Repository: Presbyterian Historical Society / Place: Philadelphia (Pa.) / Form: Manuscripts - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 3 cubic feet
Abstract:: The First Presbyterian Church was organized around 1692. This collection contains miscellaneous items dealing with the development and growth of the First Presbyterian Church.

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Extent:: 8.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: Presbyterians who favored the religious revivalism of George Whitefield organized a Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1743. This record group consists of records of the corporation, session, the Board of Trustees, and other organizations of the Church, dating from 1759 to 1940.

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Extent:: 0.75 cubic feet
Abstract:: Third Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (“Old Pine Street”) began as a collegiate congregation to First Presbyterian Church and shared a board of trustees. In 1771, the congregations separated. Records include: charters and deeds; other legal and financial documents; correspondence; publications; records of the Trustees, Sunday school and missionary society; session minutes; pew rents; dismission and reception certificate stubs; and registers of baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.

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