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From: "C A Byers" <>
Subject: Re: [PAPHL] Philadelphia Churches
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 13:21:54 -0800
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Hi Elizabeth,

Thank you for your information. ?

Probably the best approach may be to study the history of the county. Which
id what I should have done first?

Do you have any suggestions of sources on the history ?

Carol


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: [PAPHL] Philadelphia Churches


> One problem with researching churches in the period 1773-85 is the
> amount of change in Philadelphia.
>
> First, Philadelphia in that period was very small, because the
> boundaries did not become the same as the county ones until either 1845
> or 1854, I forget which. Population has undergone huge shifts as well.
> For instance, I know a Russian Orthodox Church which was built as Dutch
> Evangelical. It is true that many shifts happened in the last 60 years
> (since the last city directory) but many happened earlier as well.
> There are a few old Roman Catholic churches, 1 or 2 Quaker Meeting
> Houses (though at least 3 have disappeared from downtown), I think an
> old Methodist, an old Reformed, and Christ Church. There is an old
> Episcopal one on 10th st. The city did not extend very far west then,
> and probably most never went west of 10th st. There are a couple of old
> synagogues, and the original African Methodist Episcopal. In Chinatown
> the church the Chinese are using used to be another denomination, but I
> do not know which.
>
> It may be possible to get an old city directory back as far as 1810 or
> 1815, and there might have been one earlier, but don't count on any
> published in the 20th Century to be much help here.
>
> Elizabeth C
>
>
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