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MLA citation style
First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Congregational Minutes, 1757-1769. . 1757. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769.
APA citation style
First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, P. (1757). Congregational minutes, 1757-1769. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769.
Chicago citation style
First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.).Congregational Minutes, 1757-1769. 1757. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1757-1769.
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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.