{"product_id":"1834-camden-maine-church-pew-deed-first-congregational-meeting-house-pew-no-62-george-pendleton","title":"1834 Camden, Maine Church Pew Deed – First Congregational Meeting House – Pew No. 62 – George Pendleton","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"2979\" data-end=\"3260\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original \u003cstrong data-start=\"2991\" data-end=\"3015\"\u003e1834 church pew deed\u003c\/strong\u003e conveying ownership of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3039\" data-end=\"3053\"\u003ePew No. 62\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3061\" data-end=\"3116\"\u003eFirst Congregational Meeting House of Camden, Maine\u003c\/strong\u003e, executed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3130\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003eGeorge Pendleton\u003c\/strong\u003e, trader of Camden, to \u003cstrong data-start=\"3173\" data-end=\"3193\"\u003eWilliam Carleton\u003c\/strong\u003e, also of Camden, for the substantial consideration of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3248\" data-end=\"3259\"\u003e$103.00\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3262\" data-end=\"3764\"\u003eUnlike ordinary land deeds, this document transfers ownership of a numbered church pew together with an undivided interest in the land on which the meeting house stood. It preserves detailed provisions governing the rights and responsibilities of the First Congregational Church and Society, including the minister's exclusive use of the pulpit, the committee's authority to invite ministers of other denominations, and the stipulation that the meeting house property would never revert to the grantor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3766\" data-end=\"4037\"\u003eSigned by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3776\" data-end=\"3796\"\u003eGeorge Pendleton\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong data-start=\"3800\" data-end=\"3821\"\u003eDecember 25, 1834\u003c\/strong\u003e, witnessed and acknowledged before \u003cstrong data-start=\"3857\" data-end=\"3900\"\u003eCharles C. Porter, Justice of the Peace\u003c\/strong\u003e, the deed retains its original folded paper wafer seal and is printed on a contemporary legal form with extensive manuscript insertions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4039\" data-end=\"4401\"\u003ePrinted pew deeds are considerably less common than standard land conveyances and provide a fascinating glimpse into a period when church pews were bought, sold, inherited, and treated as valuable real property. This example combines local Camden history, early New England Congregationalism, and nineteenth-century legal history in a single attractive document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4403\" data-end=\"4571\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA desirable acquisition for collectors of Maine history, Congregational Church memorabilia, religious Americana, genealogy, and nineteenth-century manuscript documents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584060354842,"sku":null,"price":394.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1809.jpg?v=1785075828","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/1834-camden-maine-church-pew-deed-first-congregational-meeting-house-pew-no-62-george-pendleton","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}