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First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50080131

Variants

Old Buttonwood Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia. First Presbyterian Church

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50080131

Identifies RWO

https://isni.org/isni/0000000094728887

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Related Terms

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++50080131#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa)

Earlier Established Forms

Philadelphia. First Presbyterian Church

Sources

found: Presbyterian Historical Society.Church records, 1773-

found: NUCMC data from Presby. Hist. Soc., Phila., for Its Records, 1759-1940(1950 First and Second Presbyterian churches merged under the name First Presbyterian Church; Phila., Pa.)

found: Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, c1895:p. 3, etc. (First Presbyterian Church; est. ca. 1685; ca. 1704 also known as Old Buttonwood Church; Third Presbyterian Church originally part of, then designed to be held in perpetual union with First Presbyterian Church, but in 1771 Third Church broke the union)

found: Phone call to ref. libr., Presby. Hist. Soc., Phila., 6-28-90(1949 First and Second Presby. churches merged under the name First Presbyterian Church; accepted date of org. of First Presby. Church is 1698)

found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(was organized 1692)

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Change Notes

1981-02-17: new
2016-01-27: revised

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