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PG-P.755.001
7 Jan 1755:32 (1359)
As considerable sums of money have lately been raised in
this city, by subscription, and by two lotteries, for the
finishing the steeple, and purchasing a ring of bells, the
vestry have thought proper to examine the treasurer's
accounts, and after carefully inspecting the same, find the
state of them to be as follows; which they think proper to
publish for the satisfaction of the publick.
By order of the vestry, [signed] George OKill, and John
Baynton, wardens.
The steeple, and bells, of Christ-Church, Philadelphia,
dr.
To sundry disbursements from May 10, 1751, to Nov. 1754, viz
. . . [14 lines, details of mortar, carpentry.]
To 450 L. sterling, sent home to purchase the bells, in
part, at 62 and a half per cent. L.731 5 0
To L.110 10 0 sterling more, advanced by the vestry to
ballance the first cost of the bells, L.183 16 9
. . . [9 lines, total cost L.3068 18 11, income, and balance
due.]
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