Burials, 1823-1843
subject: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Burial records
subject: Catholics
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1823 to 1843. The manuscript begins with new regulations dated January 1, 1844, listing fees for various burial services. Burials are then listed by date beginning on page 3, with name, age at time of death, which ground the decedent was buried in, and fees paid. Notes are included for the purchase of a headstone, and if the decedent was a child, "colored," or poor. Entries from January 1830 onward also note causes of death, which include consumption, worms, whooping cough, scarlet fever, old age, inflammation of bowels, drinking cold water, apoplexy, accident, and dropsy, among others.
creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1823/1843
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, 1844-1850
subject: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Burial records
subject: Catholics
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1844 to 1850. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid.
creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1844/1850
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, 1851-1859
subject: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Burial records
subject: Catholics
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1851 to 1859. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid.
creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1851/1859
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, 1852-1869
subject: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Burial records
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of interments at St. Paul's from 1852 to 1869. Each entry includes the decedent's name and date and location of burial. Some entries also include age at time of death and cause of death. Some disinterments are also noted, with the location of re-burial. Entries from 1856 to 1869 are listed in the first eight pages; after a few blank pages there are earlier entries from 1852 to 1845, recorded upside down.
creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1852/1869
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, 1859-1878
subject: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Burial records
subject: Catholics
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Registers of births, etc.
description: Record of burials at Old St. Mary's from 1859 to 1878. Burials are listed chronologically, and include the location of the grave, decedent's name, age at time of death, and fees paid.
creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1859/1878
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1763-1831
subject: Burial records
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
subject: Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
subject: Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779
subject: Ross, George, 1730-1779
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of persons buried at Christ Church and St. Peter's, listed chronologically, sometimes with relatives and burial plot location noted as well. From 1793 to 1831, Christ Church burials are listed on the left-hand page with burials at St. Peter's churchyard listed on the right-hand page. Notable figures from history whose burials are noted include Benjamin Franklin and four other signers of the Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Hewes, and George Ross.
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1763/1831
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, Christ Church, 1772-1787
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Burial records
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church finance
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Church of England
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Burial records kept by the sexton of Christ Church from 1772 to 1786. Burials are listed by date and include the decedent's name, age at time of death, and amount paid for burial. Names of spouses or parents are often noted, as well as cause of death.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1772/1787
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, Christ Church, 1832-1870
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Burial records
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Burial records for members of Christ Church from 1832 to 1870 (records from 1871 to 1978 were not scanned as part of this project). This is a record of burial services conducted rather than interments; not all of the deceased are buried in the Christ Church burial ground. Entries are listed by date and typically include the decedent's name, age at time of death, and parent's name if decedent was a child.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1832/1870
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Burials, God's Acre, 1757-1805
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Burial records
subject: Cemeteries
description: Burial plan of the God's Acre (cemetery) at Philadelphia First Moravian Church, bounded by Franklin and Vine Streets, from 1757 to 1805. Column headings translate as: Mägdlein and Mädgen (girls); Vereh[e]l[ichte] Schw[este]rn (married sisters, i.e. married women); Ledige Schw[este]rn (single sisters, i.e. single women); Vereh[e]l[ichte] Br[üde]r (married brothers, i.e. married men); Ledige [Brüder] (single [brothers], i.e. single men); and finally Knäbgen and Knäblein (boys). These burials are also documented on pages 211 to 263 of "Church register vol. 1, 1743-1822."
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1757/1805
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: ger
type: Text

Burials, St. Peter's, 1789-1793
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church finance
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Yellow fever
subject: Burial records
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Episcopalians
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Burial records kept by George Stokes, sexton of St. Peter's, from 1789 to 1793. Burials are listed by date and include the decedent's name, age at time of death, and amount paid for burial. Names of spouses or parents are often noted, as well as cause of death. Of note are the many deaths due to "fever," as yellow fever reached epidemic proportions in Philadelphia in 1793. Also of interest are the interments of the Native American Chiefs who came to visit President Washington and died in Philadelphia of smallpox. The final entry in the book is George Stokes himself, aged 56 years.
creator: Stokes, George
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1789/1793
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Call to Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller, 1798
subject: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Ewing, John, 1732-1802
subject: Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Two handwritten copies of a letter from First Presbyterian requesting that the Reverend Doctor Samuel Miller join them as pastor, following the illness of pastor Rev. Dr. John Ewing. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller was a prominent Presbyterian minister, teacher and writer in the first half of the 19th century.
creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1798
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Call to Rev. George Duffield, 1771
subject: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Clergy
subject: Duffield, George, 1732-1790
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Following a majority vote by the congregation, the subscribers of Third Presbyterian wrote to Reverend George Duffield requesting he become their new pastor. The letter, dated August 9, 1771, offers him an annual salary of 200 pounds. Duffield accepted the call, and served as pastor at Third Presbyterian until his death in 1790. Duffield also served as chaplain of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.
creator: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1771
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Certificates of Removal, 1773-1805
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A certificate of removal was a document given to persons who were transferring their membership from one monthly meeting to another. Their removal testified that they were members in good standing with the meetings they were leaving.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
date: 1773/1805
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Charter of the Congregation Beth El Emeth, 1857
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Charters
subject: Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Leeser, Isaac
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
description: The official charter and constitution of the Congregation Beth El Emeth, singed by the original leaders of the congregation and incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia in 1857. Beth El Emeth emerged from Mikveh Israel, under the leadership of Mikveh Israel's retired Rev. Isaac Leeser. After Leeser's death, Beth El Emeth dissolved, and its records returned to Mikveh Israel.
creator: Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1857
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Charter, 1703
subject: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
subject: Charters
description: A 1703 land grant from Governor Inglesby, giving four English farmers land to build a church on the hills north of the Delaware Falls, which they shared with Scottish farmers. In 1751 St. Michael's original Trenton sanctuary was built on this land.
creator: St. Michael's Church (Trenton, N.J.)
date: 1703
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Charter, 1772
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Charters
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Charter for Second Presbyterian Church, located at the northwest corner of Third Street and Mulberry Street, issued by Thomas and John Penn, witnessed by Richard Penn, and "Inrolled in the Rolls Office" in 1772.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Charter, 1772
subject: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Charters
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Charter granted to Third Presbyterian Church by Thomas and John Penn, establishing it as a separate institution from First Presbyterian Church. Witnessed by Lieutenant Governor Richard Penn on August 27th, 1772. This charter explains that the church will be recognized by King George the Third of England.
creator: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Church directory, 1836-1839
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravians
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Church membership
description: Titled on the front-inside cover, "Names & Residence of the Congregation of the United Brethrens Church in Philadelphia, Dec. 14, '36." Names are not listed in alphabetical order, but appear to be listed in geographical groupings. Persons living outside the city are listed on page 11. Known descendants of Moravians who were "not members at present" are listed on page 12. "Friends and contributors" are listed on pages 13 to 14. Although the directory is dated 1836, updates are noted up to 1839.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1836/1839
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Church register vol. 1, 1743-1822
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Burial records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Church records and registers
description: This register dates from 1743 to 1822 and includes an extensive alphabetical index in the front of the book. Births and baptisms are then listed from page 1 to page 172, deaths and burials are listed from page 201 to page 302, and marriages are listed from page 305 to page 328. Note: Text on pages i-iv is in German.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1743/1822
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: ger
type: Text

Church register vol. 2, 1823-1855
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Church records and registers
description: This register begins with an alphabetical index. Births and baptisms are listed from page 1 to page 93, marriages are listed on page 131 to 171, and deaths and burials are listed from page 213 to page 262.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1823/1855
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Church register vol. 3, 1856-1870
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Lord's Supper
subject: Registers of births, etc.
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Church membership
subject: Marriage records
subject: Burial records
subject: Church records and registers
description: This register begins with an alphabetical index. Communicants are listed from pages 52 to 117, and again on page 324. Births and baptisms are listed on pages 121 to 153; receptions of new members are listed on pages 181 to 193 (previous congregations are noted); deaths, funerals and burials are recorded on pages 241 to 279; and marriages are recorded on pages 301 to 323. Note: blank pages were not scanned.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1856/1870
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Circumcision book of Dr. A. J. Weirtheim, 1810-1829
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Circumcision
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Medical records
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
description: Alexander Wertheim was a Dutch Jew who lived in New York and Baltimore before settling in Philadelphia, where he became clerk to the Board of Health. He died in 1830 at the age of 55. This book is a record of the circumcisions Dr. Wertheim performed from 1810 to 1829. Each entry records the date, place, father's name, and son's name.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Wertheim, Alexander
date: 1810/1829
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: dut
type: Text

Class book, Daniel Meredith, leader, circa 1797-1826
subject: Church records and registers
subject: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: African Americans
subject: Itinerancy (Church polity)
subject: Methodists
subject: Methodist Church
description: Daniel Meredith served as class leader for the Methodists in the "Valey" of Chester County, Pennsylvania for many years. He recorded the preachers assigned to the Chester circuit each year, and kept records of members' attendance at the Valey class. The first several pages of the book are faded to the point that some text is illegible; more readable entries begin around 1805 and end with the 1826 class. Often the black classes are listed separately; see "coloured people" on page 56 or "coloured friends" on page 62.
creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1797/1826?
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Committee minutes, 1760-1761
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church committees
description: On August 11, 1760 the First Baptist Church appointed a committee to "to Settle the Church Affairs, and Examine the State of the Church Purchases, Gifts and Donations, Given to the Said Church, and get them well Secured where they are not, and to settle other Affairs that shall Come before them." The minutes of this committee, recorded on both sides of four loose sheets, include the dates of meetings, members present, and committee work discussed, including registering deeds, paying leases, collecting interest on accounts, and consolidating records.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1760/1761
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational diary, 1743-1745
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Love feasts
subject: Sermons
subject: Church membership
subject: Hymns
subject: Church management
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Baptismal records
description: A journal of happenings in the "English congregation" from its establishment on January 1, 1743, running up to June 15, 1745. Topics covered include births and baptisms, sermons preached and hymns sung, "love feasts," meetings and conferences, members' travel (including extensive travel between Philadelphia and Bethlehem), missionary work with Native Americans, and correspondence with Moravians in other parts of Pennsylvania and abroad, as far as London and Germany.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1743/1745
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational diary, 1745-1746
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Church schools
subject: Love feasts
subject: Church membership
subject: Burial records
subject: Sermons
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Church records and registers
description: "The Continuation of ye Philadelphia Journal," documenting happenings in the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia from June 16, 1745 to December 31, 1746. Topics covered include: sermons preached; members' travel and correspondence; burials; love feasts, meetings and conferences; relations with local Native Americans; visits with members, especially those who were ailing; and the committee appointed to look into building a church school.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1745/1746
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational diary, 1747-1748
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: Sermons
subject: Church membership
subject: Quakers
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Burial records
subject: Love feasts
subject: Church records and registers
description: Although the cover suggests this diary covers a date span of 1747 to 1751, entries actually run from January 1, 1747 to December 31, 1748. Topics covered include: sermons preached; visits to church members, especially those who were ailing; baptisms and burials; meetings, conferences and love feasts; members' travels and correspondence; relations with local Quakers; and admission of new members. Records of sermons and meetings often include notes about the language spoken - English, German, or both.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1747/1748
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational diary, 1749-1751
subject: Moravian Church
subject: Moravians
subject: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church membership
subject: Baptismal records
subject: Burial records
subject: Sermons
subject: Love feasts
subject: African Americans
subject: Church records and registers
description: Diary of happenings in the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia from September 6, 1749 to December 31, 1751. Topics covered include: church meetings, including "Negro Meetings," "German Meetings," and "English Meetings;" members traveling to and away from Philadelphia, particularly to and from Bethlehem; sermons preached in English and German; births, baptisms, deaths, burials, and new members received into the congregation; love feasts; and regular visits to members, including those in ill health.
creator: First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1749/1751
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1757-1769
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church membership
subject: Church management
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church committees
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: Congregational minute book begun in 1760, which begins with notes about meetings that occurred during the previous three years, before organized record-keeping was established, and runs to 1769. Entries include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: disputes between church members, appointments to positions such as deacon and sexton, invitations to visiting preachers, financial gifts to the church and gifts from the church to the poor, which included firewood, coffins, and the forgiveness of burial fees in addition to financial donations, letters of dismission, applications for baptism, excommunications and restorations to membership, construction and maintenance of buildings and grounds, church purchases such as a new chalice, and the settlement of accounts with both debtors and creditors. There is an alphabetical index of church members' names at the back of the book.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1757/1769
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1771-1775
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church management
subject: Charity
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Church membership
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Poor
description: Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1771 to 1775, members present, and business conducted. Topics include but are not limited to: property bequeathed to the church; the filling of positions such as moderator, clerk, treasurer, deacon and minister; maintenance of burial grounds; the church's position on the impropriety of the slave trade; collections for the poor; payment of pew rents; nominations for representatives to the annual association meeting; and admission of new members.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1771/1775
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1779-1786
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church membership
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
description: Congregational minute book includes dates of meetings from 1779 to 1786, members present, and business conducted. In addition to commonplace business such as repairs to the buildings and grounds, admission and dismission of members, appointment of trustees and directions for better record-keeping, this bound manuscript also documents reinvigorated collection of pew rents for the purpose of securing a new minister, and conflict in the congregation over the Doctrine of Universal Restoration. A listing of members is included in the first few pages of the book, and financial records, including recordings of pew rent, can be found in the last quarter of the book.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1779/1786
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1786-1791
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church membership
subject: Church discipline
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church committees
description: Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1786 to 1791. Topics include but are not limited to: baptism, admission, exclusion, readmission, and transfer of members; discipline for drinking, fraud, or holding to the doctrine of universal salvation; building construction and repairs; management of the burial ground; election of deacons; income from legacies, donations, pew money and burial money; and relief for the poor, including widows and orphans.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1786/1791
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1792-1795
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church membership
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1795 to 1806. Topics include the baptism, dismission, transfer, exclusion and readmission of members, church finance, charity for the poor, and repairs and improvements to building and grounds.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1792/1795
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1795-1806
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church membership
subject: Church management
subject: Church finance
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church fund raising
description: Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1795 to 1806. Topics include but are not limited to: collection of pew rent and management of donations and legacies; payments to church employees such as the minister and sexton; payments for goods such as candles and firewood and services such as the printing of minutes and pamphlets; repairs and improvements to church buildings and burial grounds; baptism and transfer of members, as well as exclusions for poor conduct; charitable gifts to other churches and to the poor; and resolutions for improved record-keeping.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1795/1806
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1806-1813
subject: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Baptists
subject: Church management
subject: Church fund raising
subject: Church discipline
subject: Church membership
subject: Church committees
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church finance
subject: Poor
subject: Charity
subject: Pews and pew rights
description: Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1806 to 1813. Topics include but are not limited to: income from pew rents, house rents, legacies, and donations; baptism, dismission, and transfer of members; exclusion of members for bad behavior and readmission upon repentance; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including fundraising for enlargement of the meeting house; payments to the minister and the appointment of a librarian; purchases of firewood, candles, and curtains; and charity for the poor, including funeral expenses for orphans and the loan of stoves to recent widows.
creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1806/1813
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational minutes, 1810-1883
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Synagogues
subject: Jews
description: Congregational minutes of Mikveh Israel, spanning 1810 to 1883. Topics covered include: elections to leadership and caretaking positions; admittance of new members; financial matters such as rents, fundraising, insurance and investments; renovation and expansion of the synagogue; and management of the burial ground. The Articles of Constitution approved in 1823 are reproduced on pages 48 to 62.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1810/1883
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 1, 1749-1775
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church discipline
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church committees
subject: Church membership
subject: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Congregational minutes from 1749, 1751 to 1755, and 1759 to 1772 run through page 163 of this bound manuscript, then the trustee minutes from January 1773 to January 1775 begin at the back of the book, upside down, and continue until page 164. Entries note the date and place of meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: the purchase of new grounds and building of a new meeting house; the assignment of pews and pew rents and later a rise in pew rents to help the church out of debt; fees for baptisms and terms for burials; the choice of a new minister; discipline of members for ill behavior; and application for a charter.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1749/1775
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 2, 1772-1805
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church buildings
subject: Church membership
subject: Church discipline
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church committees
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Minutes of the Second Presbyterian trustees, corporation and congregational meetings from 1772 to 1805 are all recorded together in this bound manuscript, in chronological order. Meetings cover topics including but not limited to: elections to church leadership positions; church finance, including the collection of pew rent; and the need for new construction to accommodate growing membership. There is a membership list from 1773 and a map of pews in the back of the book.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1772/1805
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Congregational, corporation, and trustees minutes, vol. 3, 1792-1803
subject: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Church records and registers
subject: Church finance
subject: Church management
subject: Church committees
subject: Presbyterians
subject: Corporate minutes
subject: Church discipline
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Church membership
subject: Presbyterian Church
description: Rough draft ("Rough Draught") of minutes for meetings of the Second Presbyterian Church trustees, corporation and congregation from 1792 to 1803. Meetings cover issues such as church committees, church finance, and the need to accommodate a growing membership.
creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1792/1803
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Constitution of Mikveh Israel, as signed by members admitted since the Charter of Incorporation, 1826-1883
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Charters
subject: Synagogues
subject: Constitutions
subject: Church membership
subject: Jews
subject: Articles of incoporation
description: This manuscript is a handwritten copy of the constitution of Mikveh Israel, signed and dated by members who joined in the years from 1826 to 1883. Mikveh Israel adopted their constitution on August 5, 1823, and the congregation's charter was granted by the governor of Pennsylvania in 1824, as documented on the title page. Note: Some years are cited using the Hebrew calendar.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1826/1883
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: heb
type: Text

Constitution of Mikveh Israel, printed 1823
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Synagogues
subject: Constitutions
subject: Jews
subject: Articles of incoporation
description: Printed copy of the Constitution of Mikveh Israel, dated June 29, 1823. One sheet with two sides, and each side divided into quarters. The recto side includes the cover page in the bottom right quarter. The text begins on page three, which is located on the bottom right quarter of the verso side. Pages four and five make up the top half of the recto, pages six and seven take up the left half of the verso, and page 8 concludes on the bottom left quarter of the recto. A scan of the official seal of Mikveh Israel is also included.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1823
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
language: heb
type: Text

Copy of David Solis letter to Isaac Leeser, 1863
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Leeser, Isaac
subject: Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
subject: Jews--Dietary laws
subject: Religious leaders
subject: Letters
description: Copy of a letter David Solis wrote to Rev. Isaac Leeser, who was the hazan of Congregation Beth El Emeth after retiring from Mikveh Israel. The copy was sent to the president of Beth El Emeth. Solis resigned his membership in the congregation due to what he described as Leeser's violation of Jewish dietary laws.
creator: Solis, David H.
date: 1863
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1738
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Communication from an unidentified correspondent re the placement of Bishops throughout the colonies.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1738
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1746
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Address re the appointment of a religious instructor.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1746
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1747
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Philip Bearcroft, of "The Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," writing re Mr. Sturgeon's appointment as secretary to the Rector.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1747
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1759
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Documents include correspondence relating to the appointment of an assistant to the rector, an address written to the Bishop of London requesting monetary assistence in building [Saint Peter's] church as well as other topics.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1759
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1762
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Regarding property rents.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1762
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1775
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Letter to the Bishop of London; and a testimony regarding the resignation of Rev. Richard Peters and the appointment of Jacob Duche to the rectorship.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1775
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1776
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: "Dr. Richard Peter's full discharge." Details of Richard Peter's resignation from the rectorship.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1776
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Correspondence and other records, 1777
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
description: Letter from George Bryan, Vice-president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, to the corporation regarding the polictical connections of Mr. Coombe.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1777
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text