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The first letter, dated September 31, 1771, is from Rector Peters and Assistant Minister Jacob Duche to the Bishop of Cork, regarding a relation of the bishop who is a member of their congregation. She traveled to Philadelphia with her husband, who drowned two years previously, and fell on hard times. Peters and Duche request financial assistance on behalf of the widow, so she can set up a shop and support herself.

The second letter, dated June 28, 1771, is to the Reverend Doctor Peters from
Robert Smith, regarding the purchase of a lot of land from the church.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church of England]]>
Jenney wrote this letter "to the Subscribers for erecting a new Church in Philadelphia" in 1753. As the population of Philadelphia grew, Christ Church no longer had enough room, and as a result, some members wanted to build a new church. While Jenney approved of the goal to accommodate more congregants, he was concerned about the approach, and strongly believed that the new church should remain part of one congregation with Christ Church, led by the same vestry, with a minister licensed by the Bishop of London. As long as they followed the "established rules" of erecting new churches, he was willing to assist them however he could.

In 1758 the vestry of Christ Church authorized the construction of a new chapel at Third & Pine Streets to accommodate its members living in the southern section of the city. St. Peter's Church, located at the corner of Third & Pine Streets, and Christ Church shared the same vestry, ministers, and records and until they formally separated in 1832, and were known as the United Churches of Christ Church & St. Peter's.]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Oaths]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church of England]]> Religious leaders]]> Church management]]> British colonies]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church fund raising]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Presbyterians]]> Education]]> Church schools]]> Public schools]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Education]]> Public schools]]> Church schools]]> Church buildings]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Synagogue records and registers]]> Jews]]> Synagogue fund raising]]> Synagogues]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Manuscripts]]> "Charts]]> diagrams]]> etc."]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Corporate minutes]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church committees]]> Church membership]]>
Meeting minutes run from 1798 to 1817, and note the date, members present, and business discussed.

Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Missionaries]]> Church committees]]>
Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including the funding of missionary work and financial assistance to the poor; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.

The history of First Presbyterian is sketched out on the verso of the first flyleaf, and the first few pages of the notebook contains a list of members from 1807. A list of communicants runs from image 116 to image 147, followed by several pages of certifications for members in good standing, and a list of members who had moved to other churches.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
This manuscript begins with a brief history of Third Presbyterian, followed by an alphabetical list of "members in full communion." Meeting minutes begin on image 19 and run from 1809 to 1828. Each entry notes the date, members present, and business discussed.

Business includes: elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.

Please note there are some page numbering irregularities in the original manuscript; image numbers will provide better identification of each page.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church committees]]> Church membership]]>
Meeting minutes run from 1817 to 1841, and note the date, members present, and business discussed.

Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
Meeting minutes run from 1828 to 1863, and note the date, members present, and business discussed.

Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]>
This manuscript begins with a list of pastors at First Presbyterian up to 1830, then includes an historical list of elders, followed by a list of communicants, with their dates of admission as well as notes on certificates, dismissals, exclusions and deaths.

Session minutes begin on image 90. They run from 1830 to 1851, and note the date, members present, and business discussed.

Business includes elections to office and appointments to committees; management of church finances, including financial assistance to the poor; church membership; and the resolution of conflicts between, and discipline of, church members.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church finance]]> Spires]]> Church bells]]> Church buildings]]> Church fund raising]]> Episcopalians]]> Church of England]]> Episcopal Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Manuscripts]]> Directories]]> ]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869]]> Cohen, Mary M., 1854-1911]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Jewish religious education]]> Jews]]> Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)]]> Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869]]> Sunday schools]]> Synagogues]]> Synagogue records and registers]]> Letters]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Church schools]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Genealogy]]> Society of Friends]]> Quakers]]> volume]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> (1250/JA4.8)]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Genealogy]]> Society of Friends]]> Quakers]]> folder]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> (1250/JI3.4.1)]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District]]> Genealogy]]> Society of Friends]]> Quakers]]> folder]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> (1250/JI3.4.2)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Social conditions]]> Social surveys]]> ]]> intentions, removals, and accounts]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia]]> Genealogy]]> Society of Friends]]> Quakers]]> volume]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> (1250/JB5.2.1)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Sepulchral monuments]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Lutherans]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Lutheran Church]]>
Although the inscriptions were compiled in 1877, additions were made up to the 1920, which can be found in the loose papers folded into the book and also penciled into the book itself.]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Voyages and travels]]> American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Steamboats]]>
Dorr traveled extensively throughout his life. This manuscript was copied from one loaned to a Dr. Hedrick in 1941 or 1942, and contains Dorr's notes about his many travels through the United States from 1819 to 1864. He often traveled through New England, but also visited the mid-Atlantic states, and even ventured into the deep South and as far West as the Green Bay area, stopping in Detroit and Chicago. He traveled by steamboat, stagecoach and horse; stayed with family and friends; dined with persons prominent in the military, church, politics and local businesses; and visited museums, hospitals, libraries, colleges, factories and local historical landmarks. He would sometimes preach and collect money for missionary work. The last entry details his visit to the Army of the Potomac in 1864.]]> Diaries]]> ]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District]]> Lay ministry--Society of Friends]]> Society of Friends]]> Quakers]]> folder]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> (1250/T2.1)]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church finance]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church fund raising]]> Methodists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Methodist Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]>
Note: The meeting minutes between March 1796 and February 1798 are missing from the original manuscript, which is why they do not appear in the digital version, and why the page numbering skips from page 8 to page 11. Also, page numbering on the original manuscript starts over at a new page 1 following page 89. To identify page numbers in citations, researchers can use the image number in combination with the page number.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Presbyterians]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church finance]]> Church committees]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Charity]]> Presbyterian Church]]>
Topics of the meetings generally include the collection of pew rents, settlement of financial accounts, improvements to the buildings and grounds, and management of charitable funds, as well as more specific entries such as the seasonal adjustment of service times and adoption of a new version of the Psalms. Of particular interest are the minutes pertaining to the call for George Duffield to serve as their new pastor, and the resulting rift with First Presbyterian Church.

The bulk of the minutes end on page 168, and pages 174, 175 and 176, which list the books and verses read from during services, are written upside down, so run in reverse chronological order.

Note: Prior to 1797, the Trustees were called "the Committee."]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church of England]]> Episcopalians]]> McClenachan, William, 1714-]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Churchwardens' accounts]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church records and registers]]> Lutherans]]> Church management]]> Charters]]> Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Church finance]]> Church discipline]]> Sweden]]> Church committees]]> Cemeteries]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Lutheran Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Churchwardens' accounts]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Church management]]> Church schools]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Charity]]> Churchwardens' accounts]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church buildings]]> Church committees]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Church membership]]> Church schools]]> Churchwardens' accounts]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Charity]]> Episcopal Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> African American churches]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church finance]]> Church fund raising]]> Church management]]> African Americans]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopalians]]>
This bound volume contains the St. Thomas vestry meeting minutes from 1813 to 1821, including date, time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening), members and Reverend present, and a brief description of each meeting. Topics include church lotteries, overdue "seat money," building repairs, burials, elections, resignations, committee assignments, and parishioners in financial need.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> African American churches]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> African Americans]]> Church fund raising]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopalians]]>
This bound volume contains the St. Thomas vestry meeting minutes from 1821 to 1831, including date, time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening), members and Reverend present, and a brief description of each meeting.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Charity]]> Episcopalians]]> Church history]]> Corporate minutes]]> Sunday schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Cemeteries]]> Church fund raising]]>
The vestry minutes begin with a copy of the 1832 Act by the Pennsylvania legislature which separated Christ Church and St. Peter's Church into two separate entities. Minutes from the vestry meetings from 1832 to 1852 follow, containing the dates and locations of the meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the settlement of separate financial accounts following the split from Christ Church, the hiring of a new minister and assistant minister, election of vestrymen and appointment of organist and choir, purchase of a new building to house the Sunday school, collection of pew rents, improvement of burial grounds, management of the church's charity fund, and committee reports.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Church fund raising]]> Missionaries]]> Religious education]]> Sunday schools]]> Charters]]>
Business includes, but is not limited to: collection of pew rents; record keeping; elections to leadership and appointments to committees; resignations, appointments and payment of staff; upkeep of building and grounds; fundraising for the mission society and Sunday school; and preparation of a charter to be reviewed by the state legislature.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]>