrears, total owed and amount paid.

Subject

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Pews and pew rights

Church finance

Episcopalians

St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Episcopal Church

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

19 pages

Format (Original)

Account books

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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Collection

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1828 March,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.AccountingWardensPewRentAccountBooks_v314.