Philadelphia, Second Presbyterian Church

According to the Historical Directory of Presbyterian Churches and Presbyteries of Greater Philadelphia, by Kenneth A. Hammonds (Philadelphia: PHS, 1993), Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was organized in 1743. In 1949, it merged with First Presbyterian Church. In some instances, records of the merged congregations appear in the records of the churches as they were known before the merger. Records deposited with the society include:

Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

• Session minutes, 1744–1946, 9 vols. (Call number: Vault MI46 P533s)
   
• Session minutes, 1946–1949, 2 vols. (Call number: 00-0622)
   
• Registers and other records, 1744–1929, 14 vols. (Call number: Vault MI46 P533r)
  • v.1. Baptisms, 1752–1761.
  • v.2. Baptisms, 1744–1833; marriages, 1763; 1768–1827; membership, 1771–1801; deaths, 1782–1816; 1818–1833.
  • v.3. Baptisms, 1829–1870; marriages, 1827–1831; 1834–1857; 1860–1865.
  • v.4. Baptisms, 1879–1880; marriages, 1879–1880; deaths, 1870–1873; 1879.
  • v.5. Membership, 1873–1909.
  • v.5a. Baptisms, 1881–1891.
  • v.6. Baptisms, 1895-1899; marriages, 1896–1900; deaths, 1896–1900
  • v.7. Baptisms, 1900–1906; marriages, 1900–1906; membership, 1900–1906; deaths, 1900–1906.
  • v.8. Baptisms, 1908–1917; marriages, 1909–1917; deaths, 1908–1917.
  • v.9. Baptisms, 1917–1923; marriages, 1917–1921; deaths, 1917–1923.
  • v.10. Marriages, 1926–1929.
  • v.11. Membership, 1823–1825.
  • v.12. Membership, 1882–1887.
  • v.13. Membership, 1872–1908.
  • v.14. Membership, 1876–1929.
• Membership register, 1929–1949 (Call number: 95-1129a)
   
• Communion list, 1830–1831, 1 vol. (Call number: Vault Folio MI46 P533cc)
   
• Marriage record stubs, 1925–1953 (Call number: Vault MI46 P477r), includes records of the merged congregation.
   
• Burial records, 1785–1910, 9 vols. (Call number: Vault MI46 P533b)
   
• Committee on Burial Grounds records, 1783–1914 (Call number: RG 33, box 6, folder 28 through box 7, folder 36)
   
• Arch Street burial ground inscriptions, circa 1867 (Call number: Vault MI46 P533it)
   
• Arch Street burial ground records, undated (Call number: Vault MI46 P533ar)
   
• Pew rent records, 1779–1928, 23 vols. (Call. number: Vault MI46 P533p)
   
• Committee on Pew Rents records, 1790–circa 1897 (Call number: RG 33, box 5, folder 36 through box 6, folder 27)
   
• Plan of the burial ground…at Mount Vernon Cemetery, 1867 (Call number: Map Case 24.46)

The records also include collections of session correspondence, deacon and trustee records, charters, deeds and indentures, legal documents, financial records, Sunday school, women’s groups, and missionary society records, settlement house records, school committee records, photographs (card catalog), published church newsletters, bulletins, and scrapbooks (CALVIN). Record Group 33 includes additional historical notes, session correspondence, school committee, trustee, and financial records.