Metadata
Title
Correspondence and other records, 1855
Date
1855
Digital Identifier
ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-58
Call Number
4.2.0.58; F546
Description
Folder contains a letter of resignation from Moses Kempton, asking to be relieved of his duties associated with Christ Church Hospital. It also contains a printed appeal from Saint Thomas' African Episcopal Church asking for aid in repayment of a debt and to increase their pastor's salary, endorsed by Bishop Alonzo Potter.
Additional records include a letter from Benjamin Dorr thanking the vestry for a $400 salary increase, and a letter from C. Campbell Cooper presenting plans and estimates for a proposed new building for Christ Church Hospital at the Farm in Belmont.
Additional records include a letter from Benjamin Dorr thanking the vestry for a $400 salary increase, and a letter from C. Campbell Cooper presenting plans and estimates for a proposed new building for Christ Church Hospital at the Farm in Belmont.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA
Extent
4 documents
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
This folder of correspondence and records from Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) contains four documents dated 1855. In a note dated April 17, 1855, Dr. Benjamin Dorr thanks the Vestry, through secretary Edward L. Clark, for a resolution passed the previous evening increasing his salary by $400 per annum from the 10th of the month, expressing gratitude for the courtesy and generosity he had experienced over eighteen years of connection with the vestry [p.1].
Moses Kempton, in a letter dated January 31, 1855, regrets his inability to give proper time to his duties as one of the Managers of Christ Church Hospital and submits his resignation, asking that another Vestry member be elected in his place [p.2].
A printed statement and appeal from the Wardens of St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church, dated May 4, 1855, and pursuant to resolutions passed April 18, 1855, requests aid from Philadelphia Episcopal churches and individuals. The church's indebtedness was about one thousand dollars, incurred through repairs to the church edifice and parsonage; its income was about seven hundred dollars against expenses over eight hundred, with a pastor's salary reduced to $350 per year. The wardens James Needham and Scipeo Sewell solicit four hundred dollars annually for a few years. The appeal is commended by Bishop Alonzo Potter and endorsed by William Douglass [p.3].
Finally, C. Campbell Cooper, writing December 6, 1855, on behalf of the Committee of the Managers of Christ Church Hospital, submits for the Vestry's consideration the plans and estimates for a proposed new hospital building at the Farm in Belmont [p.4].
Moses Kempton, in a letter dated January 31, 1855, regrets his inability to give proper time to his duties as one of the Managers of Christ Church Hospital and submits his resignation, asking that another Vestry member be elected in his place [p.2].
A printed statement and appeal from the Wardens of St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church, dated May 4, 1855, and pursuant to resolutions passed April 18, 1855, requests aid from Philadelphia Episcopal churches and individuals. The church's indebtedness was about one thousand dollars, incurred through repairs to the church edifice and parsonage; its income was about seven hundred dollars against expenses over eight hundred, with a pastor's salary reduced to $350 per year. The wardens James Needham and Scipeo Sewell solicit four hundred dollars annually for a few years. The appeal is commended by Bishop Alonzo Potter and endorsed by William Douglass [p.3].
Finally, C. Campbell Cooper, writing December 6, 1855, on behalf of the Committee of the Managers of Christ Church Hospital, submits for the Vestry's consideration the plans and estimates for a proposed new hospital building at the Farm in Belmont [p.4].
Thumbnail
IIIF Manifest
https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-58/manifest
