Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings]]> Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia]]> Philadelphia (Pa.)--Genealogy]]> Church management]]> Persecution]]> Religious literature]]> Corporate minutes]]> African Americans]]> Antislavery movements]]> Church committees]]> Church finance]]> Correspondence]]> Records (Documents)]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]>
An alphabetical index starts on image 24, although most of the entries are struck through, likely as remains were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery in 1860. Three additional pages of names are entered upside down from the back of the notebook; these appear to be decedents from different congregations.]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Deeds]]>
Deed from the Mount Moriah Cemetery Association of Philadelphia to the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia, for lot 112, containing approximately 25,600 square feet, at the cost of $5,760, dated September 26, 1859.]]> Manuscripts]]> Deeds]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Corporate minutes]]>
This notebook contains the "Minutes of the Committee on the New Burial Ground of First Bapt. Church of Phil. appointed by the Trustees." The committee was charged with "presenting a suitable plan for the arrangement of the ground into burial lots, and of presenting to the Church such suggestions and recommendations as may be found necessary in preparing the way for the removal of the dead from our old ground." The first meeting was recorded on October 31, 1859. The November 11, 1859 entry spans five pages and documents a detailed plan proposed to the church. The Church moved quickly in resolving various concerns, and the minutes conclude in March of 1860.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Manuscripts]]> Records (Documents)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]>
These pages contain a list of graves, by range, including the stone number, name of the interred, date buried and age at time of burial. Entries are marked with an "X," presumably meaning those remains were successfully identified and removed.

Note: The final page is an invitation to a mock trial hosted by the Young People's Working Association of First Baptist Church in 1890, which includes handwritten notes about unmarked graves on the back.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]>
Note: A piece of the page is missing, due to deterioration.]]>
Expenses on the recto include materials such as brick from Isaac Coats (9000 bricks at 24s/) [image 1], lime, sand, oak and pine boards, cedar boards for lining vault doors, nails, hooks, staples, and hinges. Labor costs include digging away a bank, wheeling dirt, moving corpses out of the bank and placing them in vaults, spreading dirt, making centers and coverings for vaults, building gutters, turning arches over vaults, laying stone work, building a common sewer, walling up steps, laying herringbone pavement, and making and hanging vault doors [image 1]. A payment for damage done in Mr. Dunkin's garden is also recorded [image 1]. The total on the recto comes to £87 0s 3½d.

The verso contains individual accounts for Joseph Watkins Senior, Benjamin Loxley, Samuel Davis, and Samuel Miles, each debited to Joseph Watkins Jr. for sundries and workmanship related to their vaults [image 2]. The Baptist Church account for the front wall of the vaults, foundation of a little house, return and common sewer, pavement, stopping a gateway, and arching the little house totals £33 17s 6d [image 2]. Per Contra entries record cash payments received between September 1768 and March 1769 [image 2]. Additional itemized expenses include work by Hughes & Crawford on imposts and keys, making centers and coverings, iron hooks, oak scantling, hinges, and vault door construction [image 2]. Credits include cash for moving corpses, hinges and fastenings, and rum [image 2].]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]>
This manuscript documents the agreement between the Trustees of First Baptist and a Mr. William Brown that Mr. Brown would "in a good workmanlike manner and according to the best of his art and skill" remove all remains to Mount Moriah.

In 2016, human remains were uncovered at the Arch Street site by a construction crew. The effort to identify and re-inter those remains are documented at archstbones.org.]]> Manuscripts]]> Contracts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Oaths]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church of England]]> Religious leaders]]> Church management]]> British colonies]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> 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.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Hodge, G. Woolsey, 1845-1929]]> Parish elections]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Episcopalians]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Hospitals]]> Corporate minutes]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church schools]]> Pews and pew rights]]>
As in preceding minute books, topics include the election of church leaders and hiring and payment of staff; appointments to and reports from various church committees; the upkeep of buildings and grounds; the ongoing balancing of financial accounts including ground rents, loans, investments and bequests; the collection of pew rents; and management of the Sunday school and hospital.

Other topics specific to this book include the Rev. Dr. Dorr's declining health and eventual death; the conflict between Rev. Edward Foggo, Rector of Christ Church, and Rev. Woolsey Hodge, minister in charge of the the Christ Church Chapel; and the management of Calvary Church (also known as the Monument to Bishop White.)

The pages tucked into the front of the book are likely attendance records. An index of subjects begins on image 576.]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> 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]]> ]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Synagogues]]> Constitutions]]> Jews]]> Articles of incoporation]]> Manuscripts]]> Charters and articles of incorporation]]> Constitution]]> ]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Charters]]> Synagogues]]> Constitutions]]> Church membership]]> Jews]]> Articles of incoporation]]>
Note: Some years are cited using the Hebrew calendar.]]> Manuscripts]]> Charters and articles of incorporation]]> Constitution]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Episcopal Church]]> Episcopalians]]> Anthems]]> Choral music]]> Church music]]> Sheet music]]> Manuscripts]]> Songbooks]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Episcopal Church]]> Episcopalians]]> Church finance]]> Protestants]]> Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714]]> Clergy]]> Church schools]]> Tobacco]]> Taxation]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Washington, George, 1732-1799]]> Washington, George, 1732-1799]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Sermons]]> Episcopal Church]]> Episcopalians]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Letters]]> Manuscripts]]> Correspondence]]> ]]> Church of England]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church of England]]> Psalms (Music)]]> Psalmody]]> Bible. Psalms]]> Religious leaders]]> Sacraments]]> Consecration]]> Clergy]]> Episcopal Church]]> Episcopalians]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Rites and ceremonies]]> Manuscripts]]> Liturgical books]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church finance]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Manuscripts]]> "Charts]]> diagrams]]> etc."]]> ]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Psalms (Music)]]> Church music]]> Anthems]]> Hymns]]> Psalmody]]> Episcopalians]]> Episcopal Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Songbooks]]> ]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Clock and watch making]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Episcopal Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Confirmation records]]>
The manuscript begins with an index that covers the first and largest grouping of entries. Several updated catalogs are recorded throughout the manuscript, and friends of the congregation who were not members are listed on pages 120-121.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravians]]> Moravian Church]]> Church membership]]> Manuscripts]]> Directories]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Immigrants]]>
This catalog includes detailed information about individuals belonging to the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, written in German. Translations of column headings are as follows: Beginning with page 2, the column headings are "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "Wo?" (where born), "Religion" (faith traditions), "in die Ehe getreten" (entered into marriage), "ins Land gekommen" (arrived in the country), "aufgenommen" (received as a member), and "zur Heiligen Communion" (admitted to Holy Communion). Beginning with p. 21, the column headings are "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "wo" (where born), and "Religion" (faith traditions).]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]>
The list is likely not complete, as A. G. Spangenberg noted on page 4, "wo sind aber die übrigen?" (but where are the rest of them?).]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Cemeteries]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]>
Several notes about individuals buried at Potter's Field in Philadelphia are included on the final page.

This manuscript was likely sent or intended to be sent to church leadership in Bethlehem, PA.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Marriage records]]> Immigrants]]> Church records and registers]]>
Most of the column headings are in German, for which translations have been provided: "No." (number), "Namen" (names), "geboren" (born/date of birth), "woher" (where born), "Religion" (faith traditions), "in die Ehe getreten" (entered into marriage), "ins Land kommen" (arrival in the country), "Aufgenommen" (received as a member), "zur Communion" (admitted to communion), "Ihre Kinder" (their children), "geboren" (born/dates of birth of children), and "getauft, von wem" (date child baptized, by whom).

Contains an incomplete index that was never used.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Church schools]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Manuscripts]]> Directories]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church membership]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church meetings]]> Elders (Church officers)]]> Church discipline]]> Conflict management]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Love feasts]]> Baptism]]> Church buildings]]> Church schools]]> Church membership]]> Manuscripts]]> Minutes (Records)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Sermons]]> Confirmation]]> Church membership]]> Church meetings]]> Love feasts]]> Church schools]]> Missionaries]]> American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)]]>
Topics covered include but are not limited to: descriptions of services & sermons; confirmations, marriages, receptions of new members, and deaths in the congregation; prayer meetings, congregational meetings, and love feasts; the arrival of new ministers; the practice of "pulpit exchange" with other denominations; fundraising for causes such as the Sunday School and missionary work; and the American Civil War.

Inserted printed materials include programs for church events such as the cornerstone ceremonies of 1855 and 1866, and news clippings on the Emancipation Proclamation.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Love feasts]]> African Americans]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Quakers]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Love feasts]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church schools]]> Love feasts]]> Church membership]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Love feasts]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Hymns]]> Church management]]> Church records and registers]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]>
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."]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravians]]> Church buildings]]> Manuscripts]]> Lithographs]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Lord's Supper]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Burial records]]> Church records and registers]]>
Note: blank pages were not scanned.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]>