Removals Received, 1785, 1789-1791, 1793-1800
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: {1785,1789/1791,1793/1800}
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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
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1772-1801
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: 1772/1801
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language: eng
type: Text

Traveling Certificate, 1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
subject: Lay ministry--Society of Friends
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: A Travelling Certificate was issued by a meeting to a member in good standing (normally a recorded minister), allowing him or her to travel to other meetings to visit or preach. This is the certificate of William Savery.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District
date: 1793
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1794-1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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
date: 1794/1800
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1785-1793
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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
date: 1785/1793
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1783-1822
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. Includes index at front of volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1783/1822
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1773-1784
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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
date: 1773/1784
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language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1772-1800
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. Includes an index at the front of the volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1772/1800
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1951-2095, 1770-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1770/1772
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1800-1950, 1767-1770
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1767/1770
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1651-1800, 1764-1767
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1764/1767
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1501-1650, 1762-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1762/1764
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1351-1500, 1760-1762
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1760/1762
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1756-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. Includes an index at the front of the volume.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1756/1772
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1051-1200, 1755-1759
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1755/1759
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1201-1350, 1753-1760
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1753/1760
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 901-1049, 1750-1755
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1750/1755
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 751-900, 1747-1750
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1747/1750
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Records of Certificates, 1744-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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
date: 1744/1756
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Issued, 1744-1756
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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
date: 1744/1756
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 601-750, 1742-1746
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1742/1746
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 451-600, 1736-1742
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1736/1742
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 301-450, 1729-1736
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1729/1736
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 151-300, 1714-1729
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1714/1729
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Removals Issued
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Includes Certificate of Removal for Grace Stevenson and her daughters to Middletown Monthly Meeting dated 1768; four copies of the Certificate for Removal of Letitia Penn to London dated 1701; Certificate of Removal for Elizabeth Pane to Dublin dated 1711.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: {1701/1711,1768}
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Supplementary Record to Certificates Received, 1686-1772
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. This is a copy made in 1882.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1686/1772
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, Original Certificates Nos. 1-150, 1686-1713
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. These are the original certificates, mounted in a volume at a later date, as received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Indexed.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1686/1713
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format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1684-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. This volume also includes a few acknowledgements, 1692-1698, at the end of the volume as well as a separate index.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1684/1758
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format: tif
language: eng
type: Text

Removals Received, 1681-1758
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
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. Copy of the original made in 1881. Includes acknowledgments in the back, 1692-1698.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1681/1758
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Book of marriage intentions and accounts, 1685-1728
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. This book, kept by women Friends, recorded intentions of marriage and the people and causes for distribution of funds. Laid in is another small book with additional marriage and fund disbursement information and 3 loose pages of accounts.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1685/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

The Women's Monthly Meeting Booke, 1685-1728
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: Quakers married each other in the presence of witnesses. This book, kept by women Friends, recorded intentions of marriage and the people and causes for distribution of funds. Laid in is another small book with additional marriage and fund disbursement information and 3 loose pages of accounts. Also includes some removals.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1685/1728
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume IV (Nos. 2244-3002), 1785-1804
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1785/1804
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume III (Nos. 1555-2243), 1770-1785
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1770/1785
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume II (Nos. 788-1554), 1764-1770
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1764/1770
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Orders of Interment, Volume I (Nos. 1-787), 1758-1764
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: The first burial ground for Quakers in Philadelphia was located on the east side of 4th Street, south of Arch Street – the site of the Arch Street meeting house today. Quaker burial grounds in Philadelphia were never entirely "select" -- that is, strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends. However, additional members of the Meeting’s burial ground committee had to approve and to sign the permit for non-members. Plots were not sold individually. These are the original interment permits, mounted in a series of volumes.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
date: 1758/1764
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Balance book, 1856-1876, 1900-1908
subject: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Jews
subject: Synagogues--Finance
subject: Synagogues
subject: Synagogue records and registers
description: Detailed account of money spent and received by Congregation Mikveh Israel; the first 20 pages are of a slightly smaller size, which have been inserted into the bound manuscript and contain balances from 1858 to 1876. A few notes and receipts from that timeframe have been inserted into the following pages. The second half of the book contains a detailed accounting of expenses and receipts from 1900 to 1908, which pages are numbered according to the page numbers in the record itself.
creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: {1857/1876,1900/1908}
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Pew holders, Christ Church, St. Peter's, and St. James', 1826-1829
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This document lists pew holders at Christ Church, St. Peter's Church and St. James's Church from circa 1826 to 1829. Entries are listed alphabetically, with columns for each church running across two pages, recto and verso.
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1826/1829~
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format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Pew holders, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1787-1815
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of people who rented pews at Christ Church and St. Peter's Church from 1787 to 1815. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats, dates occupied, and notes about the location of the pew and home addresses of the occupants. Christ Church pew holders are listed from the front of the book, and St. Peter's pew holders are listed from page 21.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1787/1815
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Pew holders, Christ Church, 1785-1800
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of people who rented pews at Christ Church from 1785 to 1800. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats, dates occupied, and notes about the location of the pew and home addresses of the occupants. An insert at the back of the book illustrates the layout of the pews.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1785/1800
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Pew holders, Christ Church, 1786
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Pews and pew rights
subject: Church finance
subject: Episcopalians
subject: Episcopal Church
description: The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of people who rented pews at Christ Church in 1786. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupants' names, number of seats, and various notes about the location of the pews and home addresses of the occupants.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1786
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Account book, 1708-1833
subject: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Churchwardens' accounts
subject: Church finance
subject: Church buildings
subject: Cemeteries
subject: Charity
subject: Poor
subject: Episcopalians
subject: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject: Episcopal Church
description: Record of expenditures by Christ Church and the United Episcopal Churches, from 1708 through 1833. Expenses noted include: firewood and candles; wine and bread for communion; supplies and workmen for building repairs and upkeep of the burial grounds; charitable assistance to the poor; and salaries for church employees such as the minister, sexton, organist, and Sunday school superintendent.
creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
creator: United Churches of Christ-Church, St. Peter's, and St. James's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
date: 1708/1833
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: tiff
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1792-1833
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1792/1833
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1692-1792
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1692/1792
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1772-1826
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1772/1826
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1723-1772
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting met four times a year and included representative of a nyumber of monthly meetings within a given region.It functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1723/1772
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Minutes, 1682-1711
subject: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
description: In the 17th and 18th centuries each quarterly meeting functioned as an intermediary between the local meetings and the Yearly Meeting, served as an appellate body for disciplinary matters, and considered questions too large for one meeting to resolve. A quarterly meeting also had the authority to establish or discontinue a monthly, preparative, or particular meeting for worship. Index at front.
creator: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting
date: 1682/1711
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1796-1807
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1796/1807
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1782-1795
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1782/1795
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text

Women's Minutes, 1772-1782
subject: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
subject: Genealogy
subject: Society of Friends
subject: Quakers
subject: Quaker women
description: The monthly business meeting is the basic unit of Quaker organization. In the 17th and 18th centuries, only members in good standing could participate. Men and women met separately to conduct business but worshipped together. The business meeting usually included Friends who might worship in several different meeting houses in a defined geographic area. It had responsibility for care of members, authorizing marriages and removals (transfers), and maintaining discipline.
creator: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District
date: 1772/1782
rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
format: jp2
language: eng
type: Text