Correspondence and other records, 1793

Metadata

Title

Creator

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1793

Digital Identifier

ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-13

Call Number

4.2.0.13; F501

Description

Includes draft petition reacting to an apparent municipal order to remove burial grounds from city limits. The order was probably in response to the yellow fever epidemics which severely effected Philadelphia's population in the 1790s. The petition is in favor of keeping burial grounds within city limits.

Subject

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

2 documents

Format (Original)

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

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

Language

eng

Type

Text

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IIIF Manifest

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Collection

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Correspondence and other records, 1793,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed January 12, 2026, https://www.philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-13.