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Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1859 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Mount Moriah Cemetery was established in 1855, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. As the population grew and land in Philadelphia became scarcer and more valuable, many churches had their burials removed to more rural locations. After moving to a new building to accommodate their growing congregat... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1695/1702 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Two copies of the indenture made on November 15, 1695, from Griffith Jones to Joshua Carpenter, for a parcel of land at Second Street in the Towne of Philadelphia, for the yearly rent of "Tenne pounds of currant silver money." One copy for Jones, and one for Carpenter. Two copies likewise of the... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1841 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Deed for a plot of land located in the Township of Moyamensing in the County of Philadelphia, granted by William G. Alexander and Joel B. Sutherland and their wives Catharine and Mary, to Congregation Mikveh Israel, for the sum of $2650 in 1841. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1757 Contributing Institution: St. Peter's Episcopal Church Description: Deed from Thomas Penn and Richard Penn for the land for St. Peter's church and graveyard. View Full Item at St. Peter's Episcopal Church -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: This volume contains church meeting minutes at Sandy Run and meeting minutes at Pottacasy meeting house [later formed Potecasi Baptist Church] (1773-1804) [broken series], a copy of deed (1821), biographical sketches of Lemuel Burkitt (1807), and membership rolls of males, females, and African Am... View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: This membership list (circa 1854-1939) is handwritten on a page of lined paper. View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: This folder contains a deed (1786), the deed's registration record (1794), and certificates (undated, 1960). They are handwritten on a page of paper. View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: This volume contains church meeting minutes (1875-1913), 1863 and 1891 membership lists of males, females, and African Americans with notes of dates of admission, decease, dismission, etc. (1884-1895), and deeds (1812, 1849). They are handwritten in a hardcover notebook, which has edge-worn cover... View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: These documents contain an undated transcription of an 1819-1821 church deed and a historical note (1779-1809). It is typewritten on two loose-leaf paper sheets. View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
Contributing Institution: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Description: This church deed registration (1794), is handwritten on a page of paper. View Full Item at Z. Smith Reynolds Library