1 50 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Description An account of the resource The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was an outgrowth of the African Church of Philadelphia founded in 1792 by the Free African Society, a mutual aid organization, established in 1787 by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen for the purpose of encouraging religion, literacy, and providing destitute members – especially widows and orphans – with financial assistance. Absalom Jones led the congregation and became the first African American admitted to Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church when Bishop William White ordained him a deacon in 1796 and a priest in 1802. Richard Allen formed Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church which became a separate Methodist denomination. Records consist of vestry minutes, pew rents, birth and baptismal records as well as some records of the Free African Society. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Births and baptisms, 1795-1837, Absalom Jones Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837 Has Format A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837/manifest Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. thumb:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837.001.FrontCover.jpg full:001:https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-book.cfm/StThomas.AbsalomJonesRectorRegisterRecords1796-1837.001.FrontCover.jpg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795/1837 Description An account of the resource Absalom Jones was the founder of of St. Thomas. This bound manuscript is a register of births and baptisms performed by Jones from 1796 to 1830. Each record includes the child's date of birth, child's and parents' names, and date of baptism. The record of one marriage performed in 1795 is also included on the first flyleaf of the manuscript. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 160 pages Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Registers (Lists) Manuscripts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource tiff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 Subject The topic of the resource St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church records and registers Registers of births, etc. Baptismal records African American churches Episcopal Church African Americans Episcopalians