Calligraphic charter for the Protestant Episcopal church first petitioned for in 1896 by members of the Overbrook Farm community. Charter contains the names of the vestrymen (also the witnesses) to hold office until Easter Monday 1899. Following the granting of the charter in February 1899, ground was broken for the church in March 1899 (completed 1901, enlarged 1903), and in May 1899, the parish of the church was admitted a member of the Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania., Title from item., Recorded in the office for Recording Deeds in and for the County of Philadelphia in [Charter] Book No. [24] page [293 &c]. Witness my hand and seal of office this [24th] day of [February A.D. 1899]. [John Virden, Recorder of Deeds.], Witness on January 25, 1899 by the hands and seals of Edmond Brooks; Edward A. Casey; Edwin E. Cassell; Warren P. Laird; Edward M. Collin; David Morgan; John E. Rayner; W. P. Simpson; Lewis A. Thompson; and Charles C. Townsend, Contains seals of notary public, Recorder of Deeds, and ten witnesses., Also signed January 25, 1899 by J. Howard Rhoads, Notary Public and approved on February 20, 1899 Robert N. Wilson, Judge., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Item mounted on board with large border of remants of dried glue.
Date
[1899]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Calligraphic Works [P.2017.15.15]
