Papers of John Adams, volume 20
It is with great pleasure I obey the Orders of the Corporation of
the 2d: Presbyterian Church, in Arch-Street, by
communicating their Resolution of the 29th. Ultimo,
appropriating the large pew fronting the pulpit, & the two pews adjoining it, for
the use of the Vice-President of the United States, & such members of both Houses of
Congress, as choose, during their Sessions, to worship in that Church.—1
I have the honor to be, / With the greatest respect & esteem, / Your most obedient & very humble servant,
ENCLOSURE
At a Meeting of the Corporation of the 2d. Presbyterian Church on Wednesday 29th. December
1790—
On Motion
“Resolved that the following Pews Vizt.
No. 24, 25, & 150 be appropriated for the purpose of
Accommodating the Vice President of the United States & such Members of Congress as
during the Sessions thereof, may choose to Worship in the said Church, & that the
President of the Board give Notice Accordingly.”
Extract from the Minutes
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RC and enclosure (Adams Papers); internal address: “John Adams, Vice President of the United States, & / President of the Senate.—”
Dr. John Redman (1722–1808) was an elder of Philadelphia’s Second
Presbyterian Church and later served as president of the city’s College of Physicians
(vol. 3:245; Whitfield J. Bell
Jr., “John Redman, Medical Preceptor, 1722–1808,”
PMHB
, 81:157, 164
[April 1957]).