Benjamin Dorr and Horace Binney letter to Moses Kempton concerning Christ Church collections, 1838 May 9

Benjamin Dorr and Horace Binney letter to Moses Kempton concerning Christ Church collections, 1838 May 9

1838-05-09

ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-48

4.2.0.48; F536

A letter addressed to Moses Kempton, Church Warden, from Benjamin Dorr, Rector, and Horace Binney, Chairman of the Committee. The letter directs the distribution of church collections gathered on April 15, 1838, as well as a special donation from an anonymous lady meant to support a missionary in Indianapolis.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Indiana--Indianapolis

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

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This letter, dated May 9, 1838, from Rector Benjamin Dorr and Horace Binney, Chairman of Committee, instructs Church Warden Moses Kempton to apply the collections taken in Christ Church on April 15 and an additional special donation of $25 given through the Rector by a Lady who appropriated the sum to the support of a Missionary at Indianapolis [Image 1]. The total amount of $330.80 was to be distributed as follows: $25 to the Treasurer of the Female Protestant Episcopal Prayer Book Society of Pennsylvania; $25 to the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bible Society; $75.80 to the Treasurer of the Bishop White Prayer Book Society; $180 to the Treasurer of the General Theological Seminary; and $25 to the Treasurer of the Domestic Committee of Missions to aid in the support of a Missionary at Indianapolis [Image 1].

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