Correspondence Arch Street Meeting, 1886-1967
Scope and Contents
Plan, history, original occupants and notes by GV VIII re history of the property, Copy of the 1791 act to convey Bank St. Meeting to Samuel Carpenter; financial account by Joseph Crukshank of 2nd and High St. Meeting House property, copy of William Penn deed of Mulberry St. property; copy of purchase agreement by James Vaux for property at 4th and Kunckel; copy of 1739 land indenture for Mulberry St. property. Geographical descriptions of Arch Street Meetinghouse; statements of cost of erecting Meetinghouse at 4th and Arch St. and the westernmost Meeting house on Mulberry St. and, 1803 and 1812 respectively. Notes re Meeting House construction, Razing Market Street Meeting House, Statement from Lee H. Nelson identifying Arch St. Meeting House privy as dating to 1804, the oldest surviving example known to the writer in Philadelphia.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1967
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
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