Correspondence of Samuel Parker
Kenneth W. Cameron

THE
CORRESPONDENCE
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SAMUEL PARKER
COLONIAL ANGLICAN CLERGYMAN AT BOSTON, SECOND BISHOP OF MASSACHUSETTS
AND SUPPORTER OF SAMUEL SEABURY OF CONNECTICUT (1744-1804):
HIS CORRESPONDENCE CALENDARED, SUMMARIZED
INTERPRETED AND INDEXED

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INTRODl JCTION
My interest in the correspondence analyzed herein grew out of two s r ecial attractions:
(1) Samuel Parker was an ally of Bishop Seabury 1 s during the dark
period of the first American episcopate, and (2) for nearly thirty years he
dealt with Connecticut clergymen at home and abroad or moving, as did most of
them soon or late, through the Port of Boston. He was especially useful to
priests from Connecticut in exile during or after the Revolution, being, like
Samuel Peters in London, a "middle man" for those needing legal or ecclesiastical advice. The present volume will, therefore, stress the Connecticut connection but will also enlarge our perspectives on the whole Colonial Church and the
formation of the early National Church. I hope it will eventually stimulate the
writing of a full-length life of Parker, whose wit, knowledge and character deserve a better treatment t h an has yet been accorded him.
Here and there throughout this volume I have indicated the kindness of cooperating institutions, the chief among them being the Pierpont Morgan Library,
the General Theological Seminary and the Archives of the Episcopal Church in
Austin. Special thanks go to John F. Page, Esq., Director of the New Hampshire
Historical Society for allowing me to reprint as an appendix the "Diary of Samuel Parker-1771," edited by Harriet S. Lacy and originally published in Historical New Hampshire, XXV, no. 2 (Summer, 1970), pages 14-44. (Readers interested
in this little journal should consult Miss Lacy's "An Eighteenth-Century Diarist
Identified" on pages 3-12 of that periodical.)
I must mention the generosity of the Library of the Episcopal Divinity School
in Cambridge expressed through the agency of the Rev. David Siegenthaler, who took
its large segment of the Parker correspondence to the Harvard Photographic Services and prepared a film for the Diocese of Connecticut in order that the papers
might thereby be duplicated for safety and that I might, in Hartford, conveniently make the summaries contained in this volume. His good example, I hope, will
be widely imitated throughout the Church before war and tumult threaten manuscript collections in this part of our hemisphere.
Finally, I wish to thank Mark J. Duffy, Esq., for his kindness in providing
one-sentence analyses of the Parker correspondence owned by the Massachusetts
Diocesan Library and Archives in Boston. Although single sentences-especially
when composed, as his were, by volunteer student assistants--never satisfactorily reveal the · contents of most· early letters, those he has furnished will probably identify the documents sufficiently for my purposes. I have had to expand
some of the sentences and correct others on the basis of evidence in the WPA inventory (see Abbreviations), a work still bibliographically useful after half a
century! It has led me to believe, I regret to add, that the Parker correspondence at 1 Joy Street was more extensive in 1939 than it is today and, if so, silently admonishes all dioceses of the American Church to be more careful in preserving and handling their early records. The lost documents, which eventually
may reappear--possibly on the book market or in private collections--are the
following:
1773

WPA mentions two letters from Henry Caner offering Parker the Assistant
Ministership of King's Chapel. Only ~ was reported to me. WPA, 4-5.

1773

Of the~ letters from the Wardens of Trinity Church, Boston (John
Rowe and John Erving), inviting Parker to become Assistant Minister, notifying him of his appointment or telling him when to sail for Orders,
only two were reported. WPA, 5.

1773

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1776

A letter to Parker from the Rev. Winwood Serjeant of Newburyport: "The
unsuspected and abrupt departure of the King's troops from Boston [on

letters, Parker thanks the prop:ietors of Trinity Church, Boston, for their offer, accepts the position and discusses his salary.
~ of these was reported.
WPA, 5.

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Mar. 17] has excited the highest astonishment. Various are the conjectures upon this sudden move; most believe it to be the effect of a violent
panic ; others suspect it to be the prelude of some deep laid plan. If report says true, you are the only Episcopal clergyman left behind." WPA, 8.
1781

A letter from Parker to

1782

Letter from Edward Bass to Parker, urging him to use influence with the
SPG in his behalf against the charge of disloyalty to Britain--a charge
which has resulted in the withdrawal of his SPG income. WPA, 1.

1784

Parker writes to Christ Church, Braintree, wh ich desires his opinion about
their calling the Rev. John Tyler as rector.
"Parker replies that he has
high regard for Mr. Tyler's ability, fine disposition, and goodness of
heart, but that Tyler holds some religious tenets that are not in accord
with the doctrines of the church, and he feels sure the Society in England
will not continue their aid to Chriet Church if it secures Tyler as minister . " WP A, 42 • .

, refuting reports of Edward Bass's disloyalty both to America and England during the Revolution and stating his belief that Bass will soon re gain the confidence of the SPG. See WPA, 1.

?1785 Parker "relates a discussion he has had with James Freeman over the reading of Gov. John Hancock's proclamations f rom the pulpit or from the desk. 11
WPA ,' 7.
1785

Letter from the Rev. William Morice, secretary of the SPG, asking Parker
to send the library which was at Christ Church, Cambridge, to the Rev.
John Wiswall at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. WPA, s.

?1786 Parker's protest against James Freeman's being ordained in the Episcopal
Church as minister of the "Stone Chapel" (~., King 1 s Chapel) because
he holds theological views contrary to those of the Episcopal Church.
The recipient is not indicated. WPA, 7.

1787

Parker discusses (in a letter possibly to Dr. Thomas Bulfinch, Warden at
King 's Chapel) "the status of Mr. Freeman who, as a lay reader, should
not . .. read the communion service from the pulpit." WPA, 7.

1787

In a letter to James Freeman himself, Parker objects to calling King's
Chapel "Episcopal" since Freeman's sentiments and beliefs are against
every doctrine of the Episcopal Church. WPA, 7.

?1787 Letter to Parker from the Rev. East Apthorp of Croydon, England.

VVPA, 8.

1788

Document signed by Parker, Edward Bass, William Montague and John Cosens
Ogden challenging the validity of James Freeman's ordination by his Senior Warden, Thomas Bulfinch and, acting for the Episcopal Church in New
England, publicly repudiating him. WPA, 37.

1791

The Wardens of Trinity Church, Boston, send Parker a copy of the first
vote passed by the parish since the dedication of their church. WPA, 8

1791

The Rev. William Clark of Dedham writes Parker about evidence he possess·es
in connection with a suit against the Church's property in that town.

WPA, SO.
1791

~letters from the Wardens of Christ Church, Cambridge, offering Parker

the rectorship thereof.

1791

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was reported.

WPA, 8.

Parker accepts the rectorship of Christ Church, Cambridge, "if they will
be content with so much of his personal services as he can arrange, agree• ing that the Rev. Mr. Montague shall officiate until Easter, and half
time thereafter." WPA, 8.

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1791

The Wardens of Christ Church, Cambridge (Jonathan Simpson and Nathan or
Nathaniel Bethune), accept the terms specified by Parker in agreeing to
become Rector of that parish. WPA, 8.

1792

Letter from the secretary of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, enclosing a membership certificate for Parker. WPA, 9.

1793

A letter to Parker from Samuel Peters in London, . congratulating him (possibly jocosely) on there now being five bishops in America. WPA, 6.

1805

A letter from Parker to Bishop Bass regarding Galen Hicks's ordination.
WPA, 4.
K. W. C.

New Year's Day, 1984.

CONTENTS
f'RONTISPIE.CE. .....•••..•••••.•••••..••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••• BISHOP. PARKER
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ABBREVIATIONS . ..••.••••••••...•••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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THE CORRESPONDENCE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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APPENDIX
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAMUEL PARKER ••..•.•••••••••••••••••

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INVENTORY OF PARKE.R 'S LIBRA.RY • . • . • • • • . . • • • . . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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rRINITY CHURCH, BOSTON, IN PARKER'S DAY .•..••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••

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PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE DIARY ••....•..••••••• , . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . •

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:OLOPHON. • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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ABBREVIATIONS
AECA·]
Archives of' the Episcopal Church, 606 Rathervue Place, P.O.Box 2247,
Austin, Texas 78768.

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Bartlet)
The Frontier Missionary: A Memoir of the Life of the Rev. Jacob Bailey, A.M., by William S. Bartlet. N.Y., 1855.
BPL)

Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, Mass. 02117.

Caner Letters]
Letter-Book of the Rev. Henry Caner, S.P.G. Missionary .•.• ~
Review of his Corres ondence from 1728 throu h 1778. By Kenneth Walter Cameron. Hartford Transcendental Books , [1972 •
Dio. Conn.]
Archives of the Diocese of Connecticut, 1555 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Conn. 06105.
Dio. Mass.]
Library and Archives of the Diocese of Massachusetts, 1 Joy St.,
Boston, Mass. 02108.
EDS]
Library of the
Mass. 02158.

Epi~copal

Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge,

Facsimiles]
Facsimiles of Earl
ted by Kenneth Walter Cameron.

Church Documents 1759-1789 • EdiTranscendental Books , 1970].

GTS]
Library of the General Theo logical Seminary, Chelsea Square, New
~ N.Y. 10011.

~ork,

Hist. Notes]
Francis L. Hawks + William Stevens Perry, "Historical Notes and
Documents Illustrative of the Preceding Journals" in Journals of the General
Conventions ... from A.D. 1785 to A.D. 1855, inclusive. (5 vols.) Phila.,
1860, I, 569-582.
Historiographer]
Historiographer of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. A
Quarterly edited by Kenneth Walter Cameron, Library and Archives, 1555 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn. 06105.
NNPM]

The Pierpont Morgan Library, 29-55 East 56th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016.

Peters Papers]
The Papers of Loyalist Samuel Peters: A Survey of the Contents
of his Notebooks--Correspondence during his Flight to England, Exile, and the
Last Years of his Life. By Kenneth Walter Cameron. Hartford (Transcendental
Books), [1978).
Pre-Revol. Conn.]
The Church of England in Pre-Revolutionary Connecticut: New
Documents and Letters Concernin the Lo alist Cler
and the Pli ht of the"i'r""
Surviving Church. Edited by Kenneth Walter Cameron. Hartford Transcendental Books), [1976].
Seabury Traditions]
Seabury Traditions: The Reconstructed Journal of Connecticut 1s First Diocesan. By Kenneth Walter Cameron. (2 vols.) Hartford
(Transcendental Books), 1985.
SSECR]
Samuel Seabury, 1729-1796: His Election, Consecration and Reception.
The Do£umentary History (of Hawks and Perry] Re-edited with an Index.
By
Kenneth Walter Cameron. Hartford (Transcendental Books), [1978].
WPA]
A Description of the Manuscript Collections in the Massachusetts Diocesan
Library. Published by the Historical Records Survey, Works Progress Administration. Boston, Mass., 1959.

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SAMUEL PARKER, Mar. 31, 1760, at Cambridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Regrets that L. has the smallpox and hopes to hear fran him soon. MS: Dio. Mass.
WILLIAM PARKER, SR., Sept. 10, 1760, at ?Portsrouth.
To SP, carnbridge, kindness of Col. Wm. Brattle. Letter No. 1 to his son, who has just arrived at Har-

vard College, filled with parental advice on forming
character and on taking advantage of opportunities.
MS: EDS.
WILLIAM PARKER, SR., Oct. 24, 1760, at Portsrrouth.
To SP, carnbridge. Parental letter No . 3, acknowledgina SP' s letter by Mr. Chace . Approves SP' s study of
GrE!ek with ?Jo seph Sewall. Recamends other courses
' and stresses the develoµrent of character . Promises
to send a copy o f Harer. Mentions a warm coat and
the "Breeches" sent by brother William through the
agency of ?Danie l Fogg. Urges that he practice penmanship. MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Mar. 5, 1761, at carnbridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Writes about the personal affairs of the BrCMne family. MS : Dio. Mass .
SAMUEL PARKER, Apr. 20, 1761, at Cambridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Mks for hare-tCMn news.
\ . MS: Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PARKER, May 16, 1761, at Cambridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Fears he lll3.Y have offended
L. , whom he regards as an old and dear friend.
MS: Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept . 1, 1761, at Cambridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Asks him to tell Mr . Barrell
that the goods have been delivered as requested.
MS: Dio. Mass .

REV . JOHN HUNT, JR., Sept. 1, 1772, at Boston. To
SP, Portsrrouth, kindness of Mr. Wendell. Acknowledges SP' s l e tter of Aug. and regrets his inability
to visit Portsrouth before going to Northarrpton.
Reports Mrs. Bacon' s illness. Says rreasles prevail
in Boston. "I do not yet hear of your rising one
Pulpit Stair; or even that you vouchsafe to look at
ye Pulpit: 0 Samuel what shall I say!" Mentions
?Grant Hunt's approaching !!13.rriage. "Doctr [Samuel]
coopers Pe ople are building a Meeting House for You
[?in Boston)." MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Mar. 11, 1773, at Portsrrouth. To
Henry Caner, King's Chapel , ·Boston. Sends his reactions to the invitation from King's Chapel to
becare assistant to Henry caner. Asks for tine
to consider it. MS. not located, but see caner
Letters, 149.
HENRY CANER, Mar. 20, 1773, at Boston. To SP.
MS: Dio. Conn. See caner Letters, 149: Thanks
SP for his agreeable letter of Mar. 11 and comirends him for his views. Regrets, of course, that
corrpensation for the clergy is inadequate. "Be
that as it lll3.Y, I hope if you con= with my invitation [to becorre assistant at King's Chapel) to
make such provision at present & to open such prospects for the future as !!13.Y not be unv.orthy your
attention." Say s his infirmities make assistance
necessary and asks for a speedy decision so that
"we !!13.Y not lose the earliest good Opportunity of
the Spring Ships for a passage to England."
HENRY CANER, Apr. 12, 1773, at Boston . To SP,
Portsrrouth. Since he has not heard from SP since
his visit to Boston, asks whether he !!13.Y count on
SP's services at King's Chapel. MS: Dio. Mass.
JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS, June 9, 1773, at Marblehead.
Assures SP that he might well
succeed Henry caner at King' s Chapel were he to
take a post there. MS: Dio. Mass .

SAMUEL PARKER, Mar. 25, 1762, at Cambridge. To John
Langdon, Portsrrouth. Writes on Langdon family !!13.tters. MS: Dio. Mass.

To SP, Portsrrouth.

WILLIAM PARKER, SR. , Sept. 13, 1762, at Portsrrouth .
To SP, Cambridge. Urges prudence in spending rroney
at college. MS : Dio. Mass.

JCSHUA WINGATE WEEKS, June 15, 1773, at ?.Marblehead. To SP, Portsrrouth. . Regrets missing SP when
SP visited ?.Marblehead. Offers him the post of
Assistant Minister. MS: Dio. Mass.

WILLIAM PARKER, SR., Apr. 1, 1767, at ?Portsrrouth .
To SP, Newburyport. Writes of an earlier letter sent
in the care of a Mr . MCHerd-now probably lost. Approves SP ' s seeking a tutorship if he can succeed at
it but recormends an open mind toward opportunities.
Says Mr. Levius reccmrends that SP learn Italian.
Cattrents on history and historians. Reports illness
of Lydia and Sally and the passing of Mr. Sherburne,
whose example in life and death he camends. MS: EDS.
WILLIAM PARKER, SR., July 2, 1767, at Portsrrouth .
To SP, Cambridge, kindness of Mr. Mascarene. Letter
No. 12. Urges SP not to go to Mr. Sprague ' s boarding
house until after Ccmrencerrent, thereby avoiding offense to the family with whan he has been staying.
Stresses character and a good naire. Warns against
~' s lll3.king too large an acquaintance for that can
inpede his studies. MS: EDS.
REV. JOHN HUNT, JR. , July 24, 1772, at Salem. To
SP, Portsrrouth. Reports his recent trip to Boston
and ~cjgests a rreeting at Northarrpton in Sept.
1£: Dio. Mass .

JOHN R:mE +JOHN ERVING, O:::t. 11, 1773, at Boston.
Announce that the proprietors
of Trinity Church, Boston, have chosen SP their
Assistant Minister. MS : Dio. Mass.
To SP, Portsrrouth.

JOHN R:mE +JOHN ERVING, Oct. 25, 1773, at Boston.
Thank SP for accepting the post
of Assistant at Trinity Church, Boston. MS: Dio .
Mass. Acc . to the W.P.A. Inventory, Rowe and Erving
wrote SP three letters in one of which they notified
him of his appoinurent and inforned him that H.M.
Ship Lively v.ould sail for England in tv.o weeks and
that he should be ready to embark for ordination .

To SP, Portsrrouth.

WILLIAM DICKES (Sec'y to Bp. Richard Te=ick) , Feb .
15, 1774, at IDndon. To SP in London. Advises
him that Bp. Terrick will ordain candidates to the
Diaconate on the evening of Feb. 24. They will be
examined at St. Janes' s Square in the norning of
that day. MS: NNPM.
JOHN WINGATE WEEKS, ca . .March, ?1774, at .Marblehead.

1774
To SP ?rrinity Church, Boston. Submits an outline
of a ~rojected history or 'vlOrk of fiction involving
Indian characters, asking for SP' s cri ticisns and
alterations. Says, "I cannot but think ...: can 'vlOrk
up scrrething 'WOrthy ye attention of ye public, sarething weh ffi3.Y at least excite yr =iosity & afford
•em entertairnrent if not instruction." Reports the
death of Mr. Bernard, for whan he was a pall-bearer.
The Rev. Sinon Bradstreet, III, of Marblehead JT'ade
an appropriate prayer. (B. left a large estate, a
portion of which v.o=nt to Harvard.) Declares his delight in reading Shakespeare, whose 'vlOrks he ccmrends
to SP. Asks about Trinity Church and the "freshets
& inundations," which JT'ake him wish that SP might
escape fran Boston.
(Possibly Moses Badger might
give up his itinerant ministry and create an opening
for SP?) Praises [Duncan] Forbes as a preacher as
...:11 as John Lawson, whose I.ectures on Oratory are
influencing the construction of his own serrrons.
MS: EDS.
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· WILLIAM PARKER, SR., Oct. 17, 1774, at Portsrrouth.
\ To SP, Boston, kindness of ?William Parker, Jr. Rel ports a business journey to Keene, N.H., where he
j suffered a fall. "The People in all the Western
( 'l'c:Mns are running Mad & Mobbing without reason or
' Bounds. We have had at Kene three Persons Tri 'de
for their lives .... [The people] have no advices
\,.. they can depend on & scarcely see any grounds of
hope of seeing better times this Confusion begun
in Ccnnecticut & like a true Enthusiastick Spirit
flies Quick & far. " Mentions the rrob ' s disapproval
of Mr. Levius ' s receiving his salary fran the Crown.
Hopes SP ffi3.Y pay Portsrrouth a visit before winter.
Sends regards to Mr. Weller and spouse. MS: EDS.
G:N. JOHN WEN'IWJRI'H, Jan. 2, 1775, at Portsrrouth.

To SP. Gives authority to solemnize the marriage
of Robert Harrold and Lilly Odiorn. On the reverse
SP has written that he has perforrred the office according to the Liturgy of the Church of England.
Witnesses ...:re: Deacon Park Langdon, Wn. Rogers,
Noah Parker, John Cochran cum nru1 tis aliis. MS: NNPM.
REV. ElJ.«ARD WINSI.ffi, June 22, 1776, at Braintree.
To SP, ?Boston. Says he will exchange churches with
, SP when SP can visit Braintree. Reports that the
; Braintree Crnmittee of Inspection have begun to
, prosecute (i.e., persecute) him as had been done at
i Hanover, MaS5.° "It is rrost probable, That This Cita1 tion is rather to save Appearances with their rrore
malignant Brethren, than fran either Judgrrent or Inclination. . . . I am disgusted, but not intimidated by
such unchristian & unfriendly Treatrrent ..•. " Hopes
for a happier day--for "the increased prosperity &
strength of our Church, and the peace & Welfare of
our now distracted Country. " MS: EDS.

WARDENS AND VESTRY, TRINITY CHURCH, BOSTON, July 18,

1776, at Boston. Minutes of the rreeting at which SP
reported that he could no longer read the Liturgy if
the King was mentioned because the Continental Congress had dissolved all political connection between
the Colonies and Britain and because of threats and
rrenaces. The proprietors, wardens and vestry agreed
to SP ' s anissions and alterations. Ptd. in Hist.
~' 471-473 fran a MS. in SP's hand.
REV. WilLIAM OOYLE, Aug. 2, 1776, at Providence. To
SP, Boston. Reports accepting an invitation to Bristol last Feb. after John Usher' s death, but Capt.

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Wallace had cannonaded the town, dispersing rrost of
the Churchrren. Though the few who renained offered
him a SJT'all inducerrent to stay, incare from a school
endowrrent (established by ?Nathaniel Kay) for teaching ten pupils, but an attack of the gout ended that
opportunity. (People had, rreanwhile, becare interested in a Mr. Wheeler, dismissed fran the school at
Newport, a friend of the Rev. John Graves of Providence.) Says that in July, 1775, Churchrren at Salem
desired his services as an assistant but the Rev.
Wn. MCGilchrist opposed by locking the church. Although people broke down the church door, he refused
to intrude against !>f=:G' s will . Says his stay in
Salem with his t'vlO children placed him in debt to
John Butler, customs Officer, who now has his chest,
clothes, books, papers and se=ities. Asks SP to
act as his agent, redeem these chattels with $13,
and report on his children. Is still looking for
an assistantship and has not "the SJT'allest scruple
about anitting the King' s Narre in the public service." MS: EDS.
REV. WILLIAM OOYLE, Aug. 15, 1776, at Providence.

To SP, Boston.

Thanks SP for the note sent by Peter
Mumford. Reports that his children are ...:ll but
that John Butler has misused the goods deposited
with him. Says he has given Mr. Russell a pcYNer
of attorney to settle JT'atters, but R. is afraid of
Butler. Asks SP to intervene. Says R. ffi3.Y wish
wrongly to charge for bringing Doyle's things fran
Marblehead to Salem, but they ;..:re transported in
the King's boat ~loyed on R's own business.
MS: EDS.

REV. WILLIAM OOYIB, Oct. 3, 1776, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Reports that he sent the $14 to
Salem by a Mr. Cole, attorney at Providence , on
a mission there concerning captured vessels. Says
Cole has brought back disappointing news of John
Butler's dealings with his property and papers.
Mr. Russell has not replied to any of his letters.
Begs SP to get sare ansv.o=rs and reply in care of
Edward Jones, tavern-keeper in Providence. Says
he is able now to walk about town. Laus Deo !
---MS: EDS.
JOSEPH PEIRCE, Feb. 1, 1777, at Portsrrouth. To
SP, Boston. Returns books, including vol. 2 of
the Ladies' Library, which SP lent him. Milton's
Paradise Lost has been mislaid and will be dispatched later. "I just now rec'd your very acceptable favour sent rre by ~ Noah Parker, who the
Day before yesterday was stop[p]ed at Harrq::itonfalls
by t'vlO Persons sent Express fran this 'l'cMn to rreet
him, & intercept any Letters on Pacquets directed
to any supposed disaffected Persons, with Intention
to discover any Infor!T'ation ... prejudicial to the
Camon Cause, however there ...:re no such Letters
found.... This Proceedure was occasioned by the
JT'ad State the 'l'cMn has been in since Wednesday last,
when an Affray happening at Stavers' Tavern a rrost
furious Mob collected, v.o=nt thro' the 'l'c:Mn, & in
their Way took the follc:Ming Persons, on Pretence of
their being Tories Vizt Mt Jaffrey Isaac Rindge
Peter Pearse, ~ Henderson, Robertson Janes Sheafe
o;- Little, WP Hart my Brother & several others,
& escorted them to the Battery on Peirce's Island,
where they ...:re confined until yesterday, & then
all of them (except Mt Jaffrey) together with Jonathan Warner Esq;- v.o=re by the PortSl!OUth Ccrrmittee
sent under a strong Guard to Exeter to be there

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jealt with by the Carrnittee of Safety for this State
says no charges have been made. t.:'yond their
:,eing declared "Ton.es." Dares not visit Boston at
this t:iJre. Sends regards to Mr. Warner, who is on the
"Brink of matrirrony," and to Mrs. Parker. MS: EDS.
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lAcoB BAILEY, Mar. 14, 1777, at Pownal.borough on Ken1ebeck River, Me. , fonrer 1y called "Franckfort. " To
;p Boston. Reports on "the distracted situation" of
~lf and his parishioners since succeeding the Rev.
tn. MCClanachan. Says that after erecting his little
::hurch in Nov. , 1 770, the Congregationalists began a
Xilitical persecution, raiding property, double-taxing
'1urchrren and carrnitting other injustices. Describes
us people as "oonfined to a cold climate and rugged
}oil encumbered with forest and divided by rivers, ~­
;osea to invasions fran Canada, deprived of free naviiation, prevented from selling as usual their timber
.:Or the necessaries of life, and denied the advan~ge of necessary provisions from abroad as fonrerly."
leeks advice and consolation. MS: EDS.

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WILLIAM OOYLE, Mar. 31, 1 777, at Simsbury. To
'E dBoston. Asks about a letter addressed to Henry
·
ll, Bp. of Meath in Ireland, which he earlier
ed SP to send fran Boston. Discusses his continuing difficulties at Salem, Attorney Cole's efforts to
!etrieve his papers from John Butler, and the recovery
lius far of only his diploma from the College of DubJ.in. Says he needs those indicating his status as a
'lriest and esp. his Bishop's letter rrentioning his
f=ish in Ireland and permission given him to be abpent fran it. Asks SP's help in this matter for, as
Ibraham Jarvis has told him, his claims to ordination
'ind jurisdiction will seem falsehoods or forgeries.
lays he esp. needs the Bishop's letter bearing the
~ postmarks of Dublin and London. Sends regards
the Ready and Russell families. "I buryed poor
Jr Gib [b] s Sunday sennight which if you know any of
tis Friends you may inform Them of. " Asks SP to
~scribe his situation to Edward Bass of Newbury.
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11DJB MILEY, Apr. 15, 1777, at Pownal.borough, Me.
Says he wrote
~~sterday but sends a note lest the earlier letter

~ SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Goud.

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miscarry. Has gratefully received the donasent to the care of Dr. Miers [?Mayer] . Says
b l y anything can now be purchased with paper

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SP, Boston. Sends this letter by Hezekiah Holcanb,
'Wealthy Simsbury Churchman, who will bring back an
~ · Refers again to his need for the letter from
P' bishop (Henry ~ll, Bp. of Meath in Ireland),
fl?: it seems that John Graves of Providence, Matthew
raves of New London, Abraham Jarvis of Middletown,
Philips of Philipsborough and ex-Gov. William
ranklin (oonfined in East Windsor) have advised the
~ at Hebron that he was not in Orders and hurt
1In in other ways.
Says he wrote Gov. Franklin that
1
'Wealthy Mr. Williams living near Brunswick, N.J.,
Bel. lived near his Irish parish of Kilrressan, Diocese
.f ~th, and oould testify to his being in Orders.
Bys falsehoods oontinue to circulate and that even
rN. John Wentworth's certificate that he had seen
~ Bis.'1op' s letter has been disregarded. Says he
~t seek a parish to the southward, therefore,
. he secures his college diplana and other cre!!ntial s. Says he can turn only to SP because Mr.

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Russell the printer, Mr. Handy ':he rrerchant and Mr.
Cole the Providence attorney have ignored his pleas.
Mentions that the malice of both John and Matthew
Graves put an end to his engagement to a maiden lady
of about 40 with a considerable estate. "Mr. Graves
of Providence on perusing Gov:r Wentworth's certificate, in Presence of W. Chase the person employd by
the Vestry there to invite rre thither, declard it
was abundantly satisfactory, and thereon gave his
full and free Consent for rre to officiate," but
privately circulated untrue rurrors about D's undergraduate days at Trinity College, Dublin. MS: EDS.
JACOB BAIIEY, July 1, 1777, at Pownalborough, Me.
To SP, Boston. Sends a copy of a recent "M:rrorial"
of grievances to the SPG.
(The Congregationalists
have produced another in reply--no oopy yet obtainable. ) Says the narres of all Churc!Tren have been
placed on a list for transportation. Asks SP to
make whatever use he can of the papers sent to him.
"Mr. Bowman seized the land where the church and
parsonage were erected as the property of Major
Goodwin, and CUshing the sheriff caning suddenly
with a number of rren to turn rre out of possession
I ignorantly took a short lease under Mr. Bowman
which ... offended Dr Gardiner .... " Says Col. CUshing declares that there are no Church people in
Pownalborough. Adds that Mrs. Bailey has a son
near~y two m::mths old.
MS: EDS.
JACOB BAIIEY, Sept. 1, 1777, at Pownal.borough, Me.
To SP, Boston. Says his parishioners desire SP' s
help and influence anong rrerrbers of the oourt before
which he 111.1st appear. "I have been tried in town
rreeting and voted not inimical by a large majority,
but my inveterate enemies notwithstanding have pro=ed a warrant against rre .... " MS: EDS.
JACOB BAIIEY, Dec. 26, 1777, at Pownal.borough, Me.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Mrs. callahan. Says
the bearer has appealed the sentence of the judge
of probate and needs SP's advice. "Our people
have agreed to send you 10 cord of~ and sare
potatoes, if the tirres will permit." MS: EDS.
JACOB Bl\ILEY, Aug. 26, 1778, at Pownal.borough, Me.
To SP, Boston. Reports on his return from Boston
to find his family near starvation. The contributions of Boston benefactors were, therefore, received with gratitude, but "Col. CUshing has declared ..• that I shall never officiate again in this
place either in public or private; and if I attempt
to transgress this mandate ... he will take me out of
my house with an arrred force and carrnit rre to jail
.... " Describes other persecutory behavior. Says
SP' s testirrony and Mr. Powell ' s have been disallowed
by the sheriff. Asks SP to deliver the enclosure to
John Pickering, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Hopes to send Mrs. P. a fox skin soon. Asks
for a quire of writing paper-unobtainable in Maine.
MS: EDS.
JACOB BAIIEY, Aug. 31, 1 778 , at Pownalborough, Me.
To SP, Boston. Encloses a copy of Col. Charles
CUShing's mandate that B. take the oath of allegiance to the U.S.A. or cease to exercise his function and receive a warrant for his arrest. Hoping
for a favorable answer to his petition (?to the SPG
or General Court) , says he has ceased officiating
for the tirre being but fears irrprisonrrent. Has
sent dwarf sugar peas to Boston to be divided by

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.JAOJB BAILEY, Sept. 30, 1778, at ?Pownal.borough, Me.
To SP, Boston. Say s he has received SP' s letter of
'Sept. 20 and that the bearer, John Turner, nay be
trusted. Asks SP to send tea, cloth, candles, paper
'a nd grain before the Kennebeck freezes and transportation cares to an end. MS: EDS.

JADJB BAILEY, Oct . 1, 1778, at ?Pownal.borough,

Me.

To SP, Boston. Reports that the court is now sitting and that he is presented before the Grand Jury

lfor charging his congregation to keep away fran the
'rebels. Says he rrerely read the lesson of the day,
'. N urrbers 16: 26, and that nothing in his serrrons can
considered inflamnatory. MS: EDS. Ftd. in Hist.
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BAILEY, Oct. 13, 1778, at ?Pownal.borough,

Me.

'To SP, Boston, ki..>dness of Mr. Ridley. Reports that
!the Grand Jury refused to indict, thanks to Attorney
lrangdon, but Col. CUshing has ercployed a young kinst= to nake the l!DSt of the lesson fran Numbers 16: 26.
(Says CUshing declares that Edward Bass took the oath
to the U.S . before Aug. 15. Asks if this is true.)
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fJAOJB BAILEY, Oct. 22, 1778, at Pownal.borough, Me.

, ;To

SP, Boston. Says he has received SP' s letter and
"· :articles. Reports poor crops because of drought. Is
!anxious to hear the outcare of Col. CUshing' s can-Iplaint against him before the General Court. Adds
jthat the Church is enjoying a little peace during the
f•absence of r'l:ssrs. B[owrn:m] and C[ushing]. MS: EDS.

BAILEY, Oct. 31, 1778, at ?Pownal.borough, Me.
l'l'o SP, Boston. Has gratefully received SP' s letter
of Oct. 20. Asks for an increased shiµrent of flour
jand rice. Relays Dr. Mayer's request for help in ob- .
;taining v.Drk. Says he is versatile and has heard that
:Mr. Haskins needs a nan at his Hill house. MS: EDS.
,JACDB

tREV. WILLIAM OOYLE, Nov. ?l, 1778, at Watertown, Mass.
SP, Boston. Reports being at Jonathan Craft's
thouse in Watertown and asks whether his services might
;be used in any Boston churches on Sunday, Nov. 6.
' ~tions writing SP last week by Mr. Read of Simsbury.
Says that a note fran Gen. Gates, received yesterday,
indicated a desire to see D. in Boston. I f the General should attend Trinity Church, perhaps SP might
use D. in the service or at the North End. Says he
understands that there has been no service at carn; bri~ge for a long tirre. What has becare of Winw:>Od
:SerJeant? Has the congregation, including Mr. Vassal,
:disappeared? MS: EDS.

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:JNX>B BAILEY, Mar. 25, 1779, at ?Pownal.borough, Me.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Haley. Reports having
survived another winter under persecution and famine.
Hints that he nay leave Maine in May. Says people
are bea:ming indifferent to life or death. Asks for
a l~ by the bearer, an honest young nan. "Carney's
family are alrrost in a starving condition. She intrea'.-5 tha~ her husband v.Duld send her sarething if
possible-in a v.Drd we are all suffering for want of
provision .... " Sends carplirrents to Mr. Tenent.
MS: EDS .
DR. E. A. HOLYOKE, Apr. 29, 1780, at Salem. To SP'
Boston . . Asks SP to undertake writing obituary notices
for William M°Gilchrist late of Salem. Says he died

Apr. 19 at the age of 70; he was born in Glasgow,
educated at Oxford, served as a missionary in
S. Car. before coming to St. Peter's, Salem; "esteerrP by all who had a thorough acquaintance with
his Character .... " As to his church robes, they
are too old and v.Drn to be of service to SP-"scarce
v.Drth giving away. " MS: EDS.
JAMES NICHOLS, Auq. 15, 1780, at Litchfield, Conn.
Says Tharas
Ivers has reported SP' s having chosen a consort, and
others renark that SP' s church services are highly
approved. Ccmrends the bearer as a parishioner
who wishes to transfer fran Litchfield to Trinity
Parish, Boston. Ccmrends the bearer' s character.
MS: EDS.
.
To SP, Boston, k.iiidness of Mr. Buell.

REV. JOHN GRAVES, Sept. 24, 1780, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Encloses a letter fran William Wal-

ter to be forwarded to the addressee. Asks SP to
sell for him a draft on the SPG for i.65. MS: EDS.
REV. RANNA COSSIT, Jan. 24, 1781, at Clarerront, N.H.
To SP, Boston. Reports settling several accounts
for rrerchandise with Mr. Greene, Mr. Sumner and
Mr. Johns. Sends gift of flour to SP for friendly
services. Asks SP to ascertain whether he might be
admitted a rrember of St. John's I.Ddge of Masons at
Boston and with what rank. Asks about the possibility of founding a lodge nearer to where he lives.
Asks SP not to mention the v.Drd Masonry in his reply lest his letter be opened. MS: EDS.
THCT>lAS BULFINCH+ JAMES IVERS, Oct. 13, 1782, at
Boston. To SP, Boston. The wardens of King' s
Chapel thank the Rector and Proprietors of Trinity
Church for kindness to rrembers of the Chapel congregation. MS: Dio. Mass.
THGlAS BULFINCH, Nov. 12, 1782, at Boston.

To SP,
Boston. Inquires about an exchange of ministers
between King's Chapel and Trinity Church. MS: Dio.
Mass . WPA, 7: "Dr. Tharas Bulfinch, warden, asks
Parker to preach at King' s Chapel on the following
Sunday while their lay reader, Mr. Jarres Freeman,
will be prepared to officiate at Trinity."

REV. WILLIAM WlllllRD WHEE:LER, Dec. 23, 1782, at
Concord, Mass. To SP, Boston. Acknowledges SP's
letter of Dec. 14. Says he v.Duld gladly have conducted Christmas services at Scituate i f he had had
earlier notice. As it is, he is engaged at Harvard,
Mass., for the season. "In an earlier period of
these unhappy Tirres, I had sare Invitations to be
ercployed; but I rather declined them, thinking that
I v.Duld wait a little while, hoping that this Tyranny
v.Duld soon be overpast; but the Tirres have been very
unfavourable to rre, for I have been taxed yearly rrore
than my little Interest v.Duld rent for, and obliged
to subsist upon my slender principal. I am extrerre1y obliged to you for mentioning rre to Scituate,
but should be happy if I could obtain sare addition
to it. " Says he v.Duld welcare enploynent at King' s
Chapel part of the tirre, giving the remainder to
Scituate and Marshfield. Asks SP to use his influence and report. MS: EDS.

DANIEL FOG3, Jan. 20, 1783, at Panfret. To SP,
Boston. Reports that the day he left SP's muse he
alrrost got to Providence. On the next evening he
reached Panfret just as Col. and Mrs. Godfrey Mal-

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bone with their niece v.Bre s~tting dowr:1 to a.gaire of
Qrbre. After asking about his many friends in Boston the Colonel was disappointed to learn that SP
had' postponed his visit to '_'blank Hal~. " Because of
a storm, F. writes that he is uncertain when he shall
see Newport and thinks it wise to send off a letter
to the SPG before talking with the Narragansett people. Asks SP to forward it. MS: EDS.
~FOGG, Jan. 29, 1783, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston kindness of Paine Butler. Says the bearer, Paine
-Butler, is a Harvard student whose parents live in
Pc:rnfret. "The Day I left your House I suffered rrore
;rith the cold than ever I did in my life, & if it was
lawful for a Parson to Sv.Bar D---1, should adopt Mr
~[albone] 's Language & say it was a D-----sh, cold
ilsagreeable windy Day; hov.Bver got hare safe & sound
Saturday Evening. I suppose before you receive this
Scrawl Brother Tyler will have made ·his appearance in
i:he great Town ... in order to propagate true, primitive
~stolic Christianity ....
I saw MX' Tyler about six
I.Eeks ago when he informed rre Mr Br:imrer had invited
luro ... to preach at the Chapel. I gave him as particular an account of the Conduct of the Proprietors of
that church as I was capable of, upon which he =ncluded to write to you befor~ he v.Bnt in order to be
better informed of the matter. But zeal to retail the
!rn.it.h, I suppose, & expectation of being handsarely
rewarded for his trouble, induced him to alter his
mnd [and ... ] to set out this week for Boston, with:rut hearing any thing further fran thence." Relays
·J udge Lightfoot' s request for information about Englis.'1 bills of exchange. Sends a letter addressed to
the SPG which he asks SP to forward after sealing it
with wax. MS: EDS.

REV. WILLIAM WILLARD WHEELER, Jan. 30, 1783, at Concord, Mass. To SP, Boston. Reports having received
SP's letter of Jan. 14 indicating that there is no
opening for him at King' s Chapel. Says he will go to
Scituate after receiving SP's letter of introduction
.t o 01urchrren there. "I have been obliged to subsist,
IXJW for sare Tirre, labouring with mine own hands, that
~ might not be burthensare, upon a few Paternal acres,
the Product of which, the Public have rvw assumed to
~lves, by taxing them annually rrore than their
will arrount to. " MS: EDS.

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REV. NATHANIEL FISHER, Feb. 26, 1783, at Salem. To
:iP, Boston. Says he is unable at this season to ex~ with SP because of obligations to Mr. Oliver
to visit Providence saretirre in Feb. or early March.
i [A)m obliged to you for the proposed exchange; it
~d give rre a =nsiderable relief, as I am obliged
~ . beg, Borrow, & alrrost steal, in the way of Serrron.L Zing, if I may be allav.Bd to coin a v.iord." Asks to
::ie rerrarbered to Mrs. Parker and to his friends Green
md Cleverly. MS: EDS.
::IA..t-UEL Fa;G, Mar. 31, 1783, at Pomfret.

To SP, Bosl:cn, kindness of John Tyler. Thanks SP for his letter
:>f Feb . 11. Asks to be informed by John Tyler of any
5PG news concerning the clergy in general and Edward
3ass w particular. Tyler "expects to be tv.io or three
Sundays in Boston, &... will in that tirre =nvert all
the unconverted Bostonians that may have the happiness
to
him open & explain the Doctrines of his new
?iriStiani ty · " Asks SP to receive the rroney fran Mr.
it"ieelwnght when it becares due. Says he expects to
Oe in Boston for the rronth of May. MS: EDS.

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RANNA mssrT, June 5, 1783, at Clarerront, N.H. To
SP, Boston. Says Col. Chase and Mr. Brewer are coming to Boston and he wishes to draw upon the treasurer of the SPG in SP' s favor. Asks SP to send the
rroney to him by either gentleman together with certain rrerchandise. "The ChQ of England grows very
respectable in these Parts. I preach at Hanover
every fourth Sunday where I have a very nurrerous
& honorable Asserrbly a great many of whom belonging in ye Adjacent Towns of Lebanon, Lirre, Oxford,
Thetford and Norwich .... " MS: EDS.
DANIEL FOGG, July 2, 1783, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Received SP's letter of June 12 on June 29!
Reports on a bill of exchange involving Messrs.
Saltonstall and Wheelwright. Regrets being absent
fran Pomfret when SP visited Col. Malbone ' s. Refers to Roger Viets's "palace," "situated between
tv.io horrid M::Juntains" and not large.
"There v.Bre
ten Clergyrren rret. The Connecticut clergy have done
already every thing in their pov.Br in the matter you
were anxious about. Would write you the particulars, i f I knew of any safe opportunity of sending
this letter, but as I do not must defer it till I
do." Says Evan Malbone desires a quintal of fish
to be sent to him along with Godfrey Malbone ' s.
MS: EDS. Partly ptd. in SSErn, 2.
SAMUEL PARKER, July 6, 1783, at Boston. To Christopher Toppan, Hampton, N.H., kindness of Col. Clap.
Regrets not having been requested to execute his
ccmran.ds recently. Desires to know whether T. can
supply SP's friends with fish in the fall. MS: BPL.
DANIEL FOGG, July 14, 1783, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Grosvenor. This irrp:>rtant letter is printed corrpletely in SSEx:::R, 2, and in W. J.
Seabury's M=.rroir of Bishop~' 189-190, but
carelessly. I re-edit the body of it for the record: "I wrote you a few Lines 29 ins\: by an uncertain conveyance, in which I at~ted to excuse myself, by throwing the blaire upon you, for not waiting for you, till the tirre you rrentioned. I now
plead guilty & beg your forgiveness. I likewise
rrentioned that the Connecticut clergy had done all
in their ~ respecting the matter you were anxious about, but they keep it a profound secret even
fran their nost intimate Friends of the Laity. The
matter is this after consul ting the clergy in Newyork how to keep up the Su=ession- They unanirrously agreed to send a Person to England to be Consecrated Bishop for Arrerica & pitched upon Dr Seabury as the rrost proper Person for this purpose,
who sailed for England the beginning of last rronth,
highly recamended by all the clergy in New York,
Connecticut &c & If he succeeds he is to =re out
as missionary for New London or sare other vacant
Mission & i f they will not receive him in Connecticut or any other of the States of Arrerica, He is to
go to Nova Scotia. Sir Guy [Carleton] highly approves of the plan & has used all his influence in
favour of it.--- The clergy have even gone so far
as to instruct Dr Seabury, if none of the Regular
Bishops of the church of England will ordain him, to
go down to Scotland & receive ordination fran a nonjuring Bishop-- Please to let rre know by W Grosvenor how you approve of the plan, & whether you have
receive[d] any late accounts from England." MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, July 17, 1783, at Boston.

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panfret, kindness of Mr. Grosvenor. MS. owned
.:96iocese of Conn. Previously. edited in The Histo'ricqrapher, 7 (Feb., 1954). and l.Il Pre-Revol. Conn.,
21 2 , frc:rn which I transcribe it:

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Yours of the 2 Instant I receive SO!le~~ since
& have replied thereto by a W: Cady of Plainfield but
suspect he is not yet left this Town; having sold a
Bill of £25 Stg for Judge Lightfoot, he drew an Order
bn rre for the Arro 't in favour of this Cady & believe
;that he has not yet quite spent all the M:mey, ~s
£oon as this is effected I suppose you will be in the
~y of getting my Letter by him.
This Morng yours of
'the 14 was handed rre, the Affair of your not waiting
rre I finished in my last. I am glad to hear that
'the Matter of an Arrerican Episcopate is in such a
~robable Way of succeeding. You ask my Opinion of
jthe ~sure. I ansv.ier I like the Plan very well &
the Person pitched upon tho' personally unknown to
from the character I have had of him, is the rrost
p~ of any. My fears are a little alarrred by the
Circumstance of his being a Refugee; Any Persons coming into New England with canplete Orders or in char,'a cter of a Bishop I fear will alarm our Puri tans &
!put them upon devising M8ans of preventing his tarry1ing arrong us. Will they . not then take the Advantage
'.j of the present Disposition of the Populace towds the
!J\bsentees & make Use of that Weapon to keep him away?
jAna therefore if a proper Man could be found for that
lOffice, '.1.Duld it not have been rrore eligible to have
jpitched upon one that was not an Absentee? As one
~ishop '.1.Duld be sufficient for the New England States
l&New York, I could also have wished that all the
jClergy in the five States had been consulted upon the
:Ox:>ice, as that might have proved the M8ans of objecn arising hereafter fran his being rather imposed
them than the Object of their free choice. The
& chapter of the Diocese with whan the Right of
!electing a Bishop is vested in England, must be repre1sented in this Country by all the Parochial clergy
'liithin his Jurisdiction. Rav.ever I am far from a Desire to start any Objections to the Plan myself, but
atly hint these as what might have obviated any Objections that others Jl'aY hereafter raise. I sincerely wish that the Plan Jl'aY succeed even beyond our rrost
sanguine Expectations, & that the Doctor Jl'aY not be
obliged to use the Alternative you say he is instructed tc do. I have no Doubt in my own Mind that if the
~1:ter is properly conducted he will receive carplete
, oroers fran the ArchBP of Canterbury by a special Manfdate fran his Majesty. But another Question oc=s
l how will he be supported? He certainly ought to have
such . a Living at least as will enable him to keep a
?Jbhc Table, for as his House l!Ulst often be the Resort of other Clergyrren, he shd be enabled to treat
ithernhospitably, & if he has only the Salary of a
';l'.i.ssionary or a cc:mron Parish, he will not be in Ciri <:unstances to do this.
He ought also to have a curate
, or chaplain whose Business will be to examine Candieate7 for Orders & present them as well as to assist
~ in parochial Duty. The Resolution of this rnust
.
an after Consideration.
l' We had a grand Comencerrent at Carrbridge yesterday
•W1erl the honorary Degree of ooctr of Laws was coni,~ on W Bov.>doin & that of 00ctr of Physic on or
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yoke of Salem. I have had no late Letters from
~land which I a little wonder at as so Jl'anY Vessels
lately arrived from thence.
Please to JI'ake my best Respects to W Malbone &
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Lady & Niece; I suppose they have received particular Accounts of the Death of W Hutchinson which
happened the very Day after I was at your House.
Miss Betsy Hunter from Newport is nCM in this Tawn
at or Lloyd's & I believe will spend the Remainder
of the Surmer here- Nothing special in the poli tical World has occurred lately.
I am your friend & Bro[ther]
S Parker
PS I expect to have the Fish ready to send by the
middle or latter End of next Month[Addressed:] Revd Daniel Fogg I at I Pomfret I
Hond by I Ml'.' Grosvenor
DANIEL F03G, Aug. 1, 1783, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Edited in Wm. J. Seabury's M8rroir of Bishop
Seabury, 190, and in SSECR, 2, but rrore accurately
hereafter fran MS: EDS~Your Letter of 17th ult.
I received soon after date, but that of 9th carre
tc hand last evening. I have just returned hare
fran New London & have settled the affair with W:
Saltonstall to my Satisfaction & have inclosed your
receipt, & assure you, kind Sir, that I have a rrost
grateful sense of the very great attention you have
paid to my small affairs, & sincerely wish that it
Jl'aY ever be in my pov.er to make an adequate return--- MI' Malbone is very much obliged to you
for the trouble you have given yourself about the
Fish & particularly desired rre to make his catplirrents acceptable in which he is joined by his Lady
& Niece-- I am very glad that the conduct of the
Connecticut Clergy ireets with your approbation in
the Jl'ain. Dr Seaburys being a refugee was an objection which I Jl'ade, but was ansv.iered, they could
not fix upon any other Person who they thought was
so likely to succeed, as he was, & should he succeed & not be permitted to reside in any of the
united states, it would be an easy Jl'atter for any
other Gentlell'an who was not obnoxious to the Pov.ers
that be, to be consecrated by him at Hallif~
& as to the objection of not consulting the clergy
in the other states, the tirre '.1.Duld not allCM of
it, & there was Nobody to consult in the state of
New york for there is not one Clergill'an there, except Refugees, & they were consulted, & in the state
of Connecticut there is fourteen resident Clergirren,
& in your state & New Harrpshire, you lmCM hCM Jl'anY
there are, & you will be left to act as you please
either to be subject to him or not. as to the Jl'atter of his Support that l!USt be an after consideration. Carplirrents to w;s P. Conclude rre your affect Friend & Brother .... "
JAO)B BAILEY, Oct. 28, 1783, at Annapolis Royal,
N.S. To SP, Boston. Has SP's letter of Sept. 15.
"I am not a little surprized at your intelligence
respecting Dr Seabury- his brother an eminent
M8rchant and loyalist fran [New] York, is equally
puzzled to account for this affair- will the inhabitants of N england who forrrerly fell into terrible agitations at the rrention of a Bishop permit
one to reside arrong them?" Regrets having lost the
friendship of John Wingate Weeks. caments on the
long anirrosity between Dr. Breynton and Dr . Byles.
"The Govei:nor ... has been three tirres directed by the
society to give ire the chaplinship of the garrison
here-but Dr Br-nt-n has still interest sufficient
to detain it in favour of Mr Weeks .•.. " Says Weeks
receives the salary while he must do the work! Despite mistreat:rrent, says he has no thought of returning to Kennebeck and persecution there. Reports

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be expectation of obtaining ~ college and bishop

fo N s the large increase in the number of Loyal~ tli~e, and the opportunities for rrerchants.
. l!entions three refugees fran Mass:--Gen. Ruggles,
Winslow and Mr. Hicks. M=ntions the suffer~s of refugees frc:rn N. Y. and 1£?ng Island. Says
~- Wentv.Drth and Lt.-Gov. Fanning are at Horton.
'!t=ntions John ~arrara, local SPG schoolmaster, and
~s.
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·~ BAILEY, Nov. 6, 1783, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.

Boston. Thanks SP for SPG Abstracts and inquires
about his bills of exchange drawn on the SPG. Asks
whether the churches at Braintree and Marblehead
are supplied. Are they under SPG patronage? How
does Nev.buryport stand now? MS: EDS.
JAOJB BAILEY, May 1, 1784, at Annapolis Royal, N. S.
Reports on
his recent illness but ccntinual activity. Has received two letters fran Edward Bass and encloses an
an~r for SP to forward.
MS: EDS.

To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Hicks.

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SP, Boston. Has instructed Mr. Worcester to debooks to SP for Mr. Bancroft: .Asks that ~e
\cney received be spent for ccmroclities. Describes
jus house, garden and orchard; how he ~s supplied
l:hree families with produce; and the thievery that
~ds.
Says he has been prevented sending SP a
prrrell of Annapolis potatoes because "the vessel
does not care within three miles of the town." Asks
to forward a letter to Edward. Bass, which he has
ft open for SP' s perusal. MS: EDS. Partly ptd.
. Bartlett, 196-197.

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DANIEL FOGG, May 7, 1784 , at Panfret. To SP, Boston. Reports arriving at B[J,.ank] Hall safe after
leaving Boston and that Friend Green offered to
help him clear a bill of exchange. One crown, a
counterfeit, ought to be redeerred with good I!Oney.
Asks SP' s help. MS: EDS.

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WILLIAM WHITE, [May 30, 1784] , at. Phila. To SP,
Boston. Having learned by the Rev. Mr. Clarke of
Boston that SP is interested in rreasures for the
continuation of the Church in Arrerica he presents
the Philadelphia plan in considerable detail. ptd.
in Hist. Notes, 429-430. See Appendix. MS: NNPM .

FTKJl OLIVER, Feb. 14, 1784, at Providence.

~; Boston. Wishes to answer SP' s letter, desir-

.ling an opinion on a rratter ?f consequence: " .. '.is
\:here like to be any establishment for the Arrerican
~iscopal Church? My particular situation as a Read·. h I am alm::>st tired of, & tho I am far frc:rn thinktux. myself equal to the Office of a Minister of that
bi~ch at present, yet I rrust confess 'tw::>uld be a
btter of great Joy to rre to hear the re was sorre
~thocl hit on by the venerable Clergy to perpetuate
themselves & provide for the better Governrrent of
pie Church. " Says it would encourage him to prepare
·l llmself for eventual advancerrent. Hopes SP can soon
} isit the "poor church" in Providence because "there
are many Children to be christianed, the corrmunicants
ke anxious to receive the Sacrarrent .... " Says he
has written to Salem for a possible exchange with
Mr. Fisher. Submits diffidently one of his senrons,
~ the people asked to have printed, asking that
ne rrake allowances. "I have not been able to learn
k;' Badgers business at Rhode Island, tho' I have heard
he has declined preaching there in consequence of sorre
t : n t .... " MS: EDS.

B.lULEY, Mar. 2, 1784, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
SP, Boston . Reports having been to COrnwallis to
F'-"TY Wiswall (late of Falrrouth) to Mrs. Hutchinson,
?1 wic:bw fran the Jerseys. Says I'm\. Walter, minister
~ Port Rosseway, is en route to England. Shares SP' s
~ on the conduct of sorre of the clergy. Says he
.15 eager to hear fran Edward Bass, who has a brother
~t Arlna!x>lis. Offers statistics about N. S. MS: EDS.

Ell'<ARD BASS, June 21, 1784, at Nev.buryport.

To SP,
Boston. Acknowledges SP' s letter of June 15, which
seems to have set forth Bp. White ' s plan for a continuing church. Suggests waiting for "the arrival
of our Bishop before ~ proceed to any ecclesiastical consultations of inportance, that ~ rray have
his con=ring voice in such rratters." Asks about
Seabury. ptd. in Hist. Notes, 475-476.

SAMUEL PARKER, June 21, 1784, at Boston. To William
White, Phila. Acknowledges W's letter of May 30 and
says he has corrmmicated a ccpy of the minutes which
carre with it to each of the five clergyrren in Mass.:
Edward Bass, I'm\. Nillard Wheeler, Stephen C. Lewis
and Nathaniel Fisher. Discusses the conditions of
the Church in the other New England states. Makes
inquiries about the plans of those to the southward,
their attitudes toward the episcopate and their alterations in (or additions to) the liturgy. Pranises to keep up the ccrrespondence. MS: AEX:A. Ptd.
in .Hist . Notes, 427-429.

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WILLIA'-1 WILIARD WHEELER, Mar. 31, 1784 , at Scitu:ate. To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Wales. Regrets
,rot having been able to visit Boston because of neces.:sa.ry excursions to Harvard, Concord, Terrpleton etc.
and is therefore ignorant of the news. Asks whether
SP has had "farther Intelligence of a Bishop's caning
.to arrenca." Desires to know i f there be a Fund for
widows of clergyrren because Mrs. Winslow's situa~ is pitiable. Asks whether the SPG will continue
.its nussions esp. at Scituate and Marshfield. Would
,welcare supplerrentary work to enlarge his slender incare. .l \sks SP to assist Mr. Wales in finding Parson's
Grey cloth for a coat and waistcoat. MS: EDS.

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JCltl GRAVES, Apr. 23, 1784, at Providence.

To SP,

RANNA CCSSIT, June 25, 1784, at Clarerront, N.H.
Asks SP to handle his draft on the
SPG treasurer, paying the sum to Caleb and Robert
Davis, Boston rrerchants, "to whom the M:>ney is due
fran Alexander Ralston Esqf of Keen[e] & fran rre to
him." Says he intends like rrany others "to rrove
within the Kings Territories if ~ can be proveded
for with good Lands." Sends regards to Mrs. P. and
to Messrs. Green and Cleverly. MS: EDS.
To SP, Boston.

JACOB BAILEY, July 28, 1784, at Annapolis Royal,
N.S. To SP, Boston. Says Wiswall and family were
present when SP's letter arrived and discusses their
problems. Reports that Byles has gone to England,
that a Rani.sh church is being erected in Halifax,
and that I'm\. Walter has raised I!Oney in England for
a church in Port Rosseway. Tells of Sarruel Peters
in London, his singularities, his extraordinary
History of COnnecticut, and his being at work on
a description of Nova Scotia (with Bailey's help).
says Weeks is suffering for his sins in expensive
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of Congregationalists £:an.the U.S. to Nova Scotia,
and the corrrrotions of disciples of one Allen, a man
f no education. Scots Presbyterians appear arrong
~ ~efugees as well as Methodists, for whan John
wesley is ApOstle. Says Gl:Jv. John Wentworth, nCM
surveyor of H.M. v.uods, makes ex=sions throughout
N. s. but nCM cannot serve SP because he is no longer
a rrember of the SPG. P.eports SP' s brother Joseph and
family are well. "Your anecdote concerning the wives
of Brother Parker ... afforded us sare amuserrent .... "
MS: EDS.

SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 10, 1784, at Boston. To Wm.
White, Phila. Encloses proceedings of the clergy
convention of Mass. and R.I. at Boston on Sept. 8,
which will infonn W. of the sent:irrents of those
states. Had hoped to receive fran W. further inforrra lion upon action of the Churches in N. Y. and
Penna. on May 30. Asks that the action of the Boston convention be transmitted "to the ITDre southern
Churches, " inviting them to share their views with
New England. MS: AFA:A. See Facsimiles, 25-27;
ptd. in Hist. Notes, 432-434.

JOSEPH IXWSE, Aug. 3, 1784, at Salem. To SP, Boston.
"'ltie Revd !'¥" Fisher has agreed with his Bro. W Bass
to change next Sunday I heare so it is hig[h)ly probable if this be effected they will both be in Salem
next M:>nday." Perhaps this plan will felicitate the
scherre SP has in mind? MS: EDS.

JACOB BAIIEY, Sept. 21, 1784, at Annapolis Royal,
N.S. To SP, Boston, kindness of Mrs. Callahan.
Says Mr. Williams brought SP •·s letter of July.
"I conceived by intelligence fran various quarters
that Dr Seabury was expected arrong you in character
of Bishop--a daughter of his who resides at my house
and a son lately arrived fran England confinn this
account--the doctor himself is every m:rrent expected
at Annapolis. " Ccmrents on the religion prevailing
at Boston that is "very pleasing to the vicious,"
Dr. Charles Chauncy having published a treatise
favoring purgatory. Says few "innovations" have
troubled Nova Scotia. Asks that if his books and
papers should be sent fran Kennebeck SP will deliver
them to Mr. l'brcester or Capt. webber. MS: EDS.

DANIEL FC:X;G, Aug. 6, 1784, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Is grateful to SP for many favors, including
the negotiating his bill of exchange with Mr. Green.
Says he has no news. MS: .EDS.
WIILIAM WHITE, Aug. 10, 1784 , at Phila.

To SP, Boston. Discusses the various staterrents already issued by the southern churches. Says the "Fundarrental
Principles" were only instructions to a comnittee.
$ays they plan a constitution for the Church in Penna.
before undertaking one for the continent, but "we do
not think this precludes us fran procuring a Bishop
fran England." Admits ilrperfections in the plan.
Gives a descriptive list of Penna. clergy. Hopes to
see SP in N. Y. on CX:t. 5. MS: NNPM. Ftd. in Hist.
Notes, 431-432.

JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS, Aug. 28, 1784, at Halifax, N.S.
Has received SP ' s letter by Mrs. Kent.
Says his expressed opinion on the subject of bishops
applied to N.S., not to the States. In N.S. a bishop
"is not much desired & would probably do little good."
Says the SPG is behind Dr. Chandler for N. S. , but the
goverrurent is negative. "If you should have [a bishop]
in the States, you would have a ITDSt desirable opportunity of revising the Liturgy & of making such alteration in the objectionable parts as nay give less offence to the Dissenters & be ITDre pleasing to the
episcopalians. Bigotted people nay think it cannot
be arrended: But many wise & good rren arrong ourselves
have thought otherwise; & nothing but the lCM state
of religion in England has prevented so useful a work
fran taking place." Has no news except the creation
of a new governrrent called "New Brunswick." MS: EDS.
To SP, Boston.

MASS. AND R. I., Sept. 8, 1784,
at Boston. For the minutes and for SP' s carefully
CCl!posed reply to the Southern Churchrren in behalf of
the Convention (it is actually signed by John Graves,
Convention rroderator), see Hist. Notes, 433-436. SP's
rough draft is in NNPM but there is incorrectly dated.
See Appendix.
CTlNVENr!ON OF CLERGY:

SAMuEL PARKER, Sept. 10, 1784, at Boston.

To Bela
Hubbard, New Haven, kindness of Rev. [?Andrew] Eliot.
Re;::orts action by a convention of clergy at Boston on
Sept. 8, urging the necessity of uniting "in adopting
sare irmediate rreasures to procure an Arrerican Episcopate· " Encloses the Convention' s letter for distribution to the clergy in Conn. Says the carrnittee will
~ happy to correspond with Conn. on this natter and
Will welccrre Conn. sent:irrents. Ftd. in Pre-Revol.
~-, 216, fran MS: Dio. Conn.

QUEEN Is QiAPEL I PORrSM:XJI'H, N. H. , Sept. 21, 1784 ,

at Portrnouth. To SP, Boston. The wardens (George
Jaffrey and George Furness) are seeking a settled
minister, having appealed unsuccessfully to Mather
Byles, Jr., at Halifax but ncrw in England. Ask
about John Bowden at Jarraica, L.I., whose health
requires him to ITDve north. Ask SP ' s opinion of
the man and the prospect of his caning. Enclose
a letter to be forwarded to Dr. Bol-.tien i f SP approves the possibility. Anticipate grCMth in the
parish if a clergyman can be had and i f the SPG
will continue support. MS: EDS.
DANIEL F03G, Sept. 28, 1784, at Panfret. To SP,
Boston. Says he will set out on l>bnday to visit
friends in New Hanpshire. "I was at Norwich about
ten days ago, & W Tyler inforned rre that the Connecticut Clergy, who rret at New Haven at Ccmrencerrent, did not propose to rreet the Southern Clergy
at New york, as they expect or Seabury will succeed •.• & at his return it will be t:irre enough to
revise our Liturgy. They however wrote by W Marshall one of [our] Brethren giving reasons for
their Conduct.
[W] Tyler likewise told rre ... that
we poor Missionaries were to be continued during
qur lives .... " Expects to visit SP on his return
journey. MS: EDS.
JACOB BAIIEY, Oct. 28, 1784, at Annapolis Royal,
N. S. To SP, Boston. Refers to his letter of
Sept. 21 about books and papers fran Kennebeck,
which he needs, esp. his old serITDns, which "will
be of great service where I have such a multitude
of avocations fran study." Has not been able to
purchase books on divinity in N.S. Says his parish (St. Luke's) has only recently had wardens and
vestry and becare incorporated. "I was yesterday
inducted by the church wardens into the rectorship
... in consequence of a mandate fran the goven10r ..•
since I had no legal title ... though missionary fran
the Society and the board of trade." Refers to the
rebellion in Ireland which is driving many to N.S.
"By letters fran england and ••• people •.. just arrived
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just past ennabling the bishop of I.Dndon to ordain
priests and deacx:ms for foreign states omitting the
usual oaths .... " MS: EDS.
SAMUEL pARKER, Nov. 1, 1784, at Boston. To Wm. White,
Thanks w. for the m:my civilities he received
while in Phila. and his hope to entertain W. saretime
in Boston. Asks W. for information. "I have a p:ior
w::rran who is a Parishioner that sare years ago was
rrerried to one Samuel Bulfinch late of this Town but
row or lately an Inhabitant or Resident at Philadelphia, & who, as Report goes is married to a Daughter
of the Man who keeps the City Goal. His Wife in this
TOHn has several young children by him & sare Estate
aepending. What she wants is the Proof of his second
Marriage." Ccmrends to W. a Dr. M:>yes fran I.Dndon
wh:>, with Mrs. Hayley, intends to visit Phila. Says
he is "a Miracle of Knowledge" despite having been
totally blind fran infancy. Says he has lectured in
Boston and Providence on the philosophy of chemistry
and v.ould like to repeat his lectures and offer a
course in natural history in Phila. MS: AECA.
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GEDRGE JAFFREY, Nov. 10, 1784, at Portsrrouth, N.H.
To SP, Boston.

Thanks SP for his letter of Oct. 26 ,
enclosing a letter fran John Bowden, who has comnitted himself to Norwalk. Says John Sparhawk saw Mather
Byles, Jr., in ,IDndon, reporting that B. intended returning to Halifax. Desires to learn whether he might
settle at Portsrrouth. " ... am very glad of your advice
·bf the [p Jrospect of the Arival of Doctor Seabury as a
Bishop . " MS: EDS.
SA."IUEL PARKER, Nov. 18, 1784, at Boston.

To Daniel
Thanks F.
for supplying at Trinity Church, Boston, during his
absence. Assurres he has seen the report of the N. Y.
Convention which John Rutgers Marshall had printed for
the benefit of Conn. clergy. Says he saw in N. Y. a
letter which Seabury wrote [?Benjamin] M:>ore about
pleting his mission abroad, but English newspapers report nothing of a consecration there. Encloses a letter fran Christ Church, Boston (the Old North Church) ,
with:::mt a minister since the departure of the Rev.
Stephen C. Lewis. Asks F. whether Col . Mal.bone v.ould
spare him to take that parish for the winter. Says
0-leen' s Chapel, Portsrrouth, is detennined to se=e
a cleric. Would Jarvis of Middletown be interested?
lbpes Col. M. received and liked the fish. Reports
that a large freighter carrying hardware fran Bristol,
England, sank in Barnstable Bay last week. MS: NNPM.
Fogg, Panfret, kindness of Mr. Borland.

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DANIEL FOG::;, Nov. 28, 1784, at Pcrnfret. To SP, Boston. Says: "[I] have not heard one v.ord of the Proceedings of your Convention at N. York, as I have not
been out of Panfret since my return fran Boston. As
to Dr Seabury have heard, by MI' E [van] Mal.bone that
he has desired his Family to rerrove fran N. York to
~--:-lDncbn in order to rreet him there, & that they
~y expected him, but suppose I shall hear ITDre of
this natter this week as I propose to go to Norwich
to rrorrow. " Says he will answer the wardens of North
Orur~h by Mr: Putnam as soon as he can weigh the proposai.
It will probably be negative. Asks SP to for~ to him any letter fran the SPG that might be in
&;>ston :i:ostoffice, since he is apprehensive about
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!of:;~: fran an Abstract that he is "unirrployed."
:v·BoGEDRGE D'ERB.l>.GE, Nov. 29, 1784, at I.Dndon. To
ston. Writes: "We have indeed experienced m:my
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and cruel Vicissitudes since You saw us, the Consequences of the late Times and our Adherence to a
Cause, in which both principle and Honor strongly
retained us." Suggests that they pass over recent
events and consider "that State whose Patriots are
seldom paid unless with a Grave-stone ... the Republic of Letters." Calls attention to a recent controversial v.ork by the Rev. Dr. Martin Madan-ThelyPhthora, or Ferrale Ruin Prevented, recamending that any sexual union between a m:m and a waran
constitutes narriage, so that a m:m who is allied
to rrore than one is to be considered legally narried to all of them---it then being irrpossible for
a waran to be ruined or abandoned! Praniscuity
v.ould thereby be discouraged. "I understand you
will have very soon an airerican Bishop, against
whose Consecration, and uninterrupted Succession
in Jure divino there certainly can be no objection:
And still less can reasonably be objected in a political View by your Rulers, if they really intend
that Toleration they pro:i:ose in ·their Codes ....
I hope therefore he will be cordially received,
and as I know no one ITDre deserving, I hope soon
to hear You are of the Order; and that by this unforeseen Event, the Church will be propagated."
MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 1, 1784, at Boston. To Jacob
Bailey, Annapolis Royal, N.S. MS. not located.
Partly ptd. in Bartlet, 198-199. Best text survives in Historiographer, 41 (1962), 27, to which
I add sentences fran Bartlet:

Boston, Decernt" 1st 1784.
Dear Sir,-Your letter of Septem'r 21 arrived here when I
was absent at Philadelphia & it was not till the
last of October it cane into my hands. Tv.o chests
belonging to you had previously been brought fran
Pownal.borough, with verbal orders to deliver them
to me, but no letter to acquaint me what their contents were, or what I was to do with them. As you
express a desire to have your serITDns irrrrediately,
I have opened the chest containing the papers &
find therein a parcel of papers jtnnbled together
in as great confusion as Chaos itself could have
made, and the chest no way secured. Am:mg the
jtnnbled heap sare that look like serITDns, but I!llch
defaced, torn and abused, were discerned, and I
have picked out sare that look the ITDSt entire,
and packed in a S!!all box, which I carmit to Mr
Worcester's care. Will send you the two chests by
the first opportunity that ==s. The contents
of the box will supply your present need till the
others arrive. I had a good mind to steal sorre of
your Serrrons, but found upon examination that I
could not take rrore than fifteen minutes to deliver
them, & my people always expect thirty minutes, &,
as I rro.ist have added one half to them, I thought
upon the whole I v.ould not be guilty of a theft,
which v.ould turn out to so little advantage. If
you were not my Senior, I should take it upon myself to advise you to expend a little ITDre pains in
writing your discourses, because, when you are old
you may be obliged to trans=ibe for the purpose of
reading them. And, if they were preserved with a
little rrore care, it would be ro disadvantage. I
congratulate you on your Induction as Rector of
St. Luke's, and hope that your latter days will be
rrore easy than the fonrer .
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get any intelligence from Europe that an Arrerican
Episcopate is like to take place. I enclose you an
abstract of the minutes of a Convention of Clergy
held at N. York in Octr at which I was present. It
is a plan for a General Convention of E. Churches in
the United States to rrake canons and alterations in
our Liturgy & in short to create an Arrerican Episcopal Church. A fD:e oppo~unity now to reject . the offensive Passages ll1 our Liturgy & yet to retaJ.n everything eligible. But a Bishop rrust first be obtained,
for in my opinion Presbyters only have not ~r to
alter or revise.
The Act of Parliarrent lately passed cannot serve
us; for our clergy to go out of the Governrrent for
orders will imply a dependence upon a foreign state,
which will create a jealousy in the minds of sorre of
our high Whigs. W Lewis who has been preaching at
the North Church has left us and gone to Carolina.
I am the only clergyman in Town. W Freeman a lay
reader is still at the chapel.
Pray can you procure rre two or three Barrels of
your Potatoes? We have none that are good this year,
tho' a very great plenty. Mt' Vibrcester tells rre he
shall return soon & if you can oblige rre with scme of
your good Potatoes I will pay the expence. My two
Boys about 8 rronths old are very well. ws Parker
joins in carplirrents to ws Bailey with
Your Friend & Brother
S. Parker
DANIEL FOGG, Dec. 4, 1784, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Says that he has written the wardens of North
(Christ) Church that he will stay in Pomfret this
winter. "I am rather a lazy fellow, & likewise I
rrortally hate cold weather, here I have a fire in
my chamber Day and night, if I please, & after reading or writing as long as I choose go to bed, & have
but one Service a Sunday fran Advent to Easter .... "
Says that while he calls Panfret his parish, "it
would not be proper to leave it for a whole winter,
tho' ... as Panfret is dropt as a Mission, I suppose
I am at Liberty to go where I please." Rerrarks that
he is nonetheless tired of it and plans to leave before he is a year older. Says he has heard nothing
about Dr. Seabury. Believes that Jarvis ~uld suit
the people at Portsrrouth . Asks about the clearance
of his Bill of Exchange on London and inquires about
any letter that might care fran the SPG. MS: EDS.
REV. BENJAMIN MXlRE, Dec. 21, 1784, at New York. To
SP, Boston. caments on Dr. Henry MJyes' s lectures
on chemistry and natural history. MS: Dio. Mass.
HEZEKIAH USHER, Jan. 4, 1785, at Bristol, R.I. To
SP, Boston. Says he received SP's letter of Nov. 27,
1784, on Dec. 28 under cover of one from the Rev. John
Graves dated Dec. 7. Reports that they have postponed
the Bristol lottery fran Jan. 10 until March 8, as
John Carter's Providence Gazette will announce. Asks
SP to try to sell two books of tickets to help the
parish in its "critical hour." MS: EDS.
REV. JOHN GRAVES, Jan. 13, 1785, at Providence. To
SP, Boston. Writes about arrangerrents for the forthcaning lottery in Bristol, R.I. MS: Dio. Mass.

SAMuEL PARKER, Jan. 25, 1785, at Boston. To William
White, Phila. Thanks W. for his letter of Dec. ll
about Sarruel Bulfinch. Says Mrs. B., his lawful wife
and a rrarber of Trinity, Boston, wishes evidence of
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divorce. Says the Rev. Sarruel Williamson, a native
Arrerican who lives near Liverpool, England, offers
himself for any vacant church in New England, having sul:rnitted three Phila. references. Asks w. what
he knows of the rran or can find out fran Dr. Sarruel
Magaw and others. Asks whether he has seen Dr.
fuyes. Wishes success to W's intended Academy. Is
it true that Dr. William Smith is to cross the Atlantic for consecration? "or Seabury I hear rreets
rrore difficulty than he expected, & has not yet
obtained his Object. " Encloses a letter for Mr.
Wharton. MS: Aff:A.
HEZEKIAH USHER, Feb. 14, 1785, at Bristol, R.I.
Has received SP's letter about the
lottery tickets and urges him to sell as rrany as he
can because "our Church is poor & srrall." MS: EDS.

To SP, Boston.

REV. BENJAMIN MXlRE, Feb. 14, 1785, at New York.
MS: Dio. Mass. Asks SP whether he
has becare familiar with t>Ethodists. Concludes with
a paragraph which I extract from Hist. Notes, 458:
"I received a Letter, by the last Packet, from Dr.
Inglis, in which he informs rre, that after every
Application in England had proved ineffectual, Dr.
Seabury went to Scotland, and was consecrated by
some of the Nonjuring Bishops near Aberdeen, on the
14th Nov'r. last. He was on his Way to England,
when Dr. Inglis wrote, and intends to errbark for
Arrerica, by the first convenient Opportunity. There
can be no Doubt of the Validity of this Ordination.
I am sure you will rejoice at it, and if he is so
fortunate as to arrive safe in Arrerica, will join
Heart and Hand with your Staunch, Orthodox Brethren,
in supporting our venerable Church upon true Episcopal Principles. I hope Dr. I. has been very accurate in ascertaining the Succession arrong the Nonjurors, since the Tirre of the Revolution. As he is
the first Arrerican Bishop, it rray, in future years,
be a Matter of sorre Consequence to be able to trace
the Current up to the Fountain Head."
To SP, Boston.

JACOB BAILEY, Mar. 25, 1785, at Annapolis Royal,
N. S. To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Robinson. Mentions Mr. Vibrcester. Asks about t>Essrs. Bancroft
and Wheeler. Inquires whether SP has had any correspondence with Dr. Wm. Walter, raw having trouble at
Christ Church, Shelburne, N.S. Decries the contentions prevailing in Nova Scotia because "alrrost every
settlenent is cciriposed of disappointed and unfortunate emigrants fran every revolted province in Arrerica, and from all the Western nations of Europe and
Africa." MS: EDS.
THCMAS FITCH OLIVER, Apr. 1, 1785, at Providence.
Asks SP to dispose of a few tickets
in behalf of the Providence lottery, recalling SP's
help in the Bristol lottery. uo;- Seabury the post
informs rre is speedily to be expected. As I propose
as soon as convenient after his Arrival to offer my
self for Ordination, pennit rre to ask your advice,
in what rranner I am to proceed & what steps are to
be taken to obtain this desirable end .... " MS: EDS.
To SP, Boston.

REV. MJSES BADSER, Apr. 2, 1785, at Newport. To
SP, Boston. Says he has reccmrended that a friend
in the country entrust a sum of rroney to SP' s keeping. As to the state of things in Newport, "Wo° Bours
has had Interest enough to get himself chosen Reader
for another Year, with the sarre Allowance as he had
the last; & flatters himself with obtaining Ordina-

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tion as soon as a Bishop arrives in Arrerica. Do you
think it a Dem:>nstration of ye wickedness of my heart,
when I say, I hope he will experience the nortification of a Disappointrrent? could I explain to you the
various Artifices he has made use of in endeavoring
to support his OHil Character by traducing & vilifying
mine, I make no doubt you v.iould think rre justifiable
when I tell you that there has been no Intercourse
between him and your humble servant for sare nonths
past." Says he hopes to visit Beston in May.
MS: EDS.
JOHN PARKER (SP's brother), Apr. 24, 1785, at Portsrrouth, N.H. To SP, Beston. Thanks SP for his letter
of Apr. 17 by Mr. SOhier, stre ssing that rran' s character notwithstanding the fact that "the Affair he carre
on" was "one of the greatest Irrpositions that can possibly accrue. " Sends regards to Mr. B. Cutler and reports that Mrs. Adams has a fine grandson. Considers
the proceedings in Beston as strange and unaccountable, for the t = is governed less by the Governor and
representatives than by nobs and t = rreetings, "fran
which good Lord deliver us." MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, May 7, 1785, at Beston. To Sarnuel
Peters, Pimlico, London, kindness of capt. Lyde.
MS: AECA. See the digest in Peters Papers, 33-34:
Has Peters's l e tter of December enclosing one to Mr.
'Hawkins with an account of his unfortunate daughter,
whan Peters and others have helped to rescue fran
poverty and death. The old father sends gratitude
but, being a poor laborer, cannot make other returns,
but has agreed with capt. Lyde for transporting the
daughter and her children to Beston. Says that Peters' s tone suggests that because "our Bishop" [Seabury] is unconnected with civil po.ver he will be destitute of canforts. "I know not that Bishops as such
have anything to do with civil power. Certainly before the Days of Constantine they never had any ....
You seem to think that because he has been consecrated
by a Nonjuror that he has forsaken the Church of England; but ... the Nonjurors look upon themselves as the
only true Church of . England." Grants that English
consecrators v.iould · have been better , but their refusal
was condemnation of the Arrerican Church to either lay
readers for ever or presbyterianism. "M:lre injury has
been already done to our churches by introducing layreaders than can be repaired in rrany years. " Arrericans being still anti-British, "If the succession
arrong the Nonjurors is good, a Bishop fran thence will
be better for us than an English one, because there
can be no fear of an undue influence fran the British
CrOHl'l." Speaks of John Tyler's heresy at Norwich,
which, though it flourishes in Beston, is as old as
Origen and not absent fran speculation within the
Church of England. Universalism is not the only heresy in Beston. "Your old friend Troutbeck's Congregation [King's Chapel] ... a layreader at their head, have
altered ... reforrred the Liturgy according to the Arian
Scherre upon the Plan of Lindsay ... have strictly followed him in his fonns . . . none of them addressed to the
Son or Spirit. Thus the Church has suffered ... for
want of a Bishop to ordain clergyrren in our destitute
churches." Asks for details about the "Jacobitical
Church in Scotland-how it has subsisted since the ·
English Revolution. Has no news of Bishop Seabury' s
arrival, though he is daily expected. Sends regards
to Sir Wn. Pepperell.
HOO. MR. LaVELL, soon after May 24, 1785, at Phila.
In a large fragrrent of a letter with-

To SP, Beston.

1785
out an ending to SP (MS: NNPM) which I date "June
or July, 1785" Wn. White indicates that the "hon~
MI" ~ll" sent to SP a copy of the printed "Act of
Association of the Clergy and Congregations of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, in the State of Pennsylvania," drawn up at Christ Church, Phila., on
May 24, 1785. (See facs. in Seabury Traditions, II,
182-184. ) ~ll may have sent a covering letter.
WILLIAM M:lRICE, May 31, 1785, at Hatton Garden, London. To SP, Beston. Says the SPG will cease sending missionaries to Arrerica. MS: Dio. Mass. Acc.
to the W.P.A. Inventory, M:lrice asked whether the
church lands at Hopkinton [?Mass., ?N.H. or ?R.I.]
were bringing any revenue to the Church and stating
that the SPG had decided that it could no longer
continue its bounty to the Arrerican churches. It
desired, nevertheless, "as a mark of affection" that
church lands in Arrerica should be turned to the best
advantage.
REV. RANNA (X)SSIT, June 25, 1785, at Clarenont, N.H.
Again draws his bill on the SPG
treasurer in SP's favor, asking that the sum realized be returned by the bearer, Samuel Atkins. Asks
SP to procure Clergyrran's grey cloth for a suit of
clothes together with Holland cloth for shirts,
stockings and handkerchiefs. Asks SP also to forward a letter to the SPG secretary, Wn. M:lrice.
Sends regards to Mrs. P. and Mr. Greene. MS: EDS.
To SP, Beston.

THCW\S FITCH OLIVER, June 29, 1785, at Providence.
Asks SP to furnish testinonials of
his life and conversation so that Bp. Seabury may
confer on him Holy Orders. Proposes to write also
to Edward Bass and Nathaniel Fisher with the sarre
purpose. "I likewise take the Liberty to inclose
you a paper which I think is a pretty exact copy of
one in ~ Seaburys Possession & which with his permission I copied at Newport & with his direction
added the Notes, as also the Date of his Consecration fran his Testinonials-- it may for the present gratify your curiosity perhaps sooner than it
will be done in any other way- should that be the
case I shall feel very happy in the opportunity of
affording you that Satisfaction. ~ Seabury I am
exceedingly pleased with, having spent rrany hours
with him at Newport in the Course of the last Week,
& I do really believe a better Man for the Office
could hardly have been found. w.s Parker will infonn you that he preached at Newport to the general
satisfaction of his Audience." MS: EDS.
To SP, Beston.

JACDB BAIIEY, July 1, 1785, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
Says Mr. Dorrette intends to take
Orders, the people of Digby (now an SPG mission)
petitioning in his favor. Reports that "your right
Rev'd father in Q:xl has visited us at Annapolis, and
favoured us with his Apostolical labours. I esteem
him calculated to discharge the duties of his station with prudence, dignity and reputation." Says
Sanruel Peters and Mr. Clarke (under date of Apr. 26)
have inforrred him of the SPG intention to cut off
all missionaries in the States because Seabury ....eit
to Scotland for a non-juring consecration. (Before
that journey "no loyalist had so rruch influence with
both civil and ecclesiastical po.vers. ") Explains
why he has not been able to send SP the requested
potatoes. MS: EDS.
To SP, Beston.

SAMUEL PETERS, July 4, 1785, at Pimlico, London.

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TO SP, Boston. Reports the death of Myles Cooper and
SAMUEL CHA.SE, July 29, [1785], at Providence. To
SP, Boston. Repeats his notice that 5eabury will
says that Capt. Lyde has refused to take Mrs. Baker
on toard until her passage is paid. MS: Dio. Mass.
be in Middletown and that SP still has tirre to attend; "if you Care this way youll have W. olivers
E[MARD BASS, July 7, 1785, at Newburyport. To SP,
Ccrnpany." Says his forrrer note went by Sam Whipple,
Boston. See Hist. Notes, 476-477: "I was hindered
the coachman; he is sending this notice by Peter
Mumford. MS: EDS. Ptd. in 5eabury Traditions, I, 9.
by certain untoward accidents fr<;'ffi paying ~ou a ~hort
visit in my way to and fran Providence, which I intended to do, as for other reasons, so particularly to WILLIAM WHITE, ?July or August, 1785, at Phila. To
SP, Boston. MS: NNPM. See Hist. Notes, 458-459:
talk with you upon the approaching Convention. Is it
like to be universal? Are we_ this way like to have
Dear Sir,
any hand in it? If so in what m:mner? Is a Delegate,
or rrore, to be sent fran hence to represent our scatI should have answered your last Favor sooner,
but for my Desire of furnishing you at ye sarre Tirre
ter' d congregations? Are all the vacant Churches
with an Acc't of our Proceedings in Consequence of
arrong us to be sent to? Do you learn by any rreans
ye 1'1:asures taken in N. York. I am sorry to find
what is like to be done with the Liturgy either in
the way of addition or diminution? I should like your
that those Measures have been so construed by sare
answer to these questions, or any others which you may
of our Friends in England, as i f we had refused to
think I ought to have asked. As to the Liturgy, I
ye Ep'l Order r Right of Precedency in our conventions. Probably you will recollect, that in ye
have thought we might part with the Athanas'n Creed,
one or two Lord's prayers, and leave the use of Sponoriginal Draft it was provided that
senior Bp:
sors to the option of those who have children to
present sh' d preside; and that this was erased, not
fran ye Idea that any other than a Bp ought to be
christen; which, in my opinion, v.ould be much better
· than to let it remain a Law of the Ch 'h and at the
Presid't, but fran an Observation of Dr. S. that to
sarre tirre unobserved by the greater part of her t-Enlrestrain it to ye senior Bp. might be saretirres inconvenient; I wish that ye Clause had stood.
bers, as I am told, is, and has been the case in the
Southern colonies and in COnnecticutt. Proper prayers
We have no information of Bishop 5eabury' s Armust be substituted for the Arrerican Govemrn't in the
rival at N. London or in any Part of ye U. States;
rocm of those for the King and Royal Family. We ought
I hope we may expect him at
Meeting in Sep Ir. The
to . have a code of Ch 'h-laws or Canons, plain and sllnPapers rrention ye consecration of a Dr. M. M'.:>ffat for
ple. Serre power should be given to the Bishop or
Rhode-Island, but they are ye only Channel by which
we have even heard ye Narre of that Gentleman.
Bishops, but our Dernier resort must be in a general
council which should be supream and have the Power of
I suppose you have had nothing further fran
censuring or depriving Bishops as there may be occaBlockhead who wrote under ye Signature of "A Presbyterian." In ye present State of Affairs, ye Appearsion. Such are sare of the thoughts that have occurr'd to rre upon this Subject. But tho' we have a
ance of such an intolerant Spirit will rather have a
happy opportunity of making our Liturgy appear in sare
Tendency to assist us.
points to greater advantage, yet for my part I had
The intended Academy of which I inforrred you has
much rather remain as we are than break into Parties,
been opened about two rronths. The Schools contain
125 Boys and are continually increasing. We have
or run into a thousand little schisms to the destrucelected for Principal Mr. Andrews of Maryl'd, a
tion of all harrrony and uniformity, as I cannot help
fearing, is too likely to be the case i f once we bev.orthy Clergyman of our Church, whan we daily expect
gin to alter, or to make innovations. The Ccrrmunicato take ye Charge of it ....
tion of your Sentilll'ts upon the Subject v.ould be very
Perhaps you will think we have appointed too many
Lay Gent' n to ye Ccnvention. This was owing to an
agreeable to .... "
Opinion advanced by ye Clergy fran ye Ccuntry, that
SAMUEL CHASE, July 27, [1765], at Providence. To SP,
it v.ould expedite
renoving of any Prejudices that
may be remaining. As it is preparatory to ye framBoston. Says Abraham Jarvis reports that Bp. 5eabury
ing a COnst'n, it will not be a Precedent under it.
will rreet the conn. clergy at the Middletown parsonage
I am, dear Sir,
next Wednesday, Aug. 4. Says "our W. Oliver" sets out
tarorro,.; with credentials. Suggests that SP join the
Your Friend and Brother,
gathering "for Health & for the pleasure of rreeting
w. White.
such good Ccrnpany on so good a Business. " MS: EDS.
TRINITY CHURCH, NEWPORI', Aug. 9, 1785, at Newport.
Ptd. in 5eabury Traditions, I, 9.
To SP, Boston. The wardens (John Bours and Francis
Mallx:>ne) have received SP's notice of Aug. 1 and
EIMARD BASS +NATHANIEL FISHER, July 26, 1785, at
Salem. To SP, Boston. Fran Hist. Notes, 440:
will call a parish :rreeting. Hope he will report on
the Ccnvention in Middletown in advance of the parSalem, July 26th, 1785.
ish rreeting. "As we have the Interest of the EpisRev'd Sir:-copal Church in Arrerica m.ich at Heart, we shall think
We request you to attend the approaching convention o.rrselves happy in being able to prarote any Measures
of the Episcopal Clergy, to be holden at the Tc:Mrl of
that may tend to advance the sarre. " MS: EDS.
Middletown, in COnnecticutt; then and there to learn
SAMUEL PARKER, Aug. 15, 1785, at Boston. To 1'1:ssrs.
what rreasures they rrean to adopt; in order to the
rraintaining uniformity of divine v.orship in the EpisBours and Malbone, Trinity Church, NE!WfOrt. MS. not
located. The following is fran Geo. Charrplin Mason,
copal Church, &c. &c. &c.
Annals of Trinity Church, Newp:irt, 173-174:
Your very H'ble 5er't,
We are Rev'd Sir,
Edward Bass,
Boston, August 15, 1785.
Minister of St. Paul's Church, Newbury Port.
M:ssrs. Bours and Malbone,
Nath'el Fisher,
Wardens, &c. ,
Minister of St. Peter's Church, Salem.
Gents: In answer to your favor by Mr. [Peter]
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.Mumford, I have to inform you that the Clergy of Connecticut, in convention assembled, agreed to recognise, accept and receive Dr . Seabury as their Bishop,
and premised to render hilll that respect, duty and submission which, as they understand, were given by the
Presbyters to their Bishops in the prilllitive Church
when unconnected with, and uncontrolled by, secular
power. After which a convention assembled, a =rmittee was chosen to attend the Bishop and wish hilll to
propose such alterations in the liturgy as sh'd be
thought expedient for the present, to be laid before
the convention at New Haven next nonth; which alterations I am requested to propose to the Churches in
this and your State, to see i f they will unite with
the Churches in Connecticut in prcr.oting a uniformity
of worship. The grand object of the proposed convention [at Boston, Sept. 7-8] will be, to see if we
shall join with Connecticut and receive their Bishop;
or, whether we shall choose a deputy or deputies to
attend the general convention at Philadelphia in September, or adopt any other rreasure to continue as one
corrmunion. To this end the convention is called, and
it is hoped you will send one or nore of your rrembers
to prarote the design.
I am, Gents, with respect and esteem, your nost
ob't and very humble Serv't,
Samuel Parker
REV. CHARLES HENRY WHARIDN, Aug. 16, 1785, at New
castle I Del. To SP I Boston. Fran Hist. Notes I 4 77:
11
I think the sinplyfying of the Liturgy should be
anong the first objects of the Convention. Whatever
was left with a view of reconciling parties at the
period of the Refonnation, or retained as suitable to
cathedral Service may safely be emitted by the Arrerican Church. Perhaps such an opportunity never occurred since the days of the Apostles of settling a
rational, unexceptionable node of worship. Q:Jd grant
we may inprove it with unanilllity and wisdan. 11
JACDB J3.l.\ILEY, Aug. 16, 1785, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
To SP, Boston. Writes: 11 1 heartily thank you for
your ccmrnmications by Mrs callahan, and agree with
you in allowing the validity of dr Seaburys ordination. But Col. [Peter] Fry [e] informs rre that the
loyalists in England regard his forrrer professions
and present conduct as inconsistent-- they conc[e]ive
that after shewing himself a charrpion for M::lnarchy and
a determined foe to rebellion, it must have degraded
his character to reside anong republicans and revolters. I have such a friendship and esteem for dr Seabury and his family, that I wish to hear sare plausible solution of this difficulty . 11 Reports the chaos
of denaninations in Annapolis County, the nost vociferous having been ordained by Thanas .C oke, the Methodist bishop, but currently supported by a Mr. Marchentson at Halifax. · says the interruption of comrerce
with the States will be good for Nova Scotia fanning.
(Great crops are growing, and none will starve.)
Large tawns in New Brunswick like St. John "must inevitably suffer without a foreign supply." MS : EDS.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Aug. 18, 1785, at New London. To
SP, Boston. 'lllanks SP for his corrpany and assistance
at Middletown. Encloses a broadside on changes in the
Liturgy. "You will perceive that the second alteration in the suffrages after the Creed is left for
after consideration. I was willing the Convention at
Philadelphia should be over before we proceeded any
further .... " Reports three candidates for Orders are
on hand but = t attend hilll at New Haven. MS: NNPM.
Ptd. in SSE:R, 27-28, and Seabury Traditions, I, 12.

1785
JOHN BOURS, Aug. 23, 1785, at Newport. To SP, Boston. Reports that SP's letters were yesterday laid
before the parish rreeting, which appointed a rrember
with full powers to represent them at the Convention in Boston on Sept. 7. Says the lot fell upon
"Jonah," i.e., hilllself. MS: EDS.
BEIA HUBBARD, Aug. 29, 1785, at New Haven. To SP,
Boston. Asks SP himself or young Mr. cutler "to
inquire of the first & best Organist in your opinion
in Boston, for his lowest terms, to teach a young
man to play on the Organ for two or three nonths,
I do not rrean to lilllit hilll to that space of tirre,
but I Imagine that a person of a tolerable musical
genius, & one that hath already nade sare progress
in the art may be taught, so as, by a little practice he may decently perform in the congregation in
that tirre. Our misfortune is that we are poor, &
our organ hath already cost us much nore noney than
we calculated, & of course we want this Service as
cheap as possible .... " Says terms in New York are
too high. "I have a Nephew who leaves College a
few days hence ... who hath I think a good ear for
musick & can already sinply play a Psalm Tune and
who would be glad to go to Boston on this business
i f the expence will not be too great .... " MS: EDS.
TH:W\S FITCH OLIVER, Aug. 30, 1785, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Says his congregation desires to

enploy as parish clerk the man at King's Chapel, a
tobacconist, whose secular business would flourish
IIOre in Providence than in Boston. Asks SP for help
in convincing hil11 to nove. As for the Convention
rreeting in Boston on Wednesday, he hopes that the
clergy and churches will vote to put themselves
under worthy Bp. Seabury. Says he hilllself cannot
care, being obliged to attend a Cormencerrent and
then to leave for New Haven. Sends regards to
Messrs. Bass, Fisher and Wheeler, the last having
books that should be returned to capt. Harriden of
Salem, the owner. MS: EDS.
OC>GER VIETS, Aug. 30, 1785, at Silllsbury. To SP,
Boston, kindness of Ranna Cossit. Expresses gratitude for SP ' s many favors. Larrents being abandoned
by the SPG. Asks SP' s intercession with Gov. John
wentworth. "There must be reckoned nore Hurranity in
the Society when their Treasury is so good, than to
throw Three Quarters of their Servants into Poverty,
Conterrpt and Suffering." Says, noreover, that his
salary was not raised fran £20 to £30 on the death
of~. Gibbs as pranised.
Although he does not expect ever to be in Boston again, he hopes to continue corresponding with SP. MS: EDS.

HEZEKIAH USHER, Sept. 5, 1785, at Bristol, R.I. To
SP, Boston. Reports that the parish has carplied
with SP's request and chosen Usher's elder brother
(a Churchwarden and lay reader) and also a director
of the Bristol lottery to give SP and account of it.
Says SP will be notified before results are published. MS: EDS.
cnNVENI'ICN OF CLERGY: MA.SS., R.I. AND N.H., Sept.
7-8, 1785, at Boston. For the minutes (taken fran
Hist. Notes, 462-469) see Appendix .
TRISTRAM DAL'ION, Sept. 12, 1785, at Nev.t>uryport.
Says he and Edward Bass were surprized that the recent Convention in Boston did not
consider a collect for Congress. "As this anission,
tho' not designed, will be, by sare, deared crilllinal,

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I recarcm=nded to Mr' Bass not to use the State Prayers
agreed on, untill the above provision [is] made, premising him to write you on the subject. You can perhaps tell, i f any, and what, particular Reason induced
Bishop Seabury to leave Congress unnoticed . " MS: EDS.
DANIEL FCX;G, Sept. 12, 1785, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Asks SP to send him a recent SPG Abstract by
Mr. Brinley. Will need rroney by Nov. 1 and hopes
M=ssrs. Green & Cleverly will send what they owe him
by that date by Mr. Brinley--:even sooner, if possible.
MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 12, 1785, at Boston. To Bp. Seabury, New London. Thanks S. for his letter of Aug. 18
with the broadside on revisions in the liturgy, explaining the action of the recent Mass. Convention.
He ends as follows: "I flatter myself the Clergy in
this State will, at their next rreeting, agree to acknowledge and receive you, Right Rev. Sir, as their
Bishop, supreme in all ecclesiastical offices, and
pranise you the sarre submission and obedience the
Clergy of Connecticut have done. It is a matter I
· ardently wish and shall exert myself to have effected, if any exertion is necessary, which I hope will
not be the case." SSECR, 38; MS: Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 14, 1785, at Boston. To William
White, Phila. Explains why Article 5 of the "Fundarrental Principles" in An Act of Association (See Seabury Traditions, II, 182-183) had discouraged Seabury
so much "that no argurrents I could use were sufficient
to prevail with him" to attend the coming convention
of the mid-Atlantic states. "The Doctr M=M:lffat whan
you say the Papers rrention as ··having been consecrated
was forrrerly a CUstan house Officer at Newport, very
unpopular and hated by the People. The article in
the paper was intended only as Hum or a Reflection
upon the Church." ptd. in SSECR, 38-39, and Hist.
Notes, 459-461. MS: AfiX:A. - BELA HUBBARD, Sept. 17, 1785, at New Haven. To SP,
Boston. Thanks SP for two letters with one fran Mr.
Cutler on the mat.ter of training a young man to play
the organ. "As to the alterations proposed by your
convention in the good old book of camon prayer, I
can [at] present only say that our convocation are
[slo]w in taking up a matter of so much consequence.

1785
WILLIAM WHITE, Oct. 24, 1785, at Phila. To SP, Boston. MS. not located. See the reference in Parker
to White of Jan. 31, 1786.
NATHANIEL ADAMS, Nov. 2, 1785, at Portsrrouth, N.H.
To SP, Boston. Reports that he has recovered the
balance due on Col. Hobart's bond to the Rev. William Walter and is ready to pay it to SP's order.
Is sorry to have been absent when SP last visited
Portsrrouth. MS: EDS.
WILLIAM M::JNTAGUE, Nov. 10, 1785, at Portsrrouth,
N.H. To SP, Boston. Says he had determined to
study divinity this winter but faced the expense
of boarding near a church. Says the offer in SP's
letter rerroves the problem, and he accepts. "I
dismiss my school this week [and] shall endeavour
to be in Boston next. 11 MS: EDS.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Nov. 28, 1785, at Wallingford.
Regrets
long delay in writing. "Between the tine of our
parting at Middletown and the Clerical rreeting at
New Haven, it was found that the Church people in
Connecticut were much ala.med at the thoughts of any
considerable alterations being made in the Prayer
Book. . . . And since the Convention at Philadelphia
... has abrogated two creeds and nineteen Articles
and taken great liberties with the Prayers, &c., we
are rrore apprehensive of proceeding to any alterations. . . . our wish and hope then is, that no alterations may at present take place with you, but that
you would turn your attention to the procuring another Bishop ... in the course of the next Surmer. "
Asks SP' s sentirrents and offers a half-way rreeting.
PM. in SSECR, 39-40. MS: NNPM.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Peter ·Mumford.

WILLIAM WHITE, Dec. 1, 1785, at Phila. To SP, Boston. Sends signatures of the forthcaning Phila.
Prayer Book and copies of the Convention Journal.
Acknowledges receiving fran Mr. Millar of King's
Chapel one of the Unitarianized Prayer Books recently printed at Boston with a request for criticism. Asks about the Mass. plan for episcopal succession and indicates uncertainty about his own and
Provoost's applications. (Says they have tried to
avoid Seabury' s experience by sul:xni tting evidence
of State and Congressional approval.) MS: NNPM.

I suppose Bishop Seabury will write to you on that

subject [;] indeed he says he will. 11 Urges SP to help
sell the parrphlets Mr. Greenough is carrying to Boston. Says the printer, Mr. Thanas or Samuel Green of
New Haven, sells them for a shilling each. This was
probably The Address of the Episcopal Clergy of Connecticut, to the Right Reverend Bishop Seabury, with
the Bishop's Answer. And a Serrron, before the Convention at Middletown, August 3d, 1785 , by the Reverend Jeremiah I.earning. . . . Also Bishop Seabury' s first
Charge, to the Clergy of his Diocess ... with a List of
the succession of Scott's Bishops, from the Revolution
in 1688, to the present Tine. (New Haven: Printed by
Thanas and Samuel Green) . (See my Anglican Climate in
~·, pp. 63-85.) MS: EDS.
JOHN USHER, Oct. 16, 1785, at Bristol, R.I. To SP·,
Boston. Asks whether "our adjournrrent to the 26th
of this Instt takes place or no ..•. " Hopes the tine
is ripe for a perfect union and that he may see the
Church "upon a permanent foundation of peace and
security." MS: EDS.

JOHN USHER, Dec. 7, 1785, at Bristol, R.I. To SP,
Boston. Thanks SP for his letter of Nov. 15 regarding the adjournrrent of the General Convention.
Is sorry "that the worthy Bishop Seabury was neglected" at that session and asks about the advisability "for the severall Churches in this state, to
address and put themselves under the Patronage of
the Worthy Prelate. " Reports on the Rev. Wm. Willard Wheeler's visit to Bristol. "Without breach
of Charity it appear'd evidently to rre that His
principall Aim and Business was to proselyte rre an
Unitarian and also to obtain my Voice for Mf Freem:m
to have an Invitation at our next rreeting.... He
urged rre by all rreans to read Priestly, Sheridan &c."
Says the lottery, begun Nov. 29, will close next week.
M3: EDS.
WILLIAM WHITE, Dec. 27, 1785, at Phila. To SP, Boston. MS. not located. See the reference in Parker
to White, Jan. 31, 1786.

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GEDRGE BENSON, Dec. 30, 1785, at Providence. To SP,
Boston. Re:i:orts the death of John Graves and the
widoW' s hope that her case may be adequately ccxnmunicated to the SPG by SP. Encloses details about
G. and the narres of prominent people expressing conoolence. MS: EDS.

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Boston. 'Thanks SP for his letter of Nov. 15 with an
enclosure which he returns herewith. Ptd. in SSEX:R,
40, from which I quote the following: "Dr. Smith observes sarewhere in his Se:rnDn, that the Convention
at Philadelphia touched, or were dis:i:osed to touch
the Liturgy, in the way of revisal and arrendrrent,
with trerrbling hands. If that were really the case,
r fancy their hands were paralytic during her whole
session; for, by Dr. White's letter, they seem to
have touched abundance of the Service, and to have
nade many and weighty alterations. I have always
been of opinion, that we never should coalesce with
these gentry, and that it was much rrore natural for
us to endeavour to corre to a uniformity in these four
Northern States. . . . I could never learn that in any
of their rreetings and debates they have ever taken
the least notice of Bishop Seabury, which I look u:i:on
as a great neglect, if .not even a disrespect to and
contempt of the Episcopal Order. They have indeed
resolved to endeavour to obtain an Epis=pate arrong
themselves, but it is, in my hurrble opinion, unpardonable, in the rrean tirre, not to place the Bishop who is
upon the S]X)t, at the head of their Convention. Truly
very unepiscopal conduct! For my part, I wish to have
little to do with them."

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cx:rnpleatly happy as to have another." Asks for an
interview at Seabury's convenience. MS: GI'S. Ptd.
in Seabury Traditions, I, 22-23.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Jan. 12, 1786, at New London.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Peter Mumford. Says
he wishes to hear f ran SP on another tooic before
ap:i:ointing a tirre of rreeting. "You kn™ we are
building a Church here, and I sup:i:ose you know how
poorly able the congregation is to go through with
it. I think I heard you express a benevolent design, at MiddletCMn, of endeavouring to assist them
by sare collection for them arrong the :rrernbers of
the Church in Boston. If you .think it practicable,
and that my coming to Boston will have any good
effect, for I presurre they will not be alarrred at
the appearance of so hannless a Bishop as I am,
(it will save you the trouble of caning half way)
I will go on to your capital." Believes that another bishop in New England is necessary. Ftd. in
SSEX:R, 41.

DANIEL FOGG, Jan. 15, 1786, at Pomfret. To SP,
Boston. Re:i:orts on how Col . Godfrey Malbone died
and the grief of his widow. Expects Ned Brinley
soon in a sleigh to call u:i:on SP for a gCMn and
cassock left in Boston. Asks SP to buy a small
trunk to put them in, enclosing the key thereto
in a letter. Asks whether SP has heard anything
of Capt. Stacy. Should Brinley fail to care, requests SP to ship the trunk to Providence to the
care of ThOilE.s Fitch Oliver. MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 31, 1786, at Boston.

GEDRGE JAFFREY, Jan. 4, 1786, at Portsrrouth, N.H. To
SP, Boston. Re:i:orts enquiring "after the Grants made
by the late Governrrent of New Hanpshire" to the SPG.
Says that capt. S=er, of Clarerront, has noted such
grants in rrost of the tCMnships of N. H. and Verrront.
Has consulted the Records of grants of tCMnships in
N. H. and discovered rights in them for a Church of
England glebe. Says the Deputy Secretary has promised
a list. Re:i:orts the burial of his friend, M. M. Wentv.orth. Has heard nothing of wn. M:mtague. Wishes SP
might re=mend scmeone for Portsrrouth, since Mr. Evans
has already corrrnitted himself elsewhere. MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 9, 1786, at Boston.

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Seabury, New London. "At present I v.ould just infonn
you that we have made no other Alterations in the
Liturgy of the church except those contained in your
printed Injunction.... I find by the new prayer book
of which I have a nurrber of Sheets that the Convention
a~ the Southward have not taken so great Liberties
with the Prayers as Re]X)rt inforrred you. I find but
very few different fran those pro:i:osed at MiddletCMn.
The emission of the Nicene Creed is the rrost material,
b.lt the D:x:trine of the Trinity stands as full as in
our present Liturgy. . . . I cannot see at present but
that we may yet be one church. . . . I can see no Defect in the line of the Scotch Bishops & as we have
already the Happiness of an unexceptionable Episcopate
fran them, I must confess I wish never to see any in
Arrerica fran a different Quarter. . . . As to procuring
another Bishop in the F.astern States, it cannot be acCX!lplished at present, nor v.ould it be at all neces~ wa~ there a person resident in them qualified for
Office, which is not the case. One in the four
~ England States is in my Opinion fully sufficient
~f your Authority extended to the Churches here,
ch I hope will soon be the fact, we should be as

To William White, Phila. Writes of the Phila. Prayer
Book, Mr. Miller of King's Chapel, Jarres Freem:m' s
difficulty in se=ing ordination, the EXJWer struggle at King's Chapel, the irregularity of proceedings in the New York Convention, its belittling of
episcopal authority, problems arising from having
tv.o episcopal lines in Arrerica, alterations in the
Liturgy etc. MS: AFJ:.A. Ftd. in Seabury Traditions,
I, 23-24. An irrp::>rtant rough draft in Parker's
hand, dated Jan. 24, 1786, now in NNPM, has variants.

GEORGE JAFFREY, Mar. 6, 178(6], at Portsrrouth,
To SP, Boston. Says he has obtained frcrn
the Secretary's Office a list of N.H. State grants
to the SPG and Church of England. Will transmit
extracts concerning them to SP in the near future.
Hopes SP has heard fran Judge Samuel Liverrrore on
this subject. Says he has recently been inforrred
of a plan to confiscate this property. Again asks
SP for the narre of an available clergyman for Portsrrouth. MS: EDS.
N. H.

WILLIAM WHITE, Mar. 7, 1786, at Phila. To SP, Boston. No ptd. version. No MS. located. Mentioned
in Parker to White under date of May 15, 1786.
GEORGE BENSON, Mar. 28, 1786, at Providence. To
SP, Boston. Transmits a packet of testirronials, a
rrerrorial to the SPG, and a petition concerning John
Graves, addressed to Dr. Halliburton--for presentation to the Corrrnissioners at Halifax in hope of relieving the unhappy widow and children. Asks SP to
forward it prooptly. MS: EDS.

DANIEL FOGG, Apr. 3, 1786, at Panfret. To SP, Bo5'ton. Says he received SP's letter of Jan. 28 and

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another from Oliver about receiving the trunk. Will
settle accounts 'When they ne>..t neet. Reports that
cal. Mal.bone left no will.
(His brother John and
[?Francis) Brinley of Newport are administrators.)
Although the Colonel left no deed covering the glebe
land in Panfret, says John Mal.bone guarantees his
brother's intention will be carried out. Has received fran Dr. Wm. l"brice of the SPG the offer of
the mission at Harbor Island and Eleuthera Island in
the Bahamas. Asks for SP ' s prompt advice. MS : EDS .

DANIEL F03G, Apr. 9, 1 786, at Pomfret.

To SP, Boston. Says his letter to SP of Apr. 3 has been delayed. Urges him, therefore, to send his an~ to
Mr. Chaserley so that it 11\3.y reach Conn. this week.
Desires to know about Seabury's reception in Boston
and 'What is happening there. MS: EDS.
WILLIAM WHITE, Apr. 12, 1786, at Phila.

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To SP, BosMentioned in

REV. WILLIAM S."lITH (THE ELDER) , Apr. 1 7, 1786, at
Chester, Md. To SP, Boston. A long letter on changes
in the Liturgy. MS: Dio. Mass. Ptd. in Hist. Notes,
569-570, and in SSECR, 41-42.
DANIEL F03G, Apr. 18, 1786, at Pomfret. To SP, Boston. Thanks SP for his letter of Apr. 12 by Mr. Gilbe.,rt. Says he has discussed the SPG offer with his
congregation, hoping that they might respond with at
least a third as much incare. Says 'What they 11\3.Y do
is uncertain. Asks SP to send him cloth by Mr. Brinley and 11\3.il his letter to the SPG. "I expect to sail
for new Providence [in the Bahaffi3.s] sare tine next
rronth, but shall return again to new England in the
fall or next spring." MS: EDS.
JOHN USHER, Apr. 23, 1786, at Bristol, R.I. To SP,
Boston. Says he has received SP's letter of Apr. 11
but is too ill to attend the Convention. Hopes it
will regularize 11\3.tters and leave nothing to the
clergyman's discretion. Says Mr. Badger "gave ne a
pleasg and minute Detail of Our Worthy Bishop's Reception at Boston, as also the Conference under your
Hospitable Roof the Bishop had with W Freel1l3.n."
Says he should like to have overheard it. Reports
that John Bours will not attend the Convention, being
on a ccmnittee to invite Bp. Seabury to becare rector
at Newport or recamend sareone else. Thinks it wise
for parishes to hire clergynen and not rely on lay
readers like himself. MS: EDS.
GEORGE JAFFREY, May 15, 1786, at Portsrrouth, N.H.
To SP, Boston. Has received SP's official notice of
Apr. 28 about the Convention, in 'Which his parish will
participate. Says Judge Liverrrore urges SP to do
nothing about the church lands in N. Hampshire for the
present until sare awkward legislation is repealed.
Reports that Ranna Cossit was in Portsrrouth on the 6th
with Col. Porter and Col. House enroute to Nova Scotia,
sailing on Sunday last with Capt. Manning for a port
near Halifax. Has learned that GJv. John wentv.orth
11\3.y have a record of all land in N.H. granted to the
Church. Hopes SP will sound out Dr. John Bowden about
caning to Portsrrouth. Says that Jeremy Belknap of
Dover, 'Who is reported leaving his Congregational parish, might be converted to the Church!! MS: EDS.

SAMUEL PARKER, May 15, 1786, at Boston.
White, Phila.

To William

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cal irrprovenent in the Phila. Prayer Book now being fed into the press. MS: Grs. Ptd. in Seabury
Traditions, I, 30-31.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, May 24, 1786, at New London.
To SP, Boston. Quotes from a letter just received
fran Jonathan Boucher, Vicar of Epsom, indicating
that the English archbishops are aware of principles in their dealings with the Phila. group: "The
t1t.'O Archbishops and seventeen Bishops have signed
an answer to the decent, but very injudicious application of the Convention in Philadelphia, of
'Which this is the purport: that though they feel
much for, and are cordially attached to their brethren in the United States, they can give no decided
answer to their application, t.i:ll they certainly
know 'Whether or no they are of the Church of England.... Their refonred Liturgy is amazingly weak,
(but I believe not heterodcx) their discipline savouring much rrore of the Kirk than of our Church.
But of these things our folks thought themselves
not at liberty to take notice, till they had seen
sare authenticated copies of their proceedings."
SSEX:R, 42.
WILLIAM MJRICE, July 12, 1786, at Hatton Garden,
London. To SP, Boston. Infonns SP of recent action by the SPG. MS: Dio. Mass. According to the

W.P.A. Inventory it was "a letter stating that he
[l"brice] is no longer corresponding officially but
that he is sending the proceedings of the society,
'Which for =Y years was very liberal to the infant
church."
GEORGE
To SP,
on the
parish
letter

JAFFREY, July 13, 1786, at Portsrrouth, N.H.
Boston. Has SP ' s official letter of Apr. 28
adjournrrent of the Convention, on 'Which the
has voted and will report. Says SP' s other
of May 28 on SPG lands in N.H. will be an~ed.
Says he has learned from Halifax that records of grants of lands to the Church by N.H. have
arrived there fran England. Asks about Dr. John
Bowden, his situation at Norwalk and his possible
willingness to take over the Portsrrouth parish.
MS: EDS.
WILLIAM WHITE, Sept. 1, 1786, at Phila.

To SP,
Boston. Sends an invitation to the clergy of Mass.,
R.I. and N.H. to attend the forthcoming Convention
at Wilmington, Del . Touches on points of Prayer
Book revision, on the English Constitution as it
affects the consecration of bishops, and on the
archbishops' requirements of Anerican applicants.
Hopes that books sent by the sloop under capt. Cobb
have reached SP. MS: NNPM.

SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 15, 1786, at Boston. To William White, Phila. Has received W's letter of June
28 and July [?Sept.] 1. Says the books have arrived. Discusses alterations in the Liturgy in
New England and to the southward. MS: AFJ::A. For
the following extract see SSK'.R, 46, and Seabury
Traditions, I, 35: "I am very sorry to see with
'What coolness & Indifference sare of the Gentlemen
in your Convention speak of Bishop Seabury, because
I foresee that this Conduct must create a Schism in
the Church. However eligible it 11\3.Y appear to them
to obtain the Succession fran the English Church, I
think there can be no real Cbjection to
Seabury's
Consecration or to the validity of orders received
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SAMUEL PARKER, Oct. 23, 1786, at Boston. To Samuel
he or SOlJe other not have obtained it first fran ScotPeters, I.Dndon. MS: AFJ::.A. See Peters Papers, 43:
land. When the Convention discouraged the settling
Thanks Peters for the letter of July 16 by Mr. Lane.
rrore Clergyrren in your States under Bishop Seabury's
Says he has done all he can for Mrs. Baker and Dr.
ordinations, if they rreant to limit it, during the
!-bffat. As for Mrs. Barrel, she has nothing to
expect from her husband, nor nay the children expending of your App~ic~tion to Englai:1d, & were .actuated herein frcrn a principle of not doing any thing that
pect anything fran their father. He has neither
might possibly give Umbrage to the English Bishops,
property nor character, has no intention of replyit iray be a prudent Step; but i f it was not frcrn this
ing to Peters' s letter to him, and cares not for
rrotive, it seems to be a declaring war agst him at a
the "two fine children in IDndon." Regrets not
very early period & forebodes a settled & perpetual
an~ring Peters's long letter of July 3, 1785, his
Enmity.. . . Mr Freeman applied to Bishop Seabury in
excuse being indolence. "I find that
Seaburys
June last for Ordination but at a Convention of the
Consecration at Edinburgh does not set well upon
Clergy at Stratford the Bishop by the Advice of his
the Stomachs of our right reverend fathers in EngClergy did not think fit to confer Orders on him upon
land. . . . Would they ever have consented to consesuch a profession of his faith as he thought proper
crate a Bishop for Arrerica, had . not Seabury sucto give which was no rrore than that he believed the
ceeded in Scotland?" "I expect that .. . consecrating
scriptures . He extended his journey as far as New
Bishops for the Southern States will be the rreans
York & was, as he says, assured by W Provost that
of dividing the Church in Arrerica. But ... Seabury
as soon as he shd obtain Consecration he would or& his party will be the orthodox both in point of
dain him; this hope alone sustains him at present &
Doctrine & Discipline .... " "I wish . .. that we Jray
was it not for this, I believe he would relinquish all
enjoy rrore happiness in our Ecclesiastical Concerns
thoughts of obtaining Orders in the Church. Whether
than we are like to in our civil Governrrents whh I
Provost can do this consistently with the professuspect must soon crumble . "
sion he is to make & the Constitution he must submit
JOHN Ba\!DEN, Nov. 3, 1786, at Norwalk. To SP, Bosto, rests with him. "
ton, kindness of Abraham Lynsen Clarke. Corrrrends
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 15, 1786, at Boston. To Samuel
Clarke to SP' s favor and guidance, which he will
Provoost, New York. Thanks him for the notice of the
need at Portsrrouth. "I am rrost afraid, of his being
Convention rreeting at Wilmington in Oct . (Hopes .Mass.
tinctured by the heterodox Opinions which prevail in
can. send a delegate) and for extracts fran the Whiteyour State. He is, at present, free fran them; but
hall Evening Post. Congratulates him on his election
artful Men & plausible Books Jray stagger his Faith.
to the episcopate. MS: AFJ::.A.
Do, good sir, watch over him in this as well as [in]
every other Respect; & be so good as to lend him
EDWARD BASS, Sept. 30, 1786, at Newburyport. To SP,
such Books (for he is destitute of them) as will be
Boston. MS. not located. See SSECR, 48: "I have
likely to confirm him in the good old Principles of
perused your enclosed papers, and find that our Souththe Church. . . . I can confide in his rroral Behavior
ern brethren are like to obtain consecration for their at all Tirres." Says Conn. has several candidates
Bishops elect; and also, by a rrotion respecting Dr.
for Orders who JraY ease the shortage in Mass. "Next
Seabury, that they are nearly ripe for making a schism Septr our Convocation is to be at N. London: Should
in the Arrerican Church. Wiseacres! What a ridiculous
I be alive & well I purpose to be there, and fran
figure must they make in the eyes of every sectary or
thence proceed to Newport, Boston & Portsrrouth."
anti-Episcopalian! In the narre of wonder, what obMS: EDS.
jections can be nade against the validity of Dr. S's
ordinations, that nay not as well be irade against
BENJAMIN MJORE, Nov. 4, 1786, at New York. To SP,
Boston. MS. not located . Ftd. in SSECR, 48. Rethose of the English Bishops?"
ports that White and Provoost left for England two
JACOB BAILEY, Oct. 3, 1786, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
days before. Says the Convention at Wilmington reTo SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Robinson. Has SP' s
noved all the Archbishops' objections except restoring the Athanasian Creed. "The gentlerren, ~ver,
letter of July, 1785 . Reports that Roger Viets is
settled at Digby; that Wm. Clark has returned fran
thought they might venture to go, and I dare say
they will succeed." Says Dr. Griffith did not obEngland, resides at his house and is about to be rrartain the necessary testirncnials. "I have my fears,
ried; that he sends SP potatoes. MS: EDS.
but am not so very apprehensive as you appear to be,
that a schism must take place in our Church. A few
GEDRGE JAFFREY, Oct. 13, 1786, at Portsrrouth . To SP,
people in this State, fran old grudges on the score
Boston. Acknowledges SP' s letter of Oct. 5 enclosing
of politics, have determined to circumscribe ... the
John Bowden's of Sept. 28 . Is happy to have them
recornrend Abraham Lynsen Clarke, even though he is
authority of Bishop Seabury. But they will not be
only a Deacon. Says the parish has voted to invite
able to effect their purpose to any great degree.
His Episcopal ~rs have already been acknc1.v'ledged
him to officiate for several rronths with a view to
settlerrent. Asks SP to carmunicate this action to
by nost of the Southern States, and Truth and Justice will, in due tirre, get the better of Prejudice
Clarke. MS: EDS.
and Partiality."
WILLIAM MJRICE, Oct. 23, 1786, at Hatton Garden, IDndon. To SP, Boston. writes atout Church plate given
NATHANIEL ADAMS, Nov. 7, 1786, at Portsrrouth. To
to Christ Church, carnbridge. MS: Dio. .Mass. Ace. to
SP, Boston. Says he has shipped by a coastal vessel
the W.P.A. Inventory this was "a letter informing Par(Thos. Beck Master) "two quintals of Isle Shoals
ker that the S=iety has decided not to trouble itself winter dumb fish. " Asks SP to help collect a note
given by a Mr. Smith "who keeps a tavern sign of the
further regarding the church plate at Christ Church,
Punch bowl north end Boston." Says the barrel or
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ROGER VIETS, Mar. 19, 1787, at Simsbury. To SP,
tWJ of flour Smith premised him for liquidating the
Boston. MS: Dio. Mass. Ftd. in my Early Conn.
debt upon returning from Phila. v.ould be acceptable
Anglicanism (Hartford, 1962), 34, as follows:
"or anything else I can either eat drink or wear."
Says they are anxiously awaiting an an~r fran Mr.
Simsbury 19!h March 1787
Clarke, hoping "that he will be the rreans of uniting
Rev9 Dear sir
our parish again .... " MS: EDS.
I reached horre the ~d Day after my leaving your
House, since which Tine I have had alrrost constant
GEDRGE JAFFREY, Dec. 1, 1786 , at Portsrrouth. To SP,
Sickness in my Family and have buried an Infant
Boston. Thanks SP for his letter of Nov. 22 . ReDaughter.
ports that Mr. Clarke preached acceptably last Sunday
Having been disappointed as yet in procuring a
but that John Cosens O::jden, who preceded him, captured
Vessel to carry rre to Nov. Scot. I wish for your
all hearts. Reports that the parish has called O::jden
and received his acceptance; that Clarke left PortsAdvice whether it v.ould not be best for rre to send
my rroveables to Boston by water and rrove myself,
nouth this rrorning. MS: EDS.
Family & Stock by Land to Bostpn, and get a Passage
from Boston to the Mason [?Bason] of Annapolis.
JOHN CDSENS 03DEN, Dec. 1, 1786, at Portsrrouth. To
Pray inform rre how much a Passage fran Boston v.ould
SP, Boston, kindness of Abraham Lynsen Clarke. Says
cost. (About 8 or 9 Persons of which 4 are Chilhe received SP's letter concerning the arrival of
dren 4 or 5 Head of Cattle an ordinary Quantity
Clarke in Portsrrouth. Regrets to have been "the cause
of a disappoinbrent to his plans and, as he states it,
of Household Goods & Provision for one year) But
an injury to his reputation and a v.ound to his sensido not ll\3.ke any Bargain because perhaps my Friends
in New York or on the Connecticut Sound will yet
bility." Atterrpts to justify his oWn. innocence. "I
procure a Passage for rre. Are there not fishing
cane here anply introduced and recorrrrended ... after
Vessels of about 50 or 60 Tons going towards the
officiating one day only the whole parish unanirrously
Bay of Fundy or Vessels going for Lurrber to Passadetermined to elect rre their Clergynian." Implies that
ll\3.quoddy, which v.ould carry rre cheap. When I get
the blarre lies in the way in which the parish regarded
to Quoddy 'tis but 12 Hours Sail to Digby. I think
its invitation to Clarke and s\.llllllaTily acted--so that
I she~ you my Permit, such as it is, fran Gmf."
there was no opportunity for the tv.o rren to lay the
matter before SP for fatherly council and judgrrent.
Parr b bring in my Family and Effects to Nov. Scot.
fran Connecticut, & I asked your Advice about can[Th~ last page is missing. ]
MS: EDS. Cf. Clarke's
ing by Land to Boston and taking Passage there as
letter to Seabury of Dec. [?], 1786, in Seabury Traaforesd and I think you rather advised against it;
ditions, I, 37.
but I v.ould be glad of your q:>inion rrore fully &
ll\3.turely. Whilst I am waiting for a Passage at
JUDGE DAVID SEWALL, Jan. 1, 1787, at York, Maine. To
SP, Boston. Reports on the rigors of life in Maine.
Boston, I v.ould keep myself & Family a few Miles
out of Town.
Asks SP to pay Hall the printer 12/ and what rerrains
Suffer rre to trouble you with one further Pardue for the ll\3.gazine sent to Mr. Freeman up to the
ticular, That you v.ould be so kind as to insert in
end of 1786--but no further. Corrm2nts on Daniel
your Letter to rre ~ Col. Pitt a Copy of a Paragraph
Shays's rebels in the ~stern counties and how they
should be dealt with. Signs himself "Your loveing
of a Letter you wrote to the Society or sare Friend
in London a few years ago, and which you read to rre
Brother." MS: EDS.
once. The Part I want is only what respected the
Missions at Hopkinton & carnbridge & as nearly as I
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 15, 1787, at Boston. To Samuel
can rerrember was this in substance "The Congregation
Peters, London. Refers to his letter to Peters of
last O:::t. about Theodore Barrell's wife and children.
at Hopkinton is intirely dispersed and the Church beHe now sends evidence that Barrell has in part recare a !Melling House- The Church at Canbridge much
in the sane Condition, w-s Serjeant is un~ll and
deerred himself. Says he ll\3.kes it a point not to inhelpless, and has pawned the Corrmunion Plate ~ighterfere between =
and wife, and now wishes to drop
the subject. Desires news from Peters "in the litering
Oz for
Pounds
Shillings
."
The Reason of my desiring this Extract is that a
ary or Ecclesiastical Line." MS: ~. Cf. Peters
Papers, 47.
Gentle= & I ~e talking a few Days past about
these Churches, and he did not seem to credit my
Account. You ll\3.Y depend that no other Use shall be
RJGER VIETS, ?Mar. ? , 1787, at ?Simsbury. To SP,
ll\3.de of your Extract than to convince this Gentle=
Boston. See SSEX::R, 49, for the existence in 1865 of
a "racy letter" by Viets to SP on the Convocation of
of my Veracity, for he is an intill\3.te Friend, whom I
greatly esteem.
Conn. clergy at Wallingford on Feb. 27, 1787. Perhaps
We had a very full Convention at Wallingford "fl
the Viets letter of Mar. 19 (which I have not seen)
27 ult., the chief Business done was to agree to
ncM in the Diocese of Mass. Archives is the one referred to.
send a second Brother horre for Consecration. They
coose
Learning' he declined-- then
Mansfield
he declined. I cane away before they ll\3.de a 3rd
SAMUEL PETERS, Mar. 7, 1787, at Pirnlico, London. To
ChJice, but I believe it was likely to fall [on]
SP, Boston. Caments on SP' s loyal ties and theologi~ Hubbard.
cal sentirrents. On the basis of Shays ' s rebellion
They agreed to ll\3.ke a new Prayer-Book and coose
predicts the end of civil order in the U.S. MS: Dio.
Mass. WPA, 6, suggests that in this letter Peters
a Camtittee therefore. I ill\3.gine they have not
agreed on a new Bible as yet. To see the Church of
considered the "Deacons and Priestly Bill" sponsored
England =gled, insulted, crucified, not between 2,
by the Archbishop of Canterbury to permit the ordinabut between a Dozen of-I know not what-is a bitter
tion of the l<:Mer orders for foreign churches without
Pill to your rrost sincere Friend, rrost loving Brother
requiring oaths of loyalty was actually intended to
and obedient, hurrble Servant
prevent the ordination of bishops for Anerica.
Roger Viets.
Rev9 ~Parker.

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WILLIAM WILLARD WHEELER, Apr. 25, 1787, at Scituate.
April t:welverconth, I paid Bishop Seabury for all
To SP, Boston. Because of the unhappy tirres he rethe parrphlets that I had sold, which indeed were
p:irts that his people at Scituate and Marshfield renot all you sent, supposing he ~uld settle the
quest an adjournrrent of the Convention scheduled for
matter with his printer. I cannot now recollect
late .May, asserting that "an Election of a Bishop at
the exact nurrber, but think it was fifteen, at one
this tirre ~uld not be a prudent Measure and might
shilling a piece. The remainder, except a few for
alarm many whose minds seem to be very sore. " Persare particular persons whcrn I thought not so well
haps under a future administration such a rreasure
able to purchase, I have now by rre. They are a
~ld succeed.
Asks for a candid reply. MS: EDS.
species of rrerchandise that does not rreet with a
quick sale with us. Mr. Ogden is settled at PortsSAMUEL PARKER, .May 19, 1787, at Boston. To Samuel
rrouth, having out--nanoeuvered Mr. Clarke in getting
Peters, London. MS: AEl:.A. See Peters Papers, 49:
that Parish: they continue much pleased with him,
Thanks Peters for his letter of Mar. 7, explaining
and I hope he will do gocx:l.. To prevent Mr. Clarke' s
why his own have been so brief. " .. . if you knew
taking a fruitless journey this way, being disapthe multiplicity of my Avocations & the nurrber of ...
pointed at Portsrrouth, I engaged him to assist rre
Corresp:indents which my local Situation exposes rre
for six rronths, which tirre being alrrost expired,
to," says Peters ~uld not have accused him of indoand he wishing to be at the Convocation, he took
lence. cannot understand all Peters' s reasoning on
his leave of us last week. He was in general very
ecclesiastical matters. "I lay this down as a settled
well liked, and had our fund not been deranged by
principle that the spiritual power. an Ecclesiastick
the late war, and his voice a little stronger, we
derives frcrn a spiritual ruler is not connected with
should have fixed him as an Assistant Minister at
or dependent upon any civil Ruler." Acknowledges the
Trinity Church. In answer to the latter part of
situation in Great Britain to be peculiar rather than
your letter, I can only say~ ~rds, Nolo Episco~·
-universal. Says that by the principle just stated
"Bishop Seabury's spiritual pcMer is as gocx:l. as his
Mr. Freeman still continues at the Chapel Church,
Grace of Canterbury. " Says the ~ bishops consecratso called; his congregation very small, and they uned for Arrerica have returned silently. "The grand
easy at his not being able to obtain Orders. He has
matter now is to bring about an Union between them
made an overture to Bishop Provoost on this head,
& .his Lordship of Connecticutt; this I hope will be
and the matter, I hear, is to be the subject of diseffected. " Challenges sare of Peters' s staterrents.
cussion at a Convocation to be held, or already held
"The Division rrentioned in yours of our States is
at Philadelphia. Mr. Clarke, whcrn you will doubtwhimsical .... " Has heard nothing of John Tyler. Says
less see at Stamford, will give you all the informahe enjoyed Peters's History of Connecticut and ~uld
tion of this kind you can wish.
welcare the tract on Eternal Punishrrent. As for the
I remain, Sir, with respect and esteem,
report that he is coming to Erigland for the Mitre,
Your sincere Friend and Brother,
says it is without foundation. Hears that Peters
S . Parker.
may receive one for Nova Sootia. Sends a letter for
P. S. Pray do you intend to get the I.awn in Scotland
Dr. !lbffat.
or Arrerica?
Rev. Bela Hubbard.
SAMUEL PARKER, June 1, 1787, at Boston. To Bela Hubbard, New Haven. MS: NNPM. Ptd. in SS.EX:R, 51-52:
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, ca. June 5, 1787, at New London.
To SP, Boston. MS: NNPM. Ptd. in SS.EX:R, 50: About
Boston, June 1, 1787.
June 5, 1787, after the convocation at Stamford,
Dear Sir:
Seabury transcribed Bishop White's letter to him of
Your favour by Mr. Miles was duly received, upon
May 21 for SP, at the end of the transcription obhis arrival in town, and I have to return you my
serving: "The above, my dear Sir, is the whole of
thanks for the sarre. I had previously heard frcrn
a letter frcrn Bp. White, that relates to the subBishop Seabury, that he had made an overture to the
ject. It is in answer to one frcrn rre to him, in
Brethren of the I.awn to rreet him at Stamford; but my
which I proposed a personal interview with him &
faith in their acceding to the proposal was not very
Bp Provoost, previously to any decided steps being
strong: though I think had not the invitation been
taken respecting the Liturgy & G:>vernrrent of the
rrade quite so soon after their arrival, and before
Church; & rrentioning the old Liturgy as the rrost
natters were arranged arrong themselves, Bishop White
likely bond of union. I send it to you without a
~ld have accepted it, he having frequently expressed
Cament, & shall be glad of your opinion respecting
his mind to rre by letter, of a readiness . to coalesce
it. Your letter & the 11Dney were duly delivered to
with his Northern Brethren and to form one Church in
rre by W Clarke, He went imrediately after the Conall the essentials of doctrine, discipline and ~r­
vocation to New York, & I have not yet heard of his
ship. Sare strong prejudices, upon the old score of
return to Milford. Your rrention of the Chapel in
politics, still remain in the minds of the New York
Boston I consider rrerely as banter, as I should supgentlerren against Bishop Seabury, and therefore of
pose myself the last person in the States who ~uld
their Bishop your deponent saith not. The grand obbe invited thither, & that Church as the I10St unstacle to a union, I foresee, will be in matters of
likely, under the present situation, to suit my
governrrent. The Southern States have admitted I.ayrren
ideas of doctrine or discipline. My best regards
attend ws Parker, And you have Sir, the best
to take part with them; Connecticut has not. They
cannot rid themselves of the Lay brethren, and you .
wishes of your affect. hUnl Servtwill not admit I.ayrren. This will keep you apart. I
s--- Bp Connect."
inpatiently wait to hear the result of your rreeting.
I can easily pardon you for rrentioning the request
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, June 25, 1787, at Phila. To SP,
of Mr. Green, respecting the avails of his parrphlet,
Boston. Introduces the Rev. Penuel l3av.el. Mentions
but not so easily sarel:xxly else for the necessity of
his having ordained wm. !lbntague to the diaconate
its being rrentioned. The case is, as long ago as last
yesterday. MS: NNPM.

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SAMUEL PETERS, June 26, 1787, at Pirnlico, London .
TO SP, Boston. Gives his views on the relation of
governrrent to r e ligion . MS: Dio. M3.ss .
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, July 5, 1787, at Phila. To SP,
Boston , kindness of Wm. l>bntague. On the sale of
prayer Books sent to Boston in SP' s care. Concludes
with the following paragraph: "I wish rrost sincerely
that M:tssachusetts v.uuld unite with us, and choose a
person for consecration; not rrerely as it v.uuld tend
to cerrent the Church throughout the whole continent,
but because I think it vvould add to the wisdcrn of our
determinations, whenever a General Convention shall
be had for the final settlerrent of our ecclesiastical
system." MS: NNPM. Partly ptd. in SSEX:R, 51.
WILLIAM M::JRICE, July 17, 1787, at Hatton Garden, London. To SP, Beston. Concerning Prayer Books that
were to have been deposited at the New England Coffee
House in London but which had been sent to Boston instead. MS: Dio. M3.ss. Acc. to Caner Letters, 75, the
following paragraph appeared: "Dr. Apthorp ... says
that when he was missionary [at Cambridge] Gov. Bernard gave one flaggon and one cup of silver and sorre
rich crimson darrask for the Table [at King's Chapel].
Which, he adds, was not given with so good a grace as
it ought to have been, the Governor intimating that
he considered it as his property , and that he should
lend it to the Church; but no farther rrention being
rrade of returning it, they [at King's Chapel] always
considered it as a gift .... Dr. Caner sent t\\10 flaggons of old plate from the [King's] Chapel [to Christ
Church, Cambridge).... The Chapel can have no right,
for it was given to Carnbridge Church in consideration
that new plate had been given to the King's Chapel.
It therefore belongs to Cambridge Church, upon the
supixisition that a Church of England minister officiates there. As that is not the case, I should think
the Society might demand it, in order to give it to
sorre other Church in the King's rerraining Provinces;
which they have done with Dr. Caner's."
SAMUEL PARKER, July 19 ,_ 1787, at Boston. To Bp. William White, Phila. MS: NX:A. ?td. in SSEX:R, 52-53:
Boston, July 19th, 1787.
Right Rev. and dear Sir:
I feel conscious of a neglect of duty and a deficiency in politeness, to have to acknowledge the
receipt of tvvo letters frcrn you, before I had congratulated you on your advancerrent to the dignity you
now possess, and your return fran tVYO long and dangerous voyages. The disturbed state of my family through
sickness, and my own indisixisition at the tirre of Mr.
Montague's going to Philadelphia, and prior to that
period, must apologize for this neglect. ~ver
late, I v.uuld now present you with my sincere congratulations on your having arrived at the highest
order of the Clerical character, and your safe arrival to your native shore, and cordially wish you rray
prove a rich blessing to the Church under your Episcopal care, and prarote the interest of true religion
throughout these States.
Mr. Montague duly delivered your letter of the 8th
inst., with respect to the Prayer Books you sent rre
last year. I have not the pleasure to infonn you of
a rapid sale of them. Our Convention had previously
adopted the alterations, a copy of which ~re forwarded to you, which ~e not altogether similar to yours.
We have in our parish adopted the Psalms as altered
by you, but as ~ reprinted the Psalter here, it rrade

no demand for the Prayer Books. But a dozen of them
are disixised of, though they have been several tirres
advertised for sale by the l:xx>kseller. What the
probability is of a further sale will depend very
much upon the future rroverrents of the Church in this
state. Should a union take place be~ the Southern and Northern States, upon the plan of these alterations, no doubt they will rreet a quick sale here:
but a s they are not yet adopted, even by sare of the
states represented in the Convention which proposed
them, I cannot premise that they will be in derrand
here. I cannot myself consent to any further alterations, till a unifonn Liturgy is agreed upon by the
whole Church in these States, and to effect this I
shall be willing to give up anything but the essential doctrines of our Church, and to adopt anything
not repugnant thereto. But I fear frcrn the opposite
disixisitions of Connecticut and the Southern States
this will not be effected, though I cannot see why
upon the supposition of a different ecclesiastical
form of governrrent, the Bishops of the several states
may not agree on one ccmron Liturgy, and a uniformity
of vvorship be preserved, if not of discipline.
Nothing will be detennined in this state respecting a Bishop till ~ see how rratters are settled between you and the Bishop of Connecticut. We are but
six Clergyrren in the whole state (exclusive of Mr.
~) and are divided in our sentirrents respecting
the expediency of obtaining a Bishop. Tv.D seem to
adhere to Connecticut, tvvo to your states, and the
other tVYO will join either party that will bid fairest to cerrent the whole. Should the case happen,
that a person should be chosen for consecration for
this state, will it be necessary for him to go to
England to obtain it, or can tVYO Bishops confer it
authentically; or is Dr. Griffith on his way to England, or will the Southern Bishops unite with Bishop
Seabury in this act? I f this last question is premature or :i.npertinent, I beg pardon, and request not
an an~ to it. The reason of my proposing these
questions is, that the an~s rray operate very considerably in the determinations of the Clergy here.
In the rrean tirre, I rerrain, with every sentirrent
of respect and esteem,
Your rrost obedient and very hurrble Servant,
S. Parker.
Right Rev. Bishop White.
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, July 26, 1787, at IDndon. To SP,
Boston. cans the U.S. a wicked country. Sends
SP one of his serrrons. MS: Dio. M:tss. WPA, 7, indicates that one of Peters's letters to SP in 1788
stated "that Dr. John Kenner wants copies of docurrents regarding the confiscation of his property in
Airerica." Possibly this is the one.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, Aug. 6, 1787, at Phila.
Boston. MS: NNML. ?td. in SSEX:R, 53-54:

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Augst 6. 87. Philada
Rev'd and dear Sir:
Your friendly letter of July 13 was delivered rre
ye other day by Mr. Altory, and I request you to accept my thanks for your congratulations and good
wishes.
I will be very explicit with you on ye questions
you put in regard to an union with Bp. Seabury, and
ye consecration of Dr . Griffith. On ye one hand,
considering it was presurred a third was to go over
to England, that ye institutions of ye Church of that
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and that ye r:olitical situation of ye English preltes prevents their official knowledge of Dr. seabury
a a Bishop, I am apprehensive it may seem a breach
a~ faith wwards them, if not intended deception in
~ were we to consecrate without ye usual number of
~ all under ye English Succession: although it
~d, not be inconsistent with this idea, that another gentleman, under a different succession, should
be joined with us. en ye other hand, I am rrost sincerely desirous of seeing our Chruch throughout these
States united in ~ Ecclesiastical Legislature: and I
think that any difficulties which have hitherto seerred
in ye way might be rerroved by mutual forbearance. If
there are any further difficulties than those I allude
to of difference in opinion, they do not exist with
and I shall be always ready to do what lies in my
~, to bring all to an agreerrent.
As to Dr. Griffith, he is ready to go to England
as soon as he shall be provided with rroney for ye pur;::ose; and it was contrary to his opinion, ye writing
i:o Bishop Provoost and to rre, requesting us, or either
of us to consecrate him. My answer was to this purxirt: that our Convention, by adopting ye English Book
Ordination and Consecration, had made it necessary
for us to adhere to ye canonical number--that, besides
this, I should be very cautious of breaking down such
a bar against consecrations on surreptitious elections, ye evil against which ye canonical number was
intended--and that it would be indelicate to ye English Bishops. I find frcm Bp. Provoost yt he wrote a
similar answer. There ye rnatter rests for ye present.
I rew.in in hopes that they will now take effectual
rreasures for raising ye necessary supplies.
With regard to ye Prayer Books, when I wrote last,
t.'x:lse left in this city were alrrost all gone. Since
that we have got supplied frcm other states, where
they laid on hand; so that as ye distance is great
t.'iey rnay as well continue with you, until either you
shall despair of selling them, or there shall be a
derrand elsewhere. I do not wish to give you much
t...""Ollble in ye affair; but perhaps your booksellers
loO.lld take them by ye doz: or half doz: at a discount
of 1-5th, and if so, I shall be obliged to you to part
1o"iU1 them at that rate. In several of ye states ye
books have lain on hand fran an expectation of another
edition, of which there is not ye least probability
until this be sold, if then. The state of ye sales,
at present, is sarewhere between ye half and two-thirds; I believe nearer the latter.
The haste in which I am obliged to write my let- ·
ters is not consistent either with correctness or a
fair hand. I beg you will excuse these deficiencies;
and am, Rev'd and dear Sir,
Your affectionate Brother,
Wn: White.
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~ SYLVFSTER JOHN GARDINER, Aug. 21, 1787, at Pownalb::irougri, Maine. To SP, Boston. Hopes to rreet SP when
he cares to Boston. MS: Dio. Mass.

SA."UEL PEI'ERs, Sept. 4-5, 1787, at Pllnlico, !Dndon.

~SP'. Boston. Writes of Dr. Thanas Moffat, who had
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Discusses the episcopate

~::...Nova Scotia and the choice of the Irishman Charles
-~lis for that office. MS: Dio. Mass. See WPA, 7.
~s is one of ten letters frcm Peters supposed to be

;:;, ~ Diocese of Massachusetts "concerning a suit
Dr the estate of John Erving against the estate of
~ Tharas fuffatt ... of which Parker is narred execu, Which has been in the Court of Chancery, !Dndon,

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since July 22, 1787, and which is still unsettled
[in] 1796."

SAMUEL PETERS, Sept. 26, 1787, at Pllnlico, !Dndon.
Discusses Dr. Thanas Moffat's death

To SP, Boston.

and its aftermath. Ccrrrrents on Bp. Charles Inglis
and the illegal status of his Diocese of Nova Scotia. MS: Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PARKER, 5ept. 27, 1787, at Boston. To Bp.
Samuel Provoost or Bp. William White. Camends
bearer, John Sylvester John Gardiner, for ordination to the diaconate and priesthood. MS: NNPM.
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 29, 1787, at Boston. To Samuel Peters, !Dndon. MS: MJ:A. See Peters Papers,
52-53: Has Peters's letter of June 26 and serrron
on death of Dr. Moffat. Says Peters is mistaken
in supposing Belcher Noyes took up the joint bond
of M:lffat and Smiber to John Erving. (Noyes, executor of the will of John Moffat, has been dead
tv.o years.) Cannot find John Errerson, if he has
arrived in the U.S. M2ntions the estate of Seth
Williams, late of Taunton. "I shd be glad to know
what you would have had Bishop seabury have done,
after trying several Years to obtain the Mitre in
England to no purpose ... how could he otherwise
chuse or act but as he did. Nor can I see how he
has turned his back on the Church or King of England by so doing. Had he not procured the Succession frcm Scotland, White & Provost would not have
obtained it frcm England, & herein your Administration have played the sarre garre they did all the
last war: Delaying till the next year what ought
to have been done in this. Had they not been one
year too late in every step that was taken in the
course of the war, we shd not now have been independent. Had they consecrated Seabury when he applied to them, we shd not now have a Schism in our
Church. But when they saw we could do without them
in church matters as well as in State affairs, they
becarre better h\ll!Dured & gave us what we did not
then want, & what perhaps may have occasioned an
irreconcileable breach in the Episcopal Church in
Anerica.... Connecticutt preserves the Discipline
of the primitive church; Newyork & Philadelphia
have fashioned theirs upon the principles of Republicanism. In this State we belong to neither
& have no F.cclesiastical Constitution; the clergy
are sare of Paul & sare of Apollos, which will prevent our having a Bishop for sare tirre & hence you
see that I shall not get a Mitre either on the
North or south side of the Tweed, nor do I wish
one fran either." Asks Peters to write to "the
little Rabbit of Yale College [Dr. Stiles]" and
chastise him for inpudence in quoting Peters's
History of Cormecticut, for he grows insolent,
does not treat Bp. seabury with good manners, and
orders all the Protestant clergy in Conn. to call
themselves "bishops." M2ntions friends and sends
a copy of the projected Federal Constitution. Asks
Peters to send him a copy of the History (whether
he is author of it or not) , Horn's Life of John the
Baptist, and larront' s (?De M::>nt' s) Semons.
SAMUEL PETERS, Nov. 15, 1787, at wndon. To SP,
Boston. Discusses the recent Phila. Convention and
condemns civil governnent in the U.S. MS: Dio. Mass.

SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 30, 1787, at Boston. To Dr.
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to return, by bearer, all the plate which had been
in Christ Church, cambridge. M.S. not located but
possibly in the archives of King's Chapel, Boston.
See Caner Letters, 75. WPA says that a copy of this
letter is on the back of Morice to Parker of July 17,
1787, ~·

DR. THCWIS BULFINCH, Dec. 3, 1787, at Boston. To SP,
Boston. M.S. not located but prob. in the archives of
King's Chapel, Boston. See Caner Letters, 75, for
the following quotation: Bulfinch "returns him all
the plate which he borrO'M8d of him, according to his
pranise at the tirre of borrowing it; wishes Mr. Parker to look at the arms and inscription on the flagon:
by which it appears to be the unalienable property of
the Chapel, not liable to the disposal of Dr. Caner
or any other person, without a regularly recorded vote
of the Church so authorizing him, which appears never
to have been passed. can Mr. Parker conceive that
the plate belonging to Trinity Church is on any account at his disposal without the express consent of
the Church?"
THCMAS FITCH OLIVER, Dec. 13, 1787, at Salem. To SP,
Boston. Reports that he saw Nathaniel Fisher yesterday on the subject of "our protest." Is sorry that
foresight and candor did not earlier alter "our plan"
so that "the whole business might have been corrpleated
without delay." Says . the alteration SP now proposes
will tend to suppress "our protest." Because of the
lateness of the season, rrany will now urge that "The
whole transaction is an old story, and perhaps it IT\3Y
be better to treat the proceed[ures] of the Chapel
with silent Contempt than to take any public notice of
them." Believes it is not t.00 late to do scmething,
though he fears nothing will be done. Because Fisher
was ill when he received SP's letter, says SP should
write to Bass. Asks for the Abstracts, which IT\3Y be
sent in care of Mrs. Katherine Gray. M.S: EDS.
WILLIAM WillARD WHEELER, Dec. 17, 1787, at Scituate.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Miss Thorrpson. Has SP's
letter of Dec. 6 and agrees against publishing their
protest in the newspapers or on handbills. " [SJ o unhappy & violent are the Passions of Mankind in general, in Controversies of this Nature, that Religion
has been deeply v.ounded by Them; they rrake the Parties
deviate fran the Point in debate and then precipitate
Them into Personal Invective .... " Adds that such publication "will be viewed by many as a kind of Persecution, and whatever has been deerred such ... has ever
been found to encrease the Number of Sectaries. The
present one is Novel in this Country, but it is not so
!!Ulch so in Great Britain ... by the joint-Exertions of a
Lindsey & a Priestley." Thinks it prudent to "treat
the Matters with Silent Contenpt." Says the absurdity
of King's Chapel people's calling themselves "Episcopalians" will in tirre expose them to the greater ridicule. M.S: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 22, 1787 , at Boston. To William
Willard Wheeler, Scituate. Regrets that W. thinks his
signature on "the protest" would have "little importance." Asks whether such a position does not "carry
the Appearance, either that you look upon W Freemans
Ordination as valid, & that you intend to hold Ccmmmion with him as a regular Minister of the church,
or that you are afraid to let the world know that you
esteem his Ordination irregular & subversive of all
order & regularity[?] Do you not hereby virtually
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wish [to] withdraw your self fran them[?] You
very rruch mistake the design of the protest, if you
suppose it intended to persecute W:- Freerran on account of his religious Opinions .... " Desires w. to
reconsider whether his name is to appear or "whether
you will chuse to have a note added at the bottcm
that you decline being concerned in this affair ....
As I hear you will be at Braintree tarorrow, I shall
defer the publication till wednesday to receive your
an~r. " M.S: EDS.
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BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Jan. 15, 1788, at New London.
M.S. not located. Scolds SP for having approved alterations in the·Liturgy being used
in Mass., R.I., and New Harrpshire. See SP's reply
of Jan. 28.
To SP, Boston.

SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 28, 1788, at Boston. To Bp.
Sairuel seabury, New London. SP's rough draft is
reprinted from SSD:R, 54-56, in the Appendix. M.S.
not located.
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BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Feb. 13, 1788, at New London.
M.S: Dio. Mass. See the rough draft
in seabury's Letter Book at GI'S. I reprint the following paragraph fran SSEX:R, 56: "It was not my design to excite any resent:rrent, or create any coolness, and I hope I have not done so. Indeed I have
no suspicion of it from any expression in your letter. But I could not help observing that it was
written with rrore forIT13lity than you used to write.
Notwithstanding the statenent of ITl3tters in it, I
cannot help thinking you have been too hasty in
adopting the alterations as you have done-that it
has rendered a union arrong the Churches the rrore
difficult, and clouded the SIT13ll prospect of uniformity, which gave any encouragerrent to aim at it.
That sare of our Clergy have been too backward in
acccrnrodating the service of the Church to the state,
or rather the tenper of the country, I will not deny;
I have rrore than once told them so. But errors IT\3Y
be ccrnni tted through haste, as well as by delay. I
am far fran ascribing ill designs to you, or to any
one who acted with you: but you ITUlSt forgive ire if
I repeat it-such alterations as have been ITl3de are
unprecedented in the Episcopal Church, without the
oon=ence of your proper Bishop. Forgive ire, too,
i f I say, I did not flatter myself with having any
steps taken in returning to the old service for my
sake. I have been too long acquainted with my own
un:inp:lrtance, to expect it. But I did and do wish
to have as great a uniformity as possible arrong our
Churches; and I was grieved at a :rreasure which I
thought inpeded so good a v.ork. I never thought
there was any heterodoxy in the southern Prayer Book:
but I do think the true doctrine is left too unguarded, and that the offices are, sare of them, lowered
to such a degree, that they will, in a great :rreasure,
lose their influence."
To SP, Beston.

SAMUEL PE:l'ERS, Feb. 16, 1788, at London. To SP, Boston. Writes about Dr. Thanas Moffat and the episcopate of Nova Scotia. M.S : Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PARKER, Feb. 27, 1788, at Boston. To Sanuel
Peters, London. M.S. not located. It was once owned
by J. Pierpont Morgan but rerroved by him fran his
scrapbook of bishops' letters now in NNPM.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, May or June, 1788, at Phila. To
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writes again about the sales of Prayer Books consigned to SP and about SP's justified apprehensions
about the Rev . Penuel !3cw=n, who now behaves well and
with approval. I reprint the following paragraphs:
"Give rre leave to take ye opportunity of asking
whether our brethren of Massachusetts are detennined
still to keep at a distance fran us, or whether they
will rreet us in Convention next July? If there are
any matters in which we do not think exactly alike,
you may rely on it that there is an accarrrodating
spirit on our part. If ye sarre should not be found
on theirs, also; much rrore, if there should continue
a backwardness even to confer with us; it is evident
we shall never build up one respectable Church, pervading ye United States; and consequently shall never
be so flourishing as sane other religious societies
who will acccrnplish that object.
"we miss your society in another point of view. Of
ye Southern States it is evident that ye Church is not
sufficiently nurrerous, in sane of them, to encourage
their choosing a Bishop; while, in . others, there are
very particular circumstances preventing such a neasure: so that even should Dr. Griffith repair to England for consecration, ye business w::>uld be inperfect,
1.IDless there were at least a fourth ready against his
return: and we suppose here, that ye respectability of
ye Church in Massachusetts w::>uld warrant our looking
to them in this business.
"I have forrrerly expressed to you another reason
for my wishing you with us; and ye reason still exists: ye effecting of a junction with our brethren of
Connecticut.
"It must be considered by all as a surpn.slllg instance of negligence in our Church; her not availing
herself of ye present opportunity of obtaining ye entire and independent possession of that Episcopacy
which she had so long ccrnplained of ye want of. OJI
brethren in Virginia are no doubt rrost to blarre. But
when their indifference in ye case of Dr. Griffith
had shown that there was no dependence fran them, it
should have been taken up elsewhere . The only excuse
is what I have already stated--ye smallness of our
camiunion in sare states, and very particular circumstances in others.

SAMUEL PETERS, Aug. 14, 1788, at London. To SP, BosNova Scotia. MS: Dio.
Mass. WPA, 6, suggests that this letter dealt with
the trouble experienced by the Anglican clergy during
the Revolution and quoted sareone who had written that
"if Peters, Caner, and Troutbeck had done as right as
Bass, they w::iuld have been the idols of Arrerica as
Bass was."

ton. Discusses Church life in

SAMUEL PETERS, Sept. 6, 1788, at P:imlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Asks SP to assist the Rev. George Gill rrore when he arrives in Boston on Capt. Davis's ship.
MS: Dio. M3.ss. WPA, 6 , indicates that Gilrrore had
care to purchase supplies and, if not helped by a
knowledgeable person, might be cheated by the rrerchants, since "honor and truth are said to be as
scarce in New England as cash."
SAMUEL PARKER, [AutUITU1, 1788), at Boston. To Jacob
Bailey, Annapolis Royal, N.S. MS. not located. A
fragrrent appears in Bartlet, 221: "Young [J. S. J.)
Gardiner read the service at Pownal.l:x:>rough last winter
and spring, but then went to New York and was ordained
by Bishop Provoost, and had an invitation to a parish
near Charleston, South Carolina, which he accepted,
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no service in any Episcopal Chucch below Falrrouth,
where a Mr. Oxnard is a reader."
TILIDI'SCN BRONSCN, Nov. 7, 1788, at Stratford, Vt.
To SP, Boston. Inquires about the state of SPG
lands in Arrerica, the ordinations by Bp. Seabury and
their possible effect on land conveyances. MS : Dio.
Mass. See Parker to Bronson, Nov. 14, 1788.
RCGER VITI'S, Nov. 8, 1788, at Digby, N.S. To SP,
Boston. Conveys rroney, asking SP to send him a
spinning wheel and other items. MS: Dio. M3.ss.
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 14, 1788, ~t Boston. To Tillotson Bronson, Stratford, Vt., kindness of Mr. Chamberlain. MS: NNPM. Ftd. in Seabury Traditions, I, 64:
Boston Novernr 14 1788
Reverend Sir
Your Letter of the 7 Instant is this rrcment received, in ansv.er to which permit rre to infonn you
that the Conveyance lately made by the Society in
England for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign
parts, of their rights of Land was done at my Request & respects only the original rights granted to
them in those towns that now lay within the State of
New Harrpshire. I t appears but reasonable that the
Churches in the State within which the Land lays
shd alone be benefitted by the Donations made for
the benefit of the Church. It w::iuld therefore have
been .i.nproper for the Society to make a Conveyance
of their rights in the State of Verrront to Trustees
resident in, & for the benefit of the Episcopal
Church in New Harrpshire. For my own part, as one
narred as a Trustee for the Lands in New Harrpshire,
I thought we had nothing to do with the rights granted to the Society for the benefit of the Church in
those towns now lyind in the State of Verrront, but
that those rights sh be conveyed to Trustees & for
the benefit of the church in that State, & therefore I sent hare the narres of no Towns lying in Verrront--- I make no doubt that upon application to
the Society & transmitting the narres of suitable
persons as Trustees & the narres of those towns in
each respective County where the Society were original Grantees, a similar conveyance [may) be obtained-You request my Sentirrents upon another matter,
Viz whether the Clergy ordained by Bishop Seabury
can be entitled to any Benefice, being at the sarre
tirre fully convinced of the validity of his Ordinations. I rrust answer this question by asking what
benefices you have respect to. I know of none in
this Country but what arise fran & are in the gift
of the People, & if they are satisfied as to the
ordination, why may not the clergy enjoy the Benefices. The Society in England have long since withdrawn the Salaries frcrn all their Missionaries in
the United States. And the only reason why we apply
to them for their title to these Lands, is only to
prevent their being alienated fran the Church by the
G:Jvernrrent here-- I have no doubts in my mind respecting the validity of Bishop Seabury's Ordinations, altho the Bishops in England & these here who
derive the SUccession fran them do not chuse to aclm:Jwledge it. But I have oo Idea that any terrporal
pa.ier can deprive any persons of spiritual Auth::>rity,
& consequently the laying the nonjuring Bishops under
a praemunire, tbo' it might deprive them of their
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the death of the late Pretender they are no rrore Nonjurors but acknowledge & pray for the present reigning
family--- I have the honour to be Sir your Friend &
Brother
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SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 15, 1788, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London. MS: AFJ::A. See Peters Papers, 65:
Thanks Peters for his letters of Aug. 14 and Sept. 6
and for Skinner's History of the Episcopal Church of
Scotland and a calendar. Says Skinner has given him
much inforrration on a matter concerning which he was
before in the dark. Desires a few rrore books before
discharging his account, especially vol. I of David
Lam:Jnt' s serrrons; vol. I of Adam Batty' s serrrons
(2d ed., 1740); vol. I of Daniel Waterland' s serrrons
(1742); vol. I of Dr. Conybeare' s serrrons; and vol.
III of Dr. Richard Bundy' s Serrrons. Says he offered
hospitality and a loan to the Rev . . Mr. Gilrrore "upon
your credit." He reciprocated strangely, and his temper was sour. "You seem to inveigh very bitterly agst
Royal Bishops & to suppose that the prllnitive ones
were the rreer Creatures of the Saints which, as I take
it, is the People---A principle that is spreading
very far arrong our Independent States who all suppose
that all power spiritual as well as temporal originates fran the Majesty of the People, & has gone so
far as to invest W Freeman with Episcopal power, &
a 11Dre recent Instance in this neighbourhood of a W
Murray at cape Ann, in which acts, the People give
grant & convey, constitute ordain & appoint these Persons to be their Ministers Pastors ruling elders &
Teachers & give all the powers & authority with which
Gospel Ministers are invested. This is a Doctrine
which before 1775 v.Duld have sounded strange even in
Arrerican Ears, but having found out that all civil
power is derived from the People, it was an easy matter to go a step farther & believe that there was no
other source for ecclesiastical powers .... " Says
Peters seems to have becorre "a thoro' paced Arrerican
& to have imbibed those very sentirrents which [he] so
far abhorred ·as to flee the Country to avoid." "You
had better corre over & your Opinions will get you to
be Bishop of Massachusetts, with as much power as a
dissenting Teacher. " Ccmrents on Bp. 5eabury and
the Georgite Bishops, who cannot "set their horses
together." Says Mr. Sayre, forrrerly of Fairfield, by
seabury's advice succeeded Mr. Bisset at Newport "but
carried matters with so high a hand that a party arose
& made the church too wann for him, & he has been
obliged to decamp & leave a divided people who I fear
are so alienated in affection as to not be likely to
agree in another." Says he does not possess the D.D.
as Peters has wrongly heard.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Dec. 16, 1788, at ?New London.
MS: NNPM. Ftd. in SSOCR, 58:

To SP, Boston.

December 16, 1788.
Rev'd and dear Sir:
I intended to have written to you rrore particularly
concerning a union with the Southern Churches: but I
am obliged to go out of town for t:v.D or three days,
and shall not be back in tirre for the post. I can now
only observe, that as it appears to rre, all the difficulty lies with those Churches, and not with us in
Connecticut. I have several tirres proposed and urged
a union. It has been received and treated, I think,
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ing such a union on rre, as though I was the only
person who opposed it. This is not fair. I am
ready to treat of and settle the tenns of union on
any proper notice. But Bishops W. and P. must bear
their part in it, actively, as well as myself; and
we must corre into the union on even tenns , and not
as underlings ....
Your affectionate, humble servant,
Samuel Connect.
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 20, 1789, at Boston. To Bp.
William White, Phila. MS: AFJ::A. Ftd. in SSE:R,
58-59. see Appendix.
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Apr. 10, 1789, at ?New London.
To SP, Boston. MS. not located. Partly ptd. in
SSEX:R, 59: "I believe we shall send t:v.D Clergyrren
to the Philadelphia Convention, to see whether a
union can be effected. I f it fail, the point I believe will here be altogether given up."
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, May 27, 1789, at New London.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Peter Mumford. MS: BPL.
MS. rough draft is at GI'S. The latter is edited in

Seabury Traditions, I, 70:

Rf!v9 & Dear Sir

New London May 27, 1789

Il was not till the Post was going out of town
that I got your Last Letter. I can not but approve
of your design to have a Bp to the Eastward, & fran
W Bass['s] Character & Standing in the Church, I
am persuaded he v.Duld v.Drthily and Acceptably fill
that Station. With these Sentirrents I shall readily
rreet your and the Clergy's wishes, by Contributing
all in my power to accaTiplish an Event which I much
wish. But I have my doubts of the Concurrence of
the other Bpps yet I hope they will prove groundless. I have Several tirres rrentioned the propriety
of a Union between all the Ch[ur]ch[es] in the
States and am ready to enter on and settle the
tenns of that Union as far as relates to Connecticut, whenever the Bps White and Provost Shall please
to corre into Such a rreasure. But then we must rreet
them on even ground. It must be union of the
Ch[ur]ch[es] in Conn[ecticu]t with the Ch[ur]ch[es]
of the Southern States upon just and reasonable
principles, not a Subjection to them founded in a
Majority of Votes. In this natter I think I shall
have all the Clergy of Connet with rre
To accanplish this I see no way but for the Bps White and
Provost with as =y Proctors from the Clergy as
Shall be thought necessary to rreet with the Bp &
proctors of the Ch[ur]ch[es] of Conn!--- If they
cannot agree on a Unifonnity of v.Drship, they Certainly can agree on tenns of perfect Union so as to
keep up the 11Dst friendly intercourse by admitting
each others Clergy and CCmrunicants & assisting
each other by advice and mutual good Offices. Indeed I do not see the absolute necessity of exact
unifonnity in publick Liturgy to keep up Christian
unity between Chu[r]ches whatever advantages may attend it while the analogy of Faith is perserved and
a due regard paid to antient catholick practice, a
variety in publick Liturgy will be attended with no
real detrirrent. I might also rrention another doubt
I have-whether it is right that ye rrerit or derrerit
of fonns of p [ublic] Prayer should be ascertained by
votes in a large, or even a small, assenbly either
of Clergy or Laity, or beth? I cannot enlarge on
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reasons against it.
I take it for granted yt ye G [eneral] Con. will
!113ke no abaterrent in the Power of Lay D[eputie]s in
E:c[clesiastical] matters--& I think the E.as[tern]
C[hurch] will be averse to putting themselves into
the sarre State. Ho.vever as our Convocation is to
rreet the next week, the question shall care fairly
before them. I cannot but think it a little hard
that I should be represented as being averse fran a
union between the [Church]es. The opposition cares
fran another quarter, & there the blarre ought to lie.
I think the [Church) in C [onnecticut] as respectable
on Acct of its n9~ & Clergy as the [Church] in any of
the States, & I feel yt in sorre instances it has been
treated in a manner bordering on contempt. Judge you,
whether it v.ould be right in them to put themselves
in a situation yt will intail this Treat:nent on them?
or whether it v.ould be doing yll1selves justice always
to bear it ..Ji ye sarre tarreness they hitherto have done
rather than throw any inpedi.rrent in the way of union
with those She fondly hopes v.ould treat her as a Sister. I repeat it, If a union with Con[necticut] be
desired, it may be had on reasonable & even tenns-If ITDre be airred at, I hope it will never be effected.
You llUlSt excuse a little warmth, as I feel myself hurt
by having it represented yt I stood in the way of perfect union. You know it cannot be obtained till the
nonsensical objection about my Cons[ecration] be given
up. This matter does not stick with Bp W. But while
it does subsist it .llUlst preclude both myself & Clergy
from appearing at their general Convention. With regard to W Bass--! beleive it will be found that Bps
W[hite) & P[rovoost] are under engagerrents not to
Consecrate any Bp till they have another Bp fran England. You can however make the experirrent or if you
choose it, you can ascertain whether they v.ould join
in such a Cons[ecration] before W B[ass] be elected.
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, ca. June, 1789, at London. To SP, Boston. Writes about Arrerican governrrent, George Washingtcn, rebels like Daniel Shays, and Bishops Seabury,
White and Provoost. MS: Dio. Mass.

SAMUEL PARKER et alii, June 4, 1789, at Salem. To
Bps. Seabury; Provoost and White. Signs a petition
or "Act" with other clergy of Mass. and N.H. for the
consecration of Edward Bass as bishop of those states.
O:r-signers were T. Fitch Oliver, John Cosens Ogden,
William M::mtague and Tillotson Brunson (or Bronson).
MS. not located. Ftd. in SSEX::R, 63.
SAMUEL PARKER, June 5, 1789, at Boston. To Hon.
Christopher Toppan, Harrpton, N.H., kindness of Dr.
Fogg. Sends him the ccmrodities he requested together with bills, indicating a credit balance with
SP. MS: BPL.

SAMUEL PARKER, June 21, 1789, at Boston. To Bp. William White, Phila. MS. no located. Partly ptd. in
SSEX:R, 66:
~ Clergy here have appointed rre their agent, to
appear at any Convocation to be held at New York or
Pennsylvania; but I fear the situation of my family
and parish will not admit of my being absent so long
as a journey to Philadelphia v.ould take. When I gave
you encouragerrent that I should attend, I was in expectation of having my parish supplied by sorre gentlerren fran Nova Scotia; but I am now inforrred they will
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you an attested copy of an act of the Clergy of
this and the state of New Harrpshire, electing the
Rev. Edward Bass our Bishop, and requesting the
united assistance of the Right Reverend Bishops of
Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut, to invest
him with apostolic ~rs. This act I have now the
honour of enclosing, and hope it will reach you before the rreeting of your General Convention in July .
"The Clergy of this State are very desirous of
seeing an union of the whole Episcopal Church in
the United States take place; and it will remain
with our brethren at the southward to say, whether
this shall be the case or not--whether we shall be
an united or divided Church. Sare little difference in governrrent may exist in different States,
without affecting the essential points of union
and cc:mrunion. "
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, July 22, 1789, at London. To SP,
Boston. Discusses the estate of Dr. Thorras M::>ffatt.
MS: Dio. Mass.

BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Aug. 26, 1789, at New London.
To SP, Boston. MS: NNPM. Ftd. in SSEX::R, 70-71:
New London, Aug. 26th, 1789.
Rev. and dear Sir:
Have you yet heard the result of your application
to the Southern Bishops respecting Mr. Bass' s consecration? The Rev. Dr. M::>ore, of New York, informs
rre the application was referred to the Convention,
and directions given to write to the English Bishops
for their opinion. These steps to rre look queer,
and shew a degree of thraldom, both to the Convention and English Archbishops, that ought not to be.
Dr. M::>ore urges rre very strongly to go to the adjourned Convention at Philadelphia, Sept. 29. And
as they have rerroved the objections I made, I should
be nuch inclined to go, was it not for the pranise
I made of visiting PortSITDuth at that tirre. Having
before twice disappointed them, I know not haw to
apologize again. Let rre have your opinion on that
matter, and also whether I ought to go to Philadelphia without an official invitation, which yet I
have not received.
So far had I written, when the post brought rre
the proper official invitation, with the various
ccmmmications fran the Convention. These, I suppose, you will also receive by the post. I have
detennined to go to Philadelphia, and hope to see
you there. Tirre will not penni t rre to add ITOre,
than that I am
Your affectionate, hurrble Servant,
S., Bp. Connect.
Rev. Dr. Parker.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, [late Sept., 1789] , at ?Phila.
To SP, ?Boston. MS: EDS. Only tv.o unconnected
pages survive, of which I transcribe one: " ... Should

you, revd Sir, think any Part of our Plan exceptionable or have any thing in Addition to offer, I Shall
be as friendly in attending to your Sentirrents, as
I am free in offering my awn. I have ye pleasure to
inform you, that last Tuesday there IlUlst have been
a Meeting of ye Clergy of Maryld & Delegates fran
ye Vestries; but their Proceedings are not yet knawn
here. By a Letter fran ye revd Mr Beach of Brunswick, I am inforrred, that, at a late Meeting of ye
Clergy of Conne[c)ticut, they appointed a Crnmittee
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SAMUEL PARKER, sept. 27, 1789 I at New York. To Janes
Cutler, Merchant (SP's brother-in-law), Boston. MS .
not located . Partly ptd. in SSEX:R, 73. Having conferred with Bp. Seabury and the bt.u Conn. delegates
(Jarvis and Hubbard) in N.Y. at the hare of Benjamin
M:Jore on the eve of leaving with them for the adjourned session, SP wrote: "I shall set out to-rrorrow
for Philadelphia, i f the weather permits. But I have
scme present:irrents that nothing will be accorrplished
by the Convention. The aspect is unfavourable in this
quarter, and I find that a certain gentlerran [?Dudley
Atkins Tyng) who has interested himself in Church matters in Massachusetts, was set at w::>rk by sare characters here who are opposing a union with Bishop Seabury
with great veherrence. If they go to the Convention
and have any influence, we shall bring nothing to pass.
Bishop Provoost, Mr. [Janes) Duane, the Mayor, and one
other person here, are the characters I allude to.
Provoost will not go to Philadelphia."
To Janes Cutler, Merchant, Boston. Regrets having been too busy
to write C. or Mrs . SP. Premises to give them full
details viva voce. Says Prayer Book revision has been
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about the difference between the bt.u houses respecting an article in the Creed. "I had no Expectations of Ml=" Spooners making application to
you for Orders when I gave him a testirronial , or I
shd have done it in a different manner, but knowing that Bishop 5eabury was not attached to any
particular fonns of Reccrmendation I supposed what
I gave him w::>uld prove sufficient. I am sorry however that he missed of obtaining Orders on this
principle that I suppose he will officiate as a
Layrran, which practice in my Opinion has been
greatly prejudicial to the Interests of the Church."
Asks that sheets of the Prayer Book be sent to him
as they care from the press and that the Journals
be dispatched when printed.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, Apr. 26, 1790, at Phila. To
SP, Boston. Discusses the printing and eventual
distribution of the revised Prayer Book. MS: Dio.
Mass.

SAMUEL PARKER, Oct. 12, 1789, at Phila.

SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 14, 1789, at Boston. To Bp. William White, Phila. MS: Hist. Soc. of Penna . Ftd. in

Pre-Revol. Conn., 239-240. Reports his safe arrival
hare and sends thanks for hospitality in Phila. Sends
a letter and sare pUblications for Dr. John Jones, a
physician who was president of the Humane Society of
Phila. "I find my Constituents are generally well
pleased with the Account I have given them of the Proceedings of the Convention, & can perceive no Irrpedirrent on our part to a permanent Union, & sincerely
hope none will arise arrong our Brethren at the Southward."
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CLARKE, Jan. 12, 1790, at Huntington,
Conn. To SP, Boston. Writes that the action of the
Phila . Convention is generally approved by Conn. clergy
"yet as a State we are under no Obligations to Adopt
the new Constitution-for we never gave our Proctors
unlimited Power. One Good Man arrong us has till very
lately flattered himself with an Idea of our taking
advantage of this &.not suffering a pure Apostolical
Church to be totally Ruined ..• but unhappily for W
S[ayr)e the rest of us do not Con= with him in Sentirrent." Tells of forming a society to assist Clergyrren' s widows and orphans on the plan of the Charitable
Society to the southward. Premises to transmit its
regulations as soon as corrpleted--hopefully in April.
Trusts that Churchmen in all New England will participate. Says they have heard of Edward Bass's declining
the episcopate. Hopes SP will not do so. MS: EDS.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, Jan. 25, 1790, at ?Phila. To SP,
Boston. MS: NNPM (last leaf only). W. finds [Mr.
Spooner) of a respectable character and suitable for
ordination, but he does not offer the requisite recornrrendations or d=urrents in the required fonn. "I hope
he will find no Difficulty in procuring a Testirronial
in due Tine; & if he shd then apply to rre, I shall be
happy in paying all possible Attention to him."
SAMUEL PARKER, Mar. 17, 1790, at Boston. To Bp. William White, Phila. Believes that delays in printing
the Convention Journal and the Prayer Book with approved alterations may unsettle people about the advisability of the union--esp. the laity. Is concerned

MATHER BY'.LES, JR., Aug . 25, 1790, at Boston. To
SP, Boston. As administrator of the estate of his

father, Mather Byles, Sr., of Boston, for many reasons he transfers the task to SP by this power of
attorney, which is witnessed by William Tudor and
Joseph Rowe. MS: EDS .
SAMUEL PARKER, Oct. 18, 1790, at Boston. To Bp .
William White, Phila. Is disappointed at having
heard or received nothing since Apr. 26. Says
people are questioning the value of the united
church. Asks where the neglect lies. MS: AECA.

SAMUEL PARKER + WILLIAM MJNTAGUE, Nov. 15 I 1790,
at [Boston). To [Bp. Sam..lel Seabury), [New London). A testirronial in behalf of Joseph Warren,
recamending him for the diaconate, there being
no Standing Corrmittee in Mass. Ftd. in seabury
Traditions, I, 79.
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 23, 1790, at Boston. To Sarruel
Peters, London. MS: AECA. See Peters Papers, Bl:
Has Peters I s letters of June 7 and sept. 13. Says
he knew Mr. Macdonough when he was Gov. Wenbt.urth' s
secretary and has shown him all the civilities in
his power. Speaks of his account with Peters and
asks him to procure a gown and cassock of princes'
stuff for surmer wear at Francis Stone's, Holywell
St. near the new church in the Strand. Says Stone
knows his rreasure. Requests yard goods also and
reiterates his request for certain volumes. "I
have a fancy to have my Gown made like the Master
of Arts instead of the pudding Sleeve unless you
have sare peculiar fashion for D.D's." Has another
request: "A
Joseph Dampney of Ransey in the
County of Hampshire died within 20 Years & by his
Will bequeaths to Ml=" Joseph Darrpney of Salem in . . .
Massachusetts £ 280 Stg as by his Letters now before
rre as late as July 1773 he assures him he w::>uld do.
'!his Joseph Da.rrpney the Nephew is dead, & has left
one Son who is in poor Circumstances & wishes to
know if there is any prospect of his recovering
this Legacy." Says a 'Ihos. Dawkins seems to be the
Executor, who may have run off with the estate.
Would like information and a copy of the will.
"The Objection to the Authenticity of nr Seabury's
Consecration is quite done away here, & now another
Subterfuge is caught hold of, viz. a pretended obligation to the Archbishops in England not to unite
with him. Bishop White is a man of too m.ich Sense

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& candour to be governed by such pretences, & did
join with Seabury in constituting a House of BishPS
at the late Convention.... However it is not in
Provosts power nor in his Employers & Directors to
destroy the Union, for Madisons Consecration notwithstanding, the Union will hold & Seabury be received
as a true canonical Bishop ... & will take the place of
Primus. . . . or Bass has refused to accept the place
of Bishop for this State & I suppose it will finally
devolve on Walter who is about to leave Nova Scotia
with his family & to live at Cambridge or at Boston,
the North Church & Cambridge quarreling which shall
have him.... M:mtague outstaid his time, & Walter
being here before he arrived go[e]s into his Church
& made such a party agst him as will oblige him to
quit this State & seek a living at the Southward."
SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 13, 1790, at Boston. To Bp. Samuel Seabury, New London. MS. not located but its
contents are partly discernible in Seabury's reply
of Dec. 29, 1790, printed in Seabury Traditions, I,
80-81: "I am rruch obliged to you for the information
contained in your letter of the 13th. Of W Sayre
I have lately heard nothing, tho' I dou[b]t not his
disposition continues, to give trouble if he can.
You are not singular in the idea you have formed of
partial Insanity. I only rrentioned the dislike of
the Clergy of this State to the manner of the atterrpt
to 'alter the Ap [ostle] s Creed, without saying it was
right or wrong. One apprehension they have is, that
it will on sorre occasions endanger confusion in the
Church--SCIT€ pecple will repeat it one way & sorre another--- that this will be the case with the Clergy
also: So that the Creed will (in that Article) cease
to be the test, or even the security of uniformity of
faith in the chCh, which, I suppose, was the design
of repeating Creeds in public v.Drship."
SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 18, 1790, at Boston. To Sanuel
Peters, London. MS: N:X:A. See Peters Papers, 81-82:

"Speaks of his earlier letter and the chief matters
discussed in it-especially their financial accounts
-and orders 6 pairs of black silk hose and 2 pairs of
black silk gloves. Encloses the card of a jeweller,
fran whom Peters is to purchase a pair of bracelets
etc. Sends a second bill drawn by Mrs . Ann Peters."

BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Dec. 29, 1790 +Jan. 5, 1791, at
To SP, Boston. MS: AEX::A. ptd. in SeaPmY Traditions, I, 81, fran which I quote tv.D paragraphs:
"I am sorry that Bp Provost & his Clergy do not
read prayers uniformly; & imagine that as little variation from the Old book as the New one will pennit, is
best at present; were it only because it will not put
the pecple under the necessity of buying New ones, weh
considering their enorrrous price is a matter of consequence in this State. Their being so high is, I suppose, owing to the Printers having a patent--& h:>W
that carre about, I know not. According to my recol lection, the carrnittee were impowered, to agree for
one edition, & do not imagine they had any right to
go further; & I heartily wish, & shall be ready to
join my efforts, that their patent may be set aside,
as it will forever keep Prayer books at an eno:arous
price. I fear that carrnittee have exceeded their
~seven in printing the Ap[ostle]s Creed as it
now stands, which was not agreed to by the house of
Bps; & was printed in its present form against the
opinion of Bp White, as he will inform you if you
apply to him.
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"With regard to the propriety of reading the
Athn Creed in Church I never was fully convinced.
With regard to the inpropriety of banishing it out
of the prayer book, I am clear: And look upon it,
that those Gentlerren who rigidly insisted upon its
being red.de as usual, & those who insisted on its
being thrown out, both acted fran the sarre uncandid,
uncooplying terrper-- they seem to rre to have aimed
at forcing their own opinion on their brethren: And
do hope, tho' possibly I hope in vain, yt Xan charity & love of Union, will SCIT€ time bring that Creed
into the book, were it only to stand as articles of
faith stand; & to shew that we do not renounce the
cath. doctrine of the Trinity as held by the Western
chCh. I am sorry the idea of or Bass' consecration
is given up, as I fear it puts the period of your
having a Bp in Massachusetts, at a distance. I did
not understand that Bp Provost ever said he was under obligations not to join with rre in consecrating
another Bp; or that the obligations that another
should go to England for Consecration were rrore than
inplied ones-- Yet I have tho't he made rrore of
that matter than he ought to have done."
SOI.a1'JN BLAKESLEE, Jan. 3, 1791, at Clarerront, N.H.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Reed. Reports his

anxiety over the status of the SPG lands in N.H.
Says the politicians "without the least shadcw of
Law or justice .. . located & established them in the
rrost uninprovable & Barren parts of the To.vns--many
of them rrust forever remain useless--where a Charter
has thus been grocely violated, the Church abused,
& the rights of Episcopalians feloniously taken fran
them is there no redress?" Seeks SP' s advice and
information. MS: EDS.
JUIXiE SAMUEL LIVERM:>RE, Jan. 15, 1791, at Phila.
To SP, Boston. Says he has talked with Bp. White,

who assures him that the Convention "gave the canrni ttee no authority to dispose of a copy right to
the prayerbook." Says that the validity of what
the carrnittee did is noN in question. Though the
printer has received no patent, he has nonetheless
claimed copyright and in a trial could only stand
on what the carmittee has or has not said. "I hope
the oountry will never sul:xnit to such a horrid llrposition as a rronopoly of prayer books. For my own
part I think it rruch better to nake use of the old
inpression, leaving out, & changing, such passages
as the revolution requires." MS: EDS.

RJBERI' Fa\ILE, Jan. 24, 1791, at North Holderness,
N.H. To SP, Boston. Says Mr. Live:arore delivered
SP' s rressage about what is due SP on F ' s note, asserting that scarcity of cash in New England has
made him slow in rreeting the obligation. Says he
will have 11Dney in the spring and will pay SP then.
MS: EDS.
JOHN CCSENS 03DEN, Feb. 9, 1791, at PortS11Duth. To
Says his parishioners do not wish to
have a part in the Mass. Convention. Inquires about
Prayer Book matters. MS: Dio. Mass.
SP, Boston.

JOHN msENS 03DEN, Feb. 17, 1791, at Portsrouth. To
SP, Boston. Suggests the visiting of church-owned
(i.e., SPG) properties in N.H. by Solaron Blakeslee
and Mr. Gilbert, the Comnittee for leasing the land.
MS: Dio. Mass. WPA, 8: "Tillotson Bronson and
the Reverend John C. Ogden write concerning church
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SAMUEL PETERS, Feb. 27, 1791, at lDndon. To SP, Boston. Writes about the state of the 01.urch in canada
and about the late Dr. Themas ~ffatt' s estate. MS:
Dio . Mass. WPA, 6, reports the letter as "explaining how His Majesty had divided Canada into two parts
(Upper and Lower), which rreans the repeal of the fal!OUS Quebec Act and the establish!rent of a new governrrental system."
JUDGE DAVID SEWALL, Mar. 15, 1791. To SP, Boston,
kindness of Burkly (or Burly) Eilerson. Says he wrote
SP earlier that he had by mistake ca=ied away from
Boston vol. one of Orphan Castle, which he returns by
Mr. Eilerson. Asks to have Baron Tr@kr sent by Eilerson. Writes of libel suits touching the Maine District folks. MS: EDS.
BENJAMIN MCORE, Mar. 16, 1791, at New York. To SP,
Boston. Congratulates SP on his election to the
episcopate on the basis of an inac=ate newspaper
. report. MS: Dio. Mass.
MATHER BYLES, JR., Mar. 22, 1791, at St. John, N.B.
To SP, Boston. Apologizes for his long silence and
expresses appreciation for the way in which SP has
administered the estate of the late Mather Byles, Sr.,
of Boston, and asks SP to make the final distribution
thereof to his sisters. MS: EDS.
REV. IDUIS DE IDUSSEIEI', Apr. 12, 1791, at Boston .
MS: EDS. Ftd. in Seabury Traditions,
I, 83-84: The plight of Roman Catholics in New England before 1800 and before the appointrrent of a
Ranan bishop for the Boston area were understandably
acute. They received and expected little syrrpathy
from Calvinism, which was the reigning religion north
of New York~ Independent French priests occasionally
passed through the larger cities-New Haven and Hartford, for exanple-and one is kn= to have visited
New London in Seatury's day--all of them looking for
a private hOJTe.in which to celebrate the Eucharist
for a handful of =rriu.illicants. Even obtaining permission to use a danestic dwelling was often difficult. We have no record of Seabury's courtesies to
these itinerants or of his possible good offices in
assisting Roman Catholic laymen who might, at tirres,
have turned to him for burials, sick visitations or
counsel. We have no evidence that he "received" into
Anglicanism any of these deprived citizens. (We kn0\17
that sane of the Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia
becarre Anglicans in and about Stratford.) His close
friendship with Samuel Parker of Boston and the caniru.nity of their views on traditional 01.ristian history lead rre to speculate about his instant syrrpathies. Parker, for exanple, becarre friendly with one
of the French priests (a Fr. Louis de Rousselet),
allO\ITing him on occasion to use Trinity 01.urch for
services. (~re about this itinerant and the probleins he faced in New England will be found in Robert
H. Lord, John E. Sexton and Edward T. Harrington,
History of the Archdiocese of Boston in its Developrrent, 1604 to 1943, (3 vols.) N.Y., 1944, I, chaps.
2-4, and in The John Carroll Papers, vol. I (17551791), ed. Themas O'Brien Hanley, S.J., Notre Dane
& London, [n.d.), 465ff.) (The two crosses in the
follO\ITing letter were rreant to be priestly blessings!)
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attention to mismanagerrent in the case of a lot in
oxford, N.H., on which is a valuable stone mill from
which the town draws annual revenue which the church
should receive."

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R9 Dcx::tor,
having nothing l!Dre at heart, but to help as much as
you do yourself, the rerroving of the very indifference people in every corner of the v.orld have to-day
for any Kind of religion, I will be very happy, i f
you are pleased, as well as your v.orthy and respectable Wardens, to allow rre the liberty of making use of
your 01.urch the day before Good-friday in the afternoon, Good-friday and F.aster-Day too in the afternoon, when, I understand, your prayers are [i.e.,
will have been) perforrred. you are knowing re
enough, I suppose, to be rrore than certain, that
no matters of controversy are to take rcx::m in my
performance. if it is your pleasure to have a little collection in those days for the poor of your
Congregation, as well for those of mine, it will
carpleat my happiness in this holy tirre. I am very
sorry and feel very much the trouble I give you; but
you know my own distress, which, I hope, will not
be so next year, my Congregation being fully determined to build soon their house of v.orship. I wait
:impatiently for your answer, and am very respectfully, R9- Dcx::tor, your l!OSt humble and obedient
servant,
L. de Rousselet P. C.
Boston, April 12, I 1791.).
any tirre next week you will be pleased to attend
divine service, you kno.v my house to be yours.---Solemnities of the holy week in the house of the
~ de Rousselet.
17 April, palm-Sunday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
3 in the afternoon.
18, ~nday, 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and Serrron.
19, twesday, 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and Serron.
20, Wednesday, 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the office
of tenebrae; afterwards Serrron.
21, thursday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 3 in the
afternoon, washing of the poor's feet, afterwards
Serron and tenebrae.
22, Good-friday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 3 in
the afternoon Serron upon the Sufferings of our
IDrd, and afterwards the last office of tenebrae.
23, Saturday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 5 in the
afternoon, and Serl!Dn.
24, F.aster-Day, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 3 in the
afternoon.
25, F.aster-~nday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 5 in
the afternoon, and Serl!Dn.
26, F.aster-twesday, 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 5 in
the afternoon, and Serl!Dn.
All these days Collection for the poor.

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the R9 o;- Parker, Pastor of the trinity 01.urch of
Boston-SOUM:N BLAKESLEE, May 16, 1791, at Clarerront, N.H.
Confesses the need for uniformity
in the Ar!Erican 01.urch but desires a separate constitution for N.H. MS: Dio. Mass.

To SP, Boston.

REV. JOSEPH GROVE JOHN BEND, May 23, 1791, at Phila.
Introduces Andrew Bayard, who is
v.orthy of SP' s "polite regard." MS: EDS.
To SP, Boston.

SAMUEL PETERS, June 25, 1791, at IDndon. To SP,
Boston. Infonns SP that the rrerchandise sent to
him in Capt. Davis's vessel has been lost. Gives
details of the disaster. MS: Dio. Mass. WPA, 6:
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has been wrecked on the Island of Alderney, and that
all the goods he was sending have been lost, 'including the robes that were fit for an Archbishop and
better than I have ever known sent to Arrerica. 111
SAMUEL PETERS, July 14, 1791, at Pimlico, London.
TO SP, Boston. Discusses aspects of the estate of
nr. Thomas M::lffatt. MS: Dio. Mass.

:ro:;ER. VIETS, July 25, 1791, at Digby, N.S. TO SP,
Boston. Has received SP ' s letter of July 5 and the
21 barrels by the ship of capt. Doucet and John Foxe.
Reports a tedious pilgr.inage to Halifax called a
"triennial Visitation." Says the z.Ethodists and New
Lights "are tearing in Pieces this unhappy Province"
rruch as did Whitfield's tViO visits to New England.
Asks SP to forward the enclosed letters to Abner Viets
and others and give his regards to Dr. Walter and Mr.
Stoddard. MS: EDS.
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, Aug. 24, 1791, at Huntington,

conn. TO SP, Boston. z.Entions SP' s letter to him of
Jan. , 1790. Explains how one of SP' s books was lost.
Says last Nov. 14 he becane Benedict the Married Man
and is very happy. "Mr. Sayre of Stratford continues
an avowed Enemy to the New constitution & is determined not to be reconciled to it. The Bishop, I suppose you know, has written him a very severe Satirical
Letter, whh I fear has done no Good & by sare supposed
to have done rruch harm--but this is intra nos." Asks
what has becare of M::lntague since Dr. Walterousted
him, and of Oliver since he left Marblehead. Inquires about vacant parishes in Mass. Invites SP to
the Conn. convocation at Watertown on O:::t. 6. MS: EDS.
MATHER BYLES, JR., Nov. 14, 1791, at St. John, N.B.

TO SP, Boston. Writes about the settlerrent of the
administration of his father's estate. MS: Dio. Mass.
OiRIST CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 18, 1791, at Canbridge.
TO SP, Boston. The wardens (Jonathan Simpson and Nathan Bethune) offer the rectorship of Christ Church to
SP. MS·: Dio. Mass.
PRES. JOSEPH WILIARD, Nov. 30, 1791, at carrbridge. TO
SP, Boston. Writes that SP may collect the -£24 paid
for the admission to Harvard of his nephew, J. P. Hale,
by calling on the treasurer. Says the boy rrust return
to the college library the bo~ copy of C. X. Millot's Elerrents of General History in 5 vols. MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 3, 1791, at Boston. To Bp. Sarruel
Seabury, New London. MS: Gl'S. Ptd. in Seabury Traditions, I, 94:

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Rt Revd Sir
I take the Liberty to enclose you a proposal of a
very good Printer in this town to reprint our Book of
camon Prayer in consequence of an Application fran a
eantee of our convention. The extravagant price of
the Philadelphia Edition & the want of Books arrong
the cx:mron people has put us upon this rrode of supplying them, but a large number rrust be engaged to
inderrnify the Printer. If you awrove of the plan_
you will send the proposal to those Parishes under
your Care which you judge will engage the greatest
Nurrber, & I will thank you for your Sentirrents upon
the Subject.
I have another request to make which is that if you
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has not constant errploy, & is disposed to pass the
ensuing Winter at Carrbridge to supply that Church
till Easter, that you will sen(d] him there, where
they will pay him at the rate of 21:; or 3 Doll rs pr
Week till Easter & after that time should he suit
them they will raise his Stipend to what will be
agreeable. W Warren is gone to Kennebeck River.
or walter & the cambridge Proprietors have disagreed, & he & Mr M::lntague hold on at the North
Church. I will thank you to let ne know by the
return of the Post, if there is any one who you
think will accept the Offer & suit that church,
which tho' small consists of Gentlerren of Taste &
Education.
P joins in all due re~ts to you & Canplimts to Miss Seabury with Rt Revd Sir your rrost
obedt & very hun-Ple Servt
S Parker
Rt Revd Bishop Seabury.

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SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 10, 1791, at Boston. TO Janes
Cutler, at z.Essrs. Harrison & Arsleys, 1'Erchants,
London, kindness of capt. Barnard. A nEMsy letter about family and friends. Says the dispatched
bundles of newspapers will convey rrore information
than he can write. MS: NNPM.

SAMUt:L PARKER, Jan. 18, 1792, at Boston. To Bp.
William White, Phila. , kindness of Tobias Lear.
Writes about the uneasiness caused by selling the
copyright of the Prayer Book. Says Boston can produce a less expensive volurre. "I should be very
unwilling to see any coolness or disagreerrent take
place between the Southern & Eastern States now we
are so happily united, but this Evil rrust be rerredied. The Copyright to the prayerbook we are well
assured is not legal or valid, & was any one of our
Printers to reprint it, no Damages could be recovered; still it might prove the neans of disuniting
us .... II MS: AEl:A.

FRANCIS sroNE (Robe Maker to His Majesty), Feb. 26,
1792. To [?Janes Cutler, at London] . A bill for
SP' s cassocks and accessories. MS: NNPM.
WALTER HARPER+ SAMUEL PEI'ERS, July 12 + 23, 1792,
at London. To SP, Boston. Two letters sent under
one cover. In the first, Harper asks about Henry
Price, a relative. In the second, Peters offers

details about Price and tells of legislation currently in Parliarrent favoring the Scottish bishops.
MS: Dio. Mass. WPA, 6: " ••• the Reverend Walter
Harper, of London, is seeking a relative, Henry
Price, who 1ived in Boston and was last heard of
in 1771."
SAMUEL PARKER, Aug. 22, 1792, at Boston. TO Bp.
William Write, Phila. Reports that no delegates
fran Mass. or New Hanpshire will attend the forthcaning General convention in N.Y. because tViO atterrpts at a State Convention have failed to materialize. No delegates, therefore, could be elected.
Refers to the matter of =pyrighting the Prayer
Book, the uneasiness it is causing, and the hardship on Churchnen in the Boston area. Ibpes the
convention will renove the grounds of ccrrplaint.
MS: l\Er.A.
REV. WILLIAM SMITH ('!HE YOUN:iER), [?early Sept.,
1792], at ?Newport. To SP, Boston. For background
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diocesan Journals of Rhode Island and pp. 43-47 of
my The Younger Doctor William Smith (1754-1821).
(1) Smith had been Rector of St. Paul's, Narragansett, fran July 7, 1787, until he became Rector of
Trinity Church, Newport, on Jan. 28, 1790. (2) Dr.
Walter Clarke Gardiner, a rredical doctor and layreader at St. Paul's after Smith had left, desired
to enter Holy Orders. At this tine he was occupying (or had seized) lands left to the Church by an
Indian king.
(3) When the Rhode Island Convention of
Nov. 18, 1790, passed a resolution that disqualified
Gardiner fran becoming a candidate for Holy Orders in
R. I., he turned to the Standing Comnittee of .Massachusetts, offering test:i.rronials that blamed Smith for
the growing rift in St. Paul's parish---a rift actually created by opponents of Gardiner's land-grabbing
propensities.
(4) Massachusetts pranptly accepted his
candidacy, and he was ordained Deacon by Bp. Provoost
of N.Y. on June 24, 1792. (5) Gardiner's father-inlaw, Thomas Wickham, rreanwhile, belonged to Smith' s
new parish (Trinity Church, Newport), which was still
in a state of division occasioned by the departure of
Smith' s predecessor, the Rev. James Sayre.
(Wickham
(6) The R. I. Convention of
was of Sayre ' s "party. ")
Aug. 20-21, 1792, rebuked St. Paul's, Narragansett,
for not joining the Convention, but interestingly
enough received a petition fran a large part of it,
asking to be recognized as the true parish, indicati.'"\g a willingness to belong to the R. I. Convention
instead of to .Massachusetts, and desiring to be under
the jurisdiction of Bishop Seabury. (7) A year later,
at the R. I. Convention of July 31-Aug. 1, 1793,
Wickham, a delegate fran Trinity Church, Newport,
walked out of the session when the discussion turned
to the behavior of St. Paul's, Narragansett. I have
supplied the bracketed portions of the following incanplete letter, the MS. of which is o.vned by EDS:
[Newport, ?Early 5eptember, ?1792]
[The Rev. Sarruel Parker, Trinity Church, Boston]
Rev9 Sir-Before I left Providence [i.e., after Aug. 21] I
did myself the honor of addressing to you one of my
little Books, entituled The Convicts Visitor [pub.
1791], the which, [I] hope you have received & find
suitable for such scenes of w::ie and wretchedness, as
it is calculated for.
I look for trouble enough in this church [Trinity,
Newport] fran the violence and resentful sentinents
of your Dea=n [Dr. Walter Clarke Gardiner] & his
Father in Law [Thanas Wickham of Newport] . Just
errerged fran a sea of troubles [i.e., the rectorate
of James Sayre], we are but ill prepared for the Shock
of such Convulsions, as we are now encountering--how
they will terminate God only knows---this one thing I
know, that whenever jealousies once get abroad am:mg
a Congregation in which the clergyman is any how concerned, he becares the greatest sufferer--nor discerns [that] their re=nciliation to each other ever
prove (s] very favourable to him; for, when Pilate and
~were reconciled, Jesus was put to death!--At
the furthest, such =nvulsions as your [Standing] Canmittee [of .Massachusetts] in their zeal to "prarote
the divine glory," have occasioned, seldom fail of
producing the clergyman' s Relroval --but perhaps that
is what your pious colleague aims at.
I now request the favour of your sending rre a copy
of the paragraph in the I.etter of the Narraganset
Carmi ttee to the Mass~s Standing Ccmn:i ttee, which expresses my Scotch "intollerance, and tendency both by
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tranquillity as also civil and religious liberty
&c"--or sare such v.Drds;-together with the date,
place sent fran, the signatures & the title & place
of the addressed.---You need not be surprized, Sir,
at this my request & the punctuality and earnestness
with which I make it.---Many a man has been denuded
of life & property upon an inputation of infinitely
S!!13.ller lll3.gnitude--and I really think, that I should
neither be just to myself nor to my children, were
I supinely to neglect taking sare decent, & I trust
Xtian steps, to wipe off fran the ecclesiastical
annals of your State, such inputations which my soul
utterly abhors.---You ll\3.Y rest assured, Sir, that,
so far will your canplyance with this my justifiable
requisition be fran bringing you into any trouble,
that, if you desire it, your name shall not so much
as be named as the rredium of obtaining the Duplicate
of such atrocious crirnination. Self-preservation &
my innocent children's future tranquillity and honor
induce rre to be earnest with you to send rre this
paragraph at as early a period as possible. Or if
you chuse to deny rre this favor let rre know by the
return of the post, that I lll3.Y lose no tine in pro=ing my request in sorre other way.
I am ....
[Your obedient, hurrble servant
William Srni th]
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 5, 1792, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London. MS: Nir.A. 5ee Peters Papers, 9596: Sends this letter in the care of the Rev. Walter Harper, not knowing whether Peters is in London
or Canada. Says he has given Harper such docurrents
"as must =nvince him that he has no Expectations
fran his great Uncle Henry Price Esq:;-" Continues:
"The attestation respecting Brother M::mtague I have
delivered to him to make what use of he sees fit.
It is said that the Evidence in his favour is negative only, whereas or Windship pretends to have positive Evidence fran a Physician to whan or I.ettsan
reccmrended M::>ntague that he absolutely =ed him of
a foul Disease or at least that it appeared he was
infected. The Physicians name I never heard, but I
suspect it to be a forgery of Windships or that he
obtained it by indirect rreans. M::>ntague is finally
hunted out of the North Church by or Walter & his
friends & has taken up his Al:Ode at Dedham. • • • With
respect to or W1l Tryon Peters, I find M::>ntague has
maneuvered with great adroitness to give him an F.ducation here at a Slll3.ll Expence, but by all I can
learn, it is striving agsl: the Stream, that he has
no fondness for books & that his Irnproverrent is by
no rreans equal to the Expence." Says the United
States has now five bishops-three via England, one
via Scotland, and one "consecrated by the other four
in Union, for Maryland. We are ... wholefooted & Canterbury & the Nonjurors have coalesced." M:ntions
young Rev. Mr. cutler, who has not yet had an opportunity of carrying out Peters's carmission as regards
Col. Norton. (CUtler is about to narry the daughter
of Attorney-General Sullivan. ) Says Peters' s "M::>verrents are so secret" that he is at a loss how to direct letters.
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 5, 1793, at Boston. To Bp. William White, Phila. Says he is inforrred-but not
officially-that each state ll\3.Y print a supply of
Prayer Books if its Standing Carmittee send the
Standing Ccmn:ittee of General Convention the narre
of its printer when asking permission to do so.
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SAMUEL PEI'ERS, Feb. 26, 1793, at Pimlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Gives his opinion concerning the Dr.
windship who attended or treated Wm. M:mtague. Discusses the estate of Dr. Thomas M:>ffatt. M.S: Dio.
Mass.
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, Apr. 11 , 17 93 , at P imlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Discusses the estate of Dr. Thorras M:>ffatt. M.S: Dio. Mass.
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, Apr. 12, 1793, at Pimlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Discusses further the estate of Thorras
M:>ffatt, indicating that he has reached a corrpromise
with George Erving. M.S: Dio. Mass.

SAMUEL PEI'ERS, July 21, 1793, at Pimlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Cornrents on the Thomas M:>ffatt estate, on
Dr. M:>untain' s appointrrent as Bishop of lower Canada,
and on the Canadian Church in general. M.S: Dio. Mass.
WPA, 6: " ... letter discussing the part politics has
played in the appointrrent of a bishop to Canada and
stating that Lord Dorchester has gone to Quebec very
angry that Mr. M:>rgan or Mr. Toaply was not made
bishop of Lower Canada."
SJl.MUEL PARKER, Nov. 12, 1793, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London, kindness of Capt. Scott. M.S: NY:A.
See Peters Papers, 100: Has Peters's letters of Apr.
11 and 12, and July 21, delivered by Dr. Alexander A.
Peters. Says Peters has been taken in by his agreerrent with John and George Erving. Asks what i f Oliver
Wendell should refuse his narre in an application to
the legislatures of these states for repa:yrrent of the
confiscated property of Thorras M:>ffatt. Wendell, a
good but timid man, on the Executive Council of Mass.,
does not wish his narre to be used for this purpose in
applications to Mass., Rhode Island, or Conn. Even
if he had acquiesced, sees no prospect for Peters's
success and e>."Plains the procedures regarding estates
seized in the U.S. to _support the War. Thorras M:>ffatt, rroreaver, was only a surety for one Smibert.
As for John Moffatt' s estate, Mrs. Thayer has a full
discharge from all demands. Urges Peters no longer
to be deceived or led on to expect rrore rroney "in an
Affair which has already cost you so much."

SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 19, 1793, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London, kindness of Capt. CUnningham. MS:
N!J:A. See Peters Papers, 101: Says he wrote by Capt.
Scott his candid opinion regarding the dispute between
Peters and the heirs of the late John Erving. Asks
~ favors:
(1) that Peters would reimburse postal
clerks in London for paying a postage due; (2) that
he w:::iuld purchase and send Robert Hawker's tw:::i-volurre
Semons on the Divinity of Christ, listed in a recent
European Magazine. Thinks they may "do much good in
this Country where a contrary Doctrine is fast prevailing." Says Peters's friend, John C. Ogden, has
established himself in Verrront and prevailed upon the
clergy to elect Dr. Bass Bishop thereof. Has not
heard of an acceptance. Signed: "Your friend &
Brother provided you are not a Bishop yet .... "
SAMUEL PARKER, Jan. 9, 1794, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London. Refers to a letter sent Peters last
Nov. 12 by Capt. Scott, which may have been misdirected or lost. Says wendell, ncM returned from a journey, declares his unwillingness to accede to George
Erving' s request. Encloses a staterrent from him,

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MS: NNPM.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, June 2, 1794 I at Phila. To SP,
Boston. Introduces the Rev. Dr. Colin, pastor of
a nearby SWedish Church, who visits Boston with Dr.
Caspar Wistar, a Phila. physician. MS: NNPM.
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 27, 1794, at Boston. To William M:>rice, Sec'y of the SPG, 53 Gov.er St., Bed-

ford Square, London, kindness of Col. John Graham.
MS. an incorrplete rough draft in EDS. I edit the
tw:::i following paragraphs:
"The last tirre I had the honour of addressing
you was upon the Subject of the lands originally
granted by the late Governors of New H [arrpshire] to
the venerable Society for propagating the Gospel in
foreign parts. The Society were so obliging as to
convey their right in the lands then lying within
the State of New Harrpshre to certain Trustees to &
for the use of the Episcopal Church in said State,
of which generous Donation the Church in that State
retain a grateful rerrerrbrance. Saretirre previous
to the Separation of the Colonies from the parent
State, there was a large tract of land on the Western Side of Connectt River & lying between said
River & the Lakes which divide New England & upper
Canada, which was then clairred by New Harrpshire, &
was granted into Townships to certain Individuals
& an original right given in rrost if not all said
Townships to the society in England for propagating
the Gospel. This Tract of land was afterwards
clairred by the Province of New York & was between
the Years 1765 & 1770 decreed by the King in Council
to be under the Jurisdiction of New York, but the
Proprietors of the Soil were to hold their Grants
taking out a new Patent from the Governor of New
York.
"Many Settlerrents & great Irrproverrents were at
this tirre made on said land, & the Inhabitants
thinking it a Grievance to pay the patent fees in
New York which anounted to rrore than the land cost
them under New Harrpshre, sare refused to take out
a new charter, others however corrplied & in their
charters the sarre grants were made or continued to
the Society. This matter finally proved so great a
Cause of altercation by the Newyorkers attenpting
to oust the holders of I.and under New Harrpshire, as
in the final resort to oblige them to set New York
at defiance & to erect tJi.enselves into a distinct
Province or State under the Narre of Verrront or the
Green M:>untain. This is naw becorre one of the
States of the Union & contains at least
Souls.
The Grants under N H are all confirrred & anong the
rest those to the Society. The Episcopal Church is
becaning large & nurrerous & the lands granted to it
of considerable Value. The Merrbers of it wishing
to secure these lands for the benefit of the Church
have authorized the Bearer of this Col0 John Graham,
whom I beg leave to reccrnrend to your Acquaintance
to apply to the venerable Society for a similar Conveyance of the lands granted to it, as they made of
those in New Harrpshire. This is the Chject of this
Gentlemans Mission, & in which I hope he may obtain
such a reception & notice from the Society as may
entitle him to S=ess."
BP. SAMUEL SEABURY, Dec. 29, 1794, at New London.
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New London Decl 29th, 1794.
dear Sir,
I take the liberty to tran&nit the enclosed to you,
with the request that you v.Duld be so good as to put
them into such a way as you think proper. If the Rev
M:Jntague is _wit:J:iin your reac;:h, I should be glad one
was given to hJ.m with my compl:i.ments.
Please to m:ike my & .Marias regards acceptable to
w:s parker. Wishing you l:xJth =Y happy returns of
this season, I rerrain your affecte hum. serv.
S. Bp. Connect. & Rho. Isl.
'!he Revd [)!" S. Parker
Reetor of Trinity Church I Boston
(The enclosures ~re, doubtless, flyers of the "Prorosals" for printing by subscription the projected new
wlurre of the Bishop's observations and discourses,
announced by the New London printer Thorras C. Green
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SAMUEL PARKER, Dec. 30, 1794, at Boston. To SaI!Ulel
Peters, London . MS: Afr.A. See Peters Papers, 110:
Says the reason Wm. M:.mtague and he sent no opinions
on Peters' s election as Bishop of Vernont was that
· they heard only rurrors until last Cctober, when Col.
Graham was introduced to him by a letter from the
vernont Convention. Says he desired to send no opinion by that gentlerran and even now wishes to offer no
advice. "All I shall observe upon the Subject is that
if or Bass prefe=ed the srrall living he holds at
Newburypt to the Bishoprick of Venront, I shd imagine
that you wd prefer at this period of life the ease,
plenty & agreeable Society you are now in possession
of, to the trouble, penury & Vexations that probably
will be annexed to that Office. But perhaps a Mitre
and the title of Right Revd have rrore charms in your
Eyes than in mine . " On the matter of the place of
Consecration he thinks the Archbishop's reasoning has
great ~ight especially in view of the state of affairs be~ Britian and the U.S. at this rronent.
In view of the constitutional set-up of the Church in
the U.S., "it is my opinion your Reception at Vernont
\oOUJ.d be rrore agreeable, was your Consecration to take
place here.... With respect to sending your Letter to
Bishop Provost for his opinion whether he will consecrate, there has not been tirre since its reception, &
it would be needless, for he could not have given an
~, before the request of the Convention cane before him, as that body & not you are to petition, &
then he must have the Advice of his Coadjutors.
P.s. Says Peters is wrong in believing "every Denc:mination of Christians is independent of all Denaninations in every other State." Says the governrrent of
the Episcopal Church is similar to that of the federal
C}Olle:rnrrent. Having adopted the general constitution
of the Church, Verrront is l:xJund by the laws or canons
of the General Convention, this node of ecclesiastical
90Vernrrent having been adopted by all the States.
Each may elect its bishop, "but they must proceed
O:X:fornably to the rules pointed out in the genl Constitution to obtain Consecration, & shd they act other""lse, the genl Governrrent may refuse to consider them
as part of the Arrerican Episcopal church."

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20, 1795, at London. To SP, BosReports that he has been invited to go to Ver~ c;:aments on Arrerican bishops and the General
st . tion. MS: Dio. Mass. WPA, 6: " ... letter
cni::ating_tm:-t he, Peters, does not know how to act
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t.~ er~nt (Venront) because of the canon made at
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to be consecrated bishop unless he has lived and
officiated in the States for three years, and he
has therefore consulted with the Archbishop for
advice."
:ooGER VIEI'S, Apr. 8, 1795, at Digby, N.S .

To SP,
Boston. Sends a bill or draft on the SPG for £25
for SP to clear. Fears that Mrs. Viets, now returning to Conn. to settle the estate of her late
father, may not survive the journey. "In Case of
a War betwixt Britain & Arrerica I must depend intirely on your Goodness to secure the srrall Sum
that will be in your Hands. I beg You v.Duld have
it in such Situation as to be safe In Case of such
a War. Then i f the War should not happen, no Harm
will be done. You secured a good Interest for
Brd." Walter in a similar Predicarrent." Desires
news of Walter and Clarke; asks SP to give Mrs.
Viets $20 to help her to Conn., and requests him
to ship certain carrrodities by schooner to Nova
Scotia. MS: EDS.

WILLIAM MJRICE (Sec'y of the SPG), Apr. 13, 1795,
at~ Street, London.
To SP, Boston. Has received SP's letter of last Nov. 27. Sends a packet
of SPG anniversary serrrons or Abstracts. Cannot
at present say much on the subject of the Venront
lands. '&D Boards have deliberated and, though
syrrpathetic, "don't think that the present situation of things in the country of Venront furnishes
sufficient grounds for their acceding to proposals
which are liable to many inconveniencies, & involved in difficulties." As for Verrront, "I should
apprehend there are very few Episcopal Ministers to
need the care & superintendency of a Bishop. Be
that as it may, I believe you will hear from other
hands that the Bp. Elect of Venront will not be
consecrated on our side the water." MS: EDS.
:ooGER VIEI'S, Apr. 14, 1795, at Digby, N.S.

To SP,
Boston. Adds to the list of carrrodities he desires
SP to send. Indicates alarm al:xJut Mrs. Viets's
health . Should she be ill in Boston, she will go
to Mr. Stoddard's. Desires a copy of the panphlet
containing docurrents related to Bp. Seabury's first
neeting with his clergy in Middletown. Says he
has in his parish a Scottish gentlerran, a nonjuror
[Wm. Muir], who desires to study the succession
of Scottish bishops and who has heard Bp. Skinner
preach. MS: EDS.

JAmB BAILEY, Apr. 16, 1795, at Annapolis Royal,
N. S. To SP, Boston. Asks SP to direct the enclosed letter to Dr. Jeremy Belknap. Inquires
after Wm. Walter, F.dward Bass and W. W. Wheeler.
"As to ecclesiastical affairs our Bishop is so industrious and vigilant as to preserve them in a respectable situation--eight new churches have been
erected in the county of Annapolis-and ~ have
one neeting house viz. a rrethodist--the congregation decreases l:xJth in nurrt>er and reputation--the
preacher for whan it was erected has entirely left
those sectaries and adheres closely to the Church
This goes by the Quaker schooner of Annapolis~oel Webber, master."
MS: EDS.

REV. JOSEPH WILIARD (Rector of St. John's), May 22,
1795, at Portsn:outh. To SP, Boston. Asks SP to
send by the bearer l:xx:>ks recarrrended while at Portsm:mth. Asks SP also to ccrrply with another request,
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duties "to much greater advantage." Writes of the
..ell -being of SP' s Portsrrouth friends. MS: EDS.
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, May 26, 1795, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Had hoped to visit Boston with John
Usher. Says the R. I. Convention, which was to have
rret this week in Bristol, has been postponed until
July 8 so that Bp. Seabury might attend. Hopes the
Mass. Convention will elect delegates for the General
Convention because "there is no probability of Bp
Seaburys attending, & ML" Bowden writes rre, he thinks
there will be no representation from Connecticut & I
am pretty sure there will be none from Rhode Island."
'filanks SP for lending him sare printed senrons.
MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PEI'ERS, July 13, 1795, at Pimlico, London. To
SP, Boston. Writes about the Church in "Verdrront" and
about the three "Georgite Bishops" who have agreed
arrong themselves to ignore Bp. Seabury. MS: Dio.
Mass. WPA, 6: " ... letter concerning the staterrent
that Bishops Provoost, White, and Madison are called
by our Archbishop the 'Bishops of the United States
of Arrerica. '"
WILLIAM MJRICE (Sec'y of the SPG), Aug. --, 1795, at
Gower St. , London. To SP, Boston. Regarding Church
lands in New Hampshire wrongfully conveyed to private
persons. MS: Dio. Mass. WPA, 6-7: " ... letter enclosing the ~r of attorney properly executed which
Parker had asked the Society to sign so that he [might]
se=e the return of church lands in New Hampshire. "
RANNA CDSSIT, SR., Aug. ll, 1795, at Sydney, N.S. To
SP, Boston, kindness of Joseph Peters, P.M. at Halifax. Sends another Bill of Exchange to SP, asking him
to transfer the cash realized therefrom to his son,
Ranna, III, at Dartrrouth College. MS: EDS.
BENJAMIN M:DRE, Aug. 24, 1795, at New York. To SP,
Boston. Writes about the disposition of William Vassall 's estate and the significance of the bishops'
negative in General Convention. MS: Dio. Mass.
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, Oct. 27, 1795, at Providence.
Writes of his attempts to send bocks
or printed items to SP. MS: Dio. Mass.

To SP, Boston.

REV. JAMES ABERCRCMBIE, Oct. 30, 1795, at Phila. To
SP, Boston. Sends 70 copies of the Journal of General
Convention to SP for distribution in New England. MS:
Dio. Mass. ·WPA, 9: "A report by Jarres Aber=anbie
covers an incident at the Philadelphia convention of
1795 in which an impeached rrerrber [Rev. Henry Purcell]
fonnally challenged Dr. Andrews to a duel with sword
or pistol but was bound over to keep the peace and the
duel thus avoided."
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 25, 1795, at Boston. To Samuel
Peters, London. MS: NrA. Analyzed in Peters Papers,
122-123. See Append:iz.
SAMUEL PARKER, Nov. 30, 1795, at Boston. To David
Phipps. Has received P's undated letter sent to all
the executors of the will of P's late father-in-law,
Stephen Greenleaf, which is discussed at considerable
length. MS: NNPM.
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, Dec. 18, 1795, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Sends SP the chant he desired (bor~ apparently fran the MS. collection of William

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Smith the Younger, Rector of Trinity Church, Newport, a ;.ork with the title: The Churchrran's
Choral Canpanion to His Prayer Book; consisting
of Chants, Responses, and Anthems, with Scripture
Hyryns Set to Appropriate Melodies, N. Y. , 1809.)
Writes: "Brother Smith holds his Book of Chaunts
in high estimation & is anxious for the publishrrent
of them but their seems no possibility of that at
present---he is willing to send you on for perusal
his Book in Manuscript, if you wish to see it, provided you will assure him that there shall be no
copies taken from it. I wish you to do this, as
you could then reccmrend the publishrrent of the
Chaunts for the Hymns in the Prayer Book as a first
Part. [SJh9 this succeed he might then ... at sare
future Period publish the renaining Ones, as a Second Part. I have advised him to this, but as yct
he has not rrade up his Mind upon it. " MS: EDS.
REV. JAME'S ABERCRCMBIE, Dec. 27, 1795, at Pine St.,
Phila. To SP, Boston. Has SP ' s letter of Dec. ll ,
caiplaining at not receiving the consignrrent of
General Convention Journals. Apologizes for the
printer's negligence. Sends three or four for the
interim until the bulk shiµrent can be rrade. "The
interference of the house of Bishops in [the Rev.
Henry] Purcell's favor induced the house of C & L.
Deputies to revise & soften, as much as possible,
their minutes concerning him & his schismatic pamphlets; which, bye the bye,-is rrade up of plagiarisms from the writings of Conyers Middleton,
tacked together by his own original nonsense,
which in al.Irost every line contains such violations of grarrrnar, and absurdities of sentirrent &
diction as a schoolboy ought to be asharred of; I
entirely coincide with you in opinion that he is a
disgrace to his profession .... I wish the rranners
& rrorals of rrany of the Southern Clergy ..ere !!Dre
correct than farre reports them to be." MS: EDS.

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BEIA HUBBARD, Dec. 29, 1795, at New Haven. To SP,
Boston. Writes in behalf of distraught Mrs. Sheafe,
whose daughter (Mrs. Erwing or Erwin) is declining
into a conSUI1ption after a recent childbirth. Says
Mrs. Sheafe wishes that Boston friends, esp. Mrs.
I..ovell, should know of her circumstances and possibly corre to Conn. for a few weeks to help lengthen
the life of the daughter. MS: EDS.
DANIEL BURHANS (Rector of St. Luke's), Jan. 10,
1796, at Lanesborough, Mass. To SP, Boston, kindness of Gideon Wheeler. Though unacquainted, hopes
SP rray have heard of him through Col. Hatch of Boston, who has offered to pay for a folio Prayer Book,
the sheets of which are now being printed. Desires
to know where they rray be had. "I am young in the
arduous task [and] placed alone in this part of the
Country, while the Prophets of B-1, John calvin &
Tern Pa[i]ne, with a large tribe of Nothing-arians
are nurrerous .... " Says he was a pupil of Gideon
Bostwick of Great Barrington, who died six days
after B. had received Orders. Adds that caleb
Child, who succeeded B. at Great Barrington, is
capable of considerable mischief. Should SP have
any infonnation about Child, asks that it be shared
with him. Sends a panphlet. MS: EDS.
DANIEL BARBER, Jan. 18, 1796, at Clarerront, N .H.
Asks to
be favored by SP' s correspondence because there is
no clergyrran within eighty miles. "The persecution

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rroney realized fran bills of exchange sent by his
father, Ranna, Sr. MS: EDS.
PRES. JOSEPH WII.J.ARD (of Harvard College), Aug . 15,
1796, at cambridge. To SP, Boston. Answers SP's
letter of this day by observing "that as the Vice
President of the United States is President of the
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is, I suppose, no.i
at hone, the order wished for respecting Mr Taylor's
paper must care from him . . .. " r-<.S: EDS.
REV. WILLIAM M:lNI'AGUE, Sept. 29, 1796, at Quincy. To
SP, Boston . Says Mr. Green has reported that SP was
offended at what M. said in Green's store. Explains
what he rreant to say, for no offense was intended.
Says that if SP had given him tine to clear up the
matter he would have seen it in the sarre light. Discusses the happenings at the last Convention and why
he called one man's action a lie. "However ircproper
my expression relative to the use that ought to be
made of such a letter as Dr. Walter sent rre, yet if I
had been in town the day the convention sat I should
not have attended, neither was it out of disrespect
nor a want of a sense of my duty to them that I did
not write my reasons for not attending, but purely
out of love to the church and a regard to peace, and
not by any rreans to discover the least disposition to
make difficulties on what I consider for the good of
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the age it must be rrore owing to our poverty and
local circumstances than either to our rrorality or
religion." Condemns the "licentious principles and
flagitious conduct of the French . " MS: EDS.
JOHN COSENS OO)EN, Nov. 15, 1796, at Lansingburgh,
N. Y. To SP, Boston. Says Daniel Barber of Clarerront reports that a suit for the Verrront lands cannot be brought into Federal Courts. He himself believes the contrary. However that may be, he suggests a new approach to the problem: Hard w::>rk to
propagate the Gospel! Says this evangelical rrethod
has not yet been tried. In particular, he reccmrrends that 01urchrren in New England's large towns
might send religious books and panphlets to Verrront
parishes. "A few days before I left Portsrrouth our
trustees held a rreeting. I proposed that they should
carmit the business of leasing and looking up the
lands to Ambrose Cossit, Esq., and rre-but W Adams
and Judge Olcott had previously laid another plan
in order to obtain the Bishoprick and incare of the
Lands for the Revd ~ H. of 01arlestown. Death put
an end to their wishes--But did not make arrends for
their mistake in making
Hutchinson an attorney."
Thanks to financial help from Trinity 01urch, New
York, he has incare enough to devote full tine to
the Verrront problem. Asks SP for books and advice.
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RCGER VIEI'S, OCt . 17, 1796, at Digby, N. S. To SP,
Boston. Explains why Mr . Randall deprived SP of the
rreans of answering V's last letter. Asks SP for a
staterrent of his account and whether any rroney has
care into it from Conn. arising from the sale of Mrs.
V's lands there. Asks SP to send him tea, chocolate,
leather for shoes and India Cotton. Asks once rrore
for a copy of Revolutionary Justice Displayed or the
Inside View of the Prisons of Paris. [F. Stoddard
has written SP on the outside: "Novernr 22Q 1796-Mf Randall Says, he shall Sail in Ten Days for Digby,
you can now have an OppY to write or Send by him,
Enquire at capt Lincoln's."] MS: EDS.

DANIEL BARBER, Nov. 30, 1796, at Clarerront, N.H.
Is surprised
to learn that Mr. Adams refused to bring suit for
the SPG lands in N.H. and Vt. in the district Federal Court. Says that he and Ambrose Cossit had
provided docurrents for this purpose. What is to be
done? (Suits of all kinds are on the dockets of the
State courts.) Says Tan Paine's and John calvin' s
children are great enemies of the Church and are
agreed "that sacrilege is no Crine." Hopes that the
Trustees of the 01urch lands will not allow plunderers to pass with ircpunity. Mentions the recent introduction of an organ at Clarerront. Desires SP to
corment on the canon that ircpedes New Hanpshire's
joining the Mass. Convention. MS: EDS.

RANNA COSSIT, III, Oct. 19, 1796, at Dartnouth College. To SP, Boston. Aclmowledges SP's letter of
Sept. 6 and thanks him for many kindnesses to "a lad
who you !mow not, but sir he is a lad that perchance
may or may not ever be !mown to the world, and is
your rrost obedient hurrble Serv~" MS: EDS.

RANNA COSSIT, SR., Dec., 1796, at Sydney, N.S . To
SP, Boston. Sends SP bills of exchange for processing, asking that his son, Ranna, III, be notified of
the status of his account. MS: EDS.

To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Parkes.

DANIEL BURHANS, Jan. 19, 1797, at Lanesborough,
Mass. To SP, Boston, kindness of Azariah Eggleston.
Asks SP to send vol. 1 of Studies of Nature if available. Hopes Edward Bass's acceptance of the episcopal chair will be for the welfare of the 01urch.
Doubts his success because the "derrocratic Spirit
so obvious in sore of our brethren ... will magnify
(if not his superan [n] uated failings) at least themselves against him." Is happy with John Adams' s
election to the Presidency-a check to the "insolence of Jaoobinism." MS: EDS.

DANIEL BURHANS, Nov. 6, 1796, at Lanesborough, Mass.
To SP, Boston, kindness of G. Wheeler. Asks SP about
"the determinations of our Bp.-Elect" and the activities of "our Anti-Episcopal Brethren" in the Convention. Says he purposes being in Boston in the spring
and "to act independant (i.e. of our opponents) & I
Pray for the happiness of finding my Brethren rrore
uniform in Sentirrent & united in that love & friendship--the want of which sinks the 01ristian beneath
the Infidel." Encloses a panphlet rrentioning capt.
Bradley and $2 for vol. 1 of Studies of Nature, to be
delivered to Mr. Nancrede. Adds that he may not stay
long in Mass. because of scanty appropriations for the
clergy. MS: EDS.

To SP, Boston, kindness of capt. Lincoln . Reports
on the weather in N.S. and an epidemic especially

JAO:lB BAILEY, Nov. 14, 1796, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
To SP, Boston. Writes: "You rrention the increase of
luxury and the advanced price of provisions-we are in
l!U.lch the sarre situation here, and if we cannot equal
you in luxw:y, dissipation and the politer vices of

lethal to children. Says scarcity of farm labor is
attributable to wages paid those errployed in repairing military garrisons at Halifax, Annapolis, etc.
Asks how the clergy are supported in New England.
By taxes? Asks whether Jeremy Belknap has published
the second vol. of his Airerican Biography. MS: EDS.

JMX.lB BAILEY, Apr. 7, 1797, at Annapolis Royal, N. S.

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ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, May 22 , 1797, at Providence .
To SP, Boston. Has been disappointed in his hope to
visit SP and return his long-overdue books. Explains
his dependence on Messrs. Dexter and Mumford. Will
cOJre to Boston next week if Mrs. Clarke's health permits. Mentions the vacancy at Newport and the expectation by sorre that John Sylvester John Gardiner will
be called. Asks for SP' s opinion of this possibility.
Says that prudence keeps him silent. Reports Edward
Bass's visit en route to his consecration. Regrets
Mr. Jenkins's inability to see SP last week. MS: EDS.
DANIEL BURHANS, June 12, 1797, at Pittsfield. To SP,
Boston, kindness of Dr. Wm. Towner. Says he has returned safe to his rural hare. "Here retired from
the noise of public amuserrents & the busy [?plans]
of catching rroney we live upon our own industry, but
how long . . . God only knows." Hears that Jacobinism is
triurrphing in Europe. Fears the enthusiasm of French
Principles is the "worst of evils." M.S: EDS.
JAC'OB BAILEY, June 17, 1797, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Dr. Tobias. Has SP's letter of Apr. 27. Introduces Dr. Tobias, a specialist
in Scarlatina, an attack of which Bailey himself has
recently suffered . Reports on local weather and news.
M.S: EDS.
RANNA COSSIT, III, June 19 , 1797, at Hanover, N.H.
To SP, Boston. Requests SP to send rroney through the
agency of Mr. Liberty Barrister, who cares to Boston
on business. M.S: Dio. Mass.
DANIEL BURHANS, July 4, 1797, at Lanesborough, Mass.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Capt. Quincy. Says Mrs.
C. Grey has vol. 2 of Studies of Nature and copies
of the Boston edition of the Prayer Book which he intended to take to Lanesborough. Asks SP to collect
and hold them pending further instructions. Mentions
a candidate naned Arcos Pardee who anticipates settlerrent at Manchester, Vt., if Bp. Bass will ordain him
and if he can secure the necessary testirronials.
(He
has them from Connecticut.) Asks about procedures
and whether [John Sylvester John) Gardiner has gone
to Newport. What has becare of our panphleteering
brother [John Cosens Ogden)? Recalls the agreeable
evening spent at SP's house, when SP and Abraham L.
Clarke found a "tincture of schism" in him. M.S: EDS.
JAO:>B BAILEY, July 24, 1797, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Debue. Says the bearer, recamended by Col. Tyng of Portland, is a royalist escaped from Guadalupe, secretary of the late governor and rrarried to his daughter. Says he has been
honored at Halifax by Prince Edward, Sir John Wentv.Drth and others, and desires refuge in the U.S. Asks
SP to give him advice and direction. · MS: EDS.

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until cool weather. Says Ogden has disgraced himself in the State of N.Y. and that Dr. Walter Gardiner of Narragansett , the friend of Dr. Wm. Smith
(the Younger), "is now on his Last Legs--is at New
York with his Wife & Child--obliged to flee from
[Christ Church) Hudson [N.Y.) in haste, unable to
pay his Debts & unable to Account for the M:mies
Recd from the Corporation of Trinity Chh. Arren."
Says people at Newport are awaiting a return visit
by John Sylvester John Gardiner and that Abraham
Jarvis rray be consecrated at New Haven in Oct. (Bp.
White's answer to the Standing Crnmi ttee has been
received. ) M.S : EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Aug. 13, 1797, at Boston. To Jarres
CUtler, c/o David Trurrbull, Lebanon, Conn. A friendly letter to an old acquaintance suffering from hypochondria, who would like for SP to travel into Conn.
to visit him. SP sends news of his Boston hare,
friends and children. M.S: NNPM.

ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, Aug. 17, 1797, at Providence.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Rev. Henry M:Jscrop. Sends
SP a copy of the [?R. I.) Convention Journal for
1792. M.S: Dio. Mass.
ABRAHAM LYNSEN CIARKE, Aug. 19, 1797, at Providence.
To SP, Boston. Asks SP to direct the enclosed letter to Wm . M:Jntague, whom he wishes to supply for
him during tv.o Sundays in Sept. when he llUlst be in
N.Y. M.S: EDS.
RCGER. VIErS, Sept. 19, 1797, at Digby, N.S . To SP,
Boston. Says his wife sold her land in Connecticut
for ~200, to be paid for in instalrrents. Reports
that Ezra and Roger Griswold, who collected sorre of
the rroney, used it to care for their own debts, hoping eventually to replace it. Urges SP to send the
enclosed l etter to his brother-in-law, Benjamin
Buckingham of New Milford, asking him to stop payrrent of further instalrrents lest they share the fate
of those paid to the Griswolds. Speed is irrportant
for a considerable sum could be lost by even a day's
delay in delivery. Fears that Bp. Bass will not be
adequately provided for. "Bishop Seabury I irragine
had as good as £200 or 1250 Sterl. p;- Ann. Bish!?
Provost as Rector of New York & Chaplain to the Congress, I suppose, £800 or ~900 New York CUrrency.
Will you tell ne ... whether your Bishl? is to have any
Thing to live on, or is [he] to be a pure, spiritual
Bishop with Nothing corporeal or tenporal to support
him! " MS: EDS.

ABRAHAM LYNSEN CLARKE, Aug. 1, 1797, at Providence.

RCGER. VIEI'S, Sept. 27, 1797, at Digby, N.S. To SP,
Boston. Writes of difficulties in getting letters
to SP and the high cost of provisions because of
the War. Asks SP to transmit the enclosed letter
to Springfield for Eliphalet Mitchelson to stop the
paynent of rroney that might otherwise fall into the
hands of two young relatives who are now deeply in
debt. Comrents on Bp. Inglis, »assrs, Bailey, Wiswall, weeks , and Dr. Byles . Describes the activities
of »athodist and New Light preachers, who both excite
and rob the pear. Asks for news of Dr. Walter, Bp.
Bass, King's Chapel, and esp. Clarke: " ... has he
any Abaterrent of his Deafness? where does he reside? what are his Circumstances of Livelihood?
His Heal th? Is his Wife rrended in Heal th or Tffilper?" M.S: EDS.

To SP, Boston. Reports having just returned from
N.Y. and Conn., leaving his sick wife at Stratford

RANNA COSSIT, III, Oct. 9, 1797, at Hanover, N.H.

lo:;ER VIErS, July 29, 1797, at Digby, N.S. To SP,
Boston. Has several hundred pounds due him from Connecticut-rrore than enough to cover what he owes SP,
who is to charge interest on the debt until paid. Reports receiving the last shiµrent of articles. Hopes
Bp. Bass will be rerrunerated according to his nerits.
Rejoices to observe greater amity between the U.S. and
Britain. Says, "The States and Nova Scotia will be
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TO SP, Boston. Asks SP to forward by Dr. Philips any
rroney he rray have received fran his father, Ranna Cossit, Sr. MS: Dio. Mass.
DANIEL BURHANS, Jan. 2, 1798, at Lanesborough, Mass.
To SP, Boston, kindness of G. Wheeler. Has received
SP's letter of Nov . 17, which inplies that B. is an
ignoramus and a wretched penrran. As for the books,
he asks that they be sent by Mr. F.ggleston, 'Who will
call for them. Jests about being accused of extempore
prayers at funerals. Says Ogden is now in Stockbridge
publishing his t = through Canada, showing friends a
letter fran the Bishop reccmrending him to a parish
in Maine, but his capers arrong the Dissenters have
shoved him into a corner 'Where he is little noticed
and "fran 'Which I hope he rray find a back Door & be
gone." Ogden tells B. that he is going to Philadelphia to obtain the archbishopric of Arrerica! ! Asks
that the enclosed letter be forwarded to Bp. Bass.
MS: EDS.
TRINITY OillRO:I VESTRY, NEWPORT, Jan. 17, 1798, at Newport. To SP, Boston. Minutes of the Vestry rreeting
of Jan. 16, thanking SP for his exertions at the ordination of their new rector, Theodore Dehon, on Dec.
24, 1797, by Bp. Bass and desiring a copy of his serrron for publication. Signed by John Bours, Clerk of
the Vestry. MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Apr. 10, 1798, at Boston. To Hon.
Christopher Toppan, Hanpton, N.H. Remits by Attorney
Walker of New Plyrrouth, N.H., dividends on stocks.
Sends Mrs. T. agricultural publications to help her
in her dairy and potato field. Reports the death of
Dr. Clark. MS: MX:.A.

DANIEL BURHANS, May 24, 1798, at Lanesborough, Mass.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Dr. wm. Towner. Regrets
not being able to attend the approaching diocesan convention because of Mrs. B's illness, 'Which requires
a journey into Conn. Says they ·have elected Azariah
F.ggleston of Lenox as delegate. Asks SP to send books
by stage in care of Dr. Kittredge, the inn-keeper at
Pittsfield. Repcirts the disappearance of Ogden and
the plight of Gt. Barrington because of the resignation of Caleb Child. ("Thus am I delivered fran two
enemies to the Cross & left alone in the County. ")
Says a candidate for the Congregational ministry
preaches in the Gt. Barrington church, which cries
for help. Asks when Bp. Bass ffi3.y be expected to visit
churches in his quarter. MS: EDS.

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"Child & Ogden are still hovering around--pitied
by sare & despised by others; I have no nore to
fear fran either, as they have lost their influence arrong all." Says one is in N.Y. State; the
other, in Conn. "While at Connecticut I becarre
acquainted with or Smith & his Lady, forrrerly fran
Newport. I am very v.ell pleased with this rran-think him a gcx:x1 Scholar & an able Divine--he is
now deeply engaged with the dissenting Clergy on
the old Subject of episcopacy--& I think him v.ell
equipped for the canbat--yet afraid of his zeal
for his driving is like the driving of Jehu."
Discusses his own bad health. MS: EDS.
ROGER VIETS, Aug. 24, 1798, at Digby, N.S. To SP,
Boston, kindness of Severio Jones. The canplete
letter is ptd. in Pre-Revol. Conn. , 24 9, fran which
I select two of the seven paragraphs:
"Will you take the Trouble to call on MI. Stoddard (He was forrrerly & I suppose is still a great
Admirer of you) and give my Wive' s and my own tenderest Respects to him, and tell him that We take
the deepest Interest in his extrerre Distress! O.rr
heartiest Prayers to God are that he ~uld give him
'Patience under his Sufferings & an happy Issue out
of all his Afflictions'!
"I am sorry for the sudden Death of those two
Y.Drthy Gentlerren of the dissenting Ministry MI.
Clark & o!:. Belknap. Not long ago We lost 5 Clergyrren in this Province & New Brunswick in one year.
3 of them very good exerrplary Gentleren, the other
2 not bad Men. MI. Cook forrrerly Missionary in M:mrrouth C2 New Jersey since at si Ann's New Brunswick drowned there--Mr. Roland died suddenly at
Shelburne--MI. Lloyd of Chester frozen to Death on
a Journey thro' the Woods--MI. Ellis of Windsor &
M£ Delaroche of Guysborough. OUr Brethren are all
v.ell in these Parts.--"

To SP,
Boston, kindness of Dr. Byles. Has SP' s letter of
July 2. Believes the greater part of those left with
Mr. Lincoln have miscarried.
"Please to excite him to
nore care for the future." Regrets hearing of Jeremy
Belknap's death [on June 20). Asks for a Yale Catalogue to note 'Who of his old college friends are gone.
Desires a succession of the non-juring bishops in Scotland for wm. Muir, 'Who knew sare of them. Discusses
his account with SP. MS: EDS.

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DANIEL BURHANS, Aug. 14, 1798, at Lanesborough, Mass.
To SP, Boston. Has SP's letter of June 27 and the
books brought by Azariah F.ggleston. Says his wife is
near death. As for the recent diocesan convention,
thanks SP for an account of the harrronious proceedings
and for being naninated a delegate to the General Convention. (Is sorry he cannot accept the h::>nor.) Is
pleased with the account SP gives of Dehon of Newport.

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ABRAHAM LYNSEN CLARKE, Dec. 7, 1798, at Providence.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Rev. Joseph Warren.
Says Warren will report on 'What Churcraren of Narragansett are doing to obtain possession of Chase's
donation. "The new Charter of that Chh is copied
fran ours & the one in Newport & contains nothing
essential to this Business." would like to talk
this over with SP. Says he could rreet him at Newport. Mentions Dr. Walter Clarke Gardiner, 'Who
had earlier put his retainers or "party" under the
jurisdiction of Mass. rather than Conn. MS: EDS.
GENERAL CDNVENI'IOO:

ROGER VIETS, July 26, 1798, at Digby, N.S.

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1799, at Phila.

To Bp. William White, Phila. A
petition for a Special Convention to be held on or
about June 11, 1799, signed by SP as rrernber of the
Standing Ccrrmi ttee. See Appendix. A circular in
EDS.
WILLIAM SMITH (THE EIDER), Mar. 1, 1799, at Phila.
To SP, Boston. Encloses the printed circular dated
Feb. 13, 1 799, and requests SP' s signature. Asks

that the circular 'When signed be conveyed "to y=
Bishop." (The circular is the one described in the
preceding entry.) MS: EDS.
BP. WILLIAM WHITE, July 8, 1799, at Phila. To SP,
Boston. Introduces the son of John Stuart. MS:
Dio. Mass.

SAMUEL PARKER, Oct. 9, 1799, at Boston. To David
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JACOB BAIIEY, Jan. 13, 1802, at Annapolis Royal, N.S.
To SP, Boston . Has SP' s letter of Dec. 21. Thanks
him for friendly attention to his unhappy daughter,
regretting that her situation prevented her "fran returning to her parents who are ready to receive her
kindly. I have from her a very penitent letter and
Capt. Stuart assures rre that her repentance is sincere. She declares ... that every art has been used
and every advantage taken, by a libertine ... to seduce
her and then to expose her to greater distress arrong
strangers." Sends related inform3.tion. MS: EDS.

REV.

JAMES 13CWERS, May 22, 1802, at Marblehead.

To

SP, Boston. Asks to be presented for ordination by
SP at Trinity Church either on Convention or Ascension
Day . Regrets the circumstances that lie behind such
a late application, but SP's ccrrpliance will rreet the
wishes of the Bishop. MS: EDS.
DANIEL BARBER, Oct. 18, 1802, at Clarerront, N.H. To
SP, Boston, kindness of Mr. Dunbar. Introduces Mr.
Dunbar. "The Active part you took at the General Convention in favour of Our Petition, to be Constituted
a District with the Eastern part of Venront, ~rits my
Warrrest Gratitude.... Bishop Bass, by his imprudent
Ordinations has done Us 11U1Ch harm. [I) t is said by
many, he will Ruin the ChJ:l. This was the only Reason
these Churches would Not Consent to Join Massachusetts,
by being under one Bishop." (Had SP been bishop it
would have been different.) " [F) or the present we
have put our Selves under Connecticut . " Says he is
thinking of applying to the SPG for a right or two
of their lands in Venront. Larrents the fact that so
1TU1Ch property lies useless and unimproved. MS: EDS.
JOHN BOURS, Feb. 15, 1803, at Ne'Np:)rt. To SP, Boston.
Reports that the Rector of Trinity Church, Theodore
Dehan, is regaining his health in South Carolina but
fears a relapse if he returns to the North. (Is this
not a hint that the parish should look about for at
least an as~istant?) . Says Mr. ~=iam, the schoolnaster has left notwithstanding his having been given
an usher to help him in school work. Says the church
nay have to close its doors unless SP can help locate
a supply who might both take charge of the school and
assist the Rector . Perhaps a lay reader would be better than nothing. Says New Light ranters abound in
NeWfQrt. MS: EDS.
REV. JOSEPH WILLARD, Mar. 16, 1803, at Port&roUth. To
SP, Boston. Thanks SP for his "very kind & useful la-

bors in this place" during W's absence. Says $15,000
which he obtained beyond N.Y. has already been received
by the Ccrrmittee. "The gold rredal you intrusted to my
care, I was not able to deliver to Dcx:t~ Dwight owing
to the late hour I arrived in New Haven; but being
personally acquainted with Dcx:t;- Hubbard I called him
up, & he premised to hand it to Mr. Dwight in the
i:orning." Sends wann regards to SP from the clergy
lJ1 N.Y. and Philadelphia.
"Bishops M:x>re & White express themselves with great severity relative to the
conduct of our friend Dcx:t;- Bass in ordaining Barfield. " MS: EDS.
PHlLLIPs GEDNEY, May 2, 1803, at Tewksbury, Mass. To
SP, Boston. Says the Rev. Abraham Haskell brought
SP' s letter. Regrets H. cannot officiate on Sunday

next. The parish Ccrrmittee hopes that John Sylvester
John Gardiner might care to their aid. Asks SP to

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JOHN USHER, May 19, 1803, at Bristol, R.I. To SP,
Boston. Writes in his 80th year of the deplorable
state of St. Michael's Church, Bristol, for which
satE nay blarre him.
Reports that Abraham Lynsen
Clarke has resigned because of dissension in the
parish and that he himself has "no expectation of
stepping into the Desk again. " Says he desires
peace in the parish and will be no obstacle to any
plan Bp. Bass and the clergy shall deem necessary.
"This nay properly be called my first Letter since
You or Sir was at my bed side .... " MS: EDS.
SAMUEL PARKER, Sept. 14, 1803,. at Boston. To Bp.
Abraham Jarvis, New Haven. Comrends the bearer,
the Rev. Galen Hickes, a native of .Mass., with good
testirronials and already in Deacon's Orders. Says
he was to have been advanced to the priesthood on
this day by Bp. Bass, whose death has prevented.
Asks Jarvis to gratify the candidate. MS: Dia.
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WILLIAM WILIARD WHEELER, Mar. 31, 1804, at Scituate.
To SP, Boston. Has received the vote of the Can--

mi ttee and will lay the natter before the wardens
at Marshfield and Scituate. Says his health will
prevent his attending the Convention. "You seerred
to hint that the Parish's selling the Glebe to rre,
and my buying it was sacrilege or alienation but if
the M::mey for which it was sold is se=ed to the
next Incumbent, and to the Church forever, where
lies the Sacrilege [or) alienation? The old house
was tumbling do.om, the land lying ccmron, without
fence, and running up into Brush, satE part of the
old house had tumbled dCMn, and it appears that the
whole would, i f I had not taken care of it .... "
Larrents the political picture in Mass. and in the
Diocese. Asks SP to furnish him with satE horsechestnut trees. MS: EDS.
WILLIAM WillARD WHEELER, May 28, 1804, at Scituate.
To SP, Boston, kindness of Dr. Bailey, of Scituate.

Says sickness will again prevent his attending the
Convention, "but if it should be tho't proper to
adjourn ... to Cornrencerrent week, or any Other tirre,
when the eastern Winds should be less unfavourable
to my feeble constitution I might be able to attend." MS: EDS.
REV. HENRY WIGHT, June 8, 1804, at Bristol, R.I.
To SP, Boston. At John Usher's request he infonns

"that all existing difficulties between [John
Usher), his church and society are settled in a
christian rranner." Says Usher condoles with Theodore Dehon (who has lost his nother) and congratulates SP on his election to the episcopate. Reports that Alexander Viets Gri~ld, who has taken
charge of St. Michael's, Bristol, is attending the
funeral of Col. Updike of Wickford. Adds that John
Usher bears the trials of old age with Christian
fortitude. MS: EDS.
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REV. JOHN LYNN BIAO<BURIB, Oct. 24, 1804, at Quincy.
To Bp. SP, Boston. Since visiting SP he has had
no reply to his inquiries about the parish in Eden-

ton, N.C. Recently he has learned that the climate
is not "suitable to an european constitution" and
therefore declines the offer. Should sarething
worthy develop "in this neighborhood" says he would
like to hear about it. Intends, rreanwhile, to rerrain at Quincy. MS : EDS •

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Revd. Sir:
I am informed by your Townsman ye revd. Mr. Clarke, that you wish
to be informed of ye Measures in contemplation with ye epl. Clerg-y in
these parts for ye continuance of our Church & that you did me ye
honor to name me as one of whom yon wished him to make ye Inquiry.
I embrace JC Opportunity of opening my :!11iucl to you in some sentiments
additional to those general Principles which ye Clergy in this City forwarded to you by ye hon!. ~r. Lowell. From these last you will -learn ye
outlines of our System: & it only remains to mention in what w~y we
wish to sec a representative Body of ye Church constituted in each State ~
.~nd a general Representative Body for ye Continent.
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I therefore, Sir, propose for your consideration, whether it will not be
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expedient to have in each State a certain Body composed of all ye Clergy Ill
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and Lay-Delegates from ye Congregations (perhaps) according to yr re- +>
spectirn Numbers-Whether it will not be proper to provide that where z0
ye Church is numerous in any State or may hereaft.er become so in others,
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such States should be divided into Districts & ye State representative ~
Body formed by Delegation therefrom-Whether ye Church of a State -M
thought not numerous enough to have a Bishop ·may not be perfectly or- ::i::
ganized, except a Dependence required on some other for ye single purpose of Ordination, a President in such case to be chosen annually; &
Whether, if a State be divided into Districts there mny not be a Bishop in
each District, whereby each Bp. having a very moderate superintendance,
might be also a Parish Minister & would not require a separate Revenue
for his Support, ye geiting such a Revenue being perhaps impracticable?
In respect to a continental R epresentative,--0r a Convocation of ye
ep. Cb. in ye US, I submit to you,- whether (were they even to meet but
once in :i, 4, or 5 years) such a Body Le not essential to our keeping together one Church as ye R. Catholics, Presbyterians & Quakers do respectinly-& whether suc:h a Body might not be formed, w-ithout any
great Burthen, by a Delegation from each State?
I kuow, revd. Sir, that ye introducing the Laity into our Scheme is
thought exceptionable by some of our Brethren. In answer, I will not
pretend any apprehensioas of ye Clergy acq;iiring extravaga12t Powers;
altbo' could I foresee such au event, it would confirm me in my principle.
But und er present Circumstances, I rather expect, that without ye Laity,
there will be no Go•t. at all ;(1) and that there will be no persons capabl1>
of exercising that Authority which ye 20th & 34th Articles of ye Church
of England co nsider essentially inherent to every Church; In short, whateYer ye Clergy alone shall do will be treated as what a Congu. may either
receive or reject & as not even binding on ye dissenting Members of their
own Body; & ye Consequence will at last be, that ye several Cougrega·
tions being independent of one another, will gradually widen in Doctrine,
and Worship, agreeing perhaps in ye single circumstance of their requiring episcopal Ordination.
On ye Subject of procuring ye succession I shall only obsei:ve, that if
any private Measures said to have been undertaken for this End shd prove
successful, I think ye whole Church shd gladly arnil itself of ye Acquisition. If not, an Application to our Mother Church from Representatives
of ye epl. Church generally will be surely too respectable to be slighted;
& such an Application might be easily framed by correspondence among
ourselves.
Should you, revd. Sir, think any Pa.rt of our Plan exceptionable or have
any thing in Addition to offer, I shall be as friendly in attending to your
Sentiments as I am free in offering my own.
I have ye pleasure to inform you, that last Tuesday there must have
been a Mee ting of ye Clergy of ?ifaryld. & Delegates from ye Vestries;
but their Proceedin"'s are not vet known here.
By a Letter from ~e revd. :!llr. Beach of Brunswick, I am informed that
at a late Meeting of ye Clergy of Connecticut, they appointed a Committee
of their Body to meet us in N. York, on ye 1st Tuesday after )Iichaelmas
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with the powers of 0:-t!ina.tion, &c. to r esiJe among us, without which Ecarcc the ~ had ow of :m Episcopal C lrnrch will
i;;oon r emain in the;:e St:ttcs. l\Jany are the Congre~ations
h ere destitute of a Clergyman, & we must be left to the cli~­
a.grce:LlJlc Alternative uf having no Church in many of our
Settlem ents "·here there would proba.bly Le a rcspl'ctalilc one,
or of having clerical Powers conveyed in an irregular manner.
As t o the mode of obtaining what we stan d in suchnccJ of,
we wish aboYC all thin gs to procure it in the most regular
mn.nner & particularly from our motlier church in Eng laml.
·w hether any of the Bisli ops in England or lrclanJ would
consecra:te a Person chosen among ourselves & sent there for
t h: Lt Pnrposc without a mand :1tc from the Kin g of EnglanJ or
the authority of his Parli :1111ent, we arc at :1 Jo~s to determine;
bu t we ham- no donbt that a rcguhr Applic:ttion made by a
rcprcsentat.i\·c Tiotly of the Episeopal Churches in America
would easily obtain :1 consecrated head, ~in onler to this we
earnestly "·ish a mo(le of applying in some snd1 way may be
immediately aJoptcd by the Amcric:rn Churches.
'Ne a.re. of Opinion that we ought to lcaYc no means untried to procure a regular Succession of the Epi;;copacy before we think of obtaining it in an irregular l\fanncr. To
accomplish this we haxe chosen a Committee of our Body to
cor respond with you upon th i ~ Subj ect & arlopt such Measures
for th·~ ~am.:: a.3 may he expc1licnt or necessary. And in case
a ~lo: c ring of a r eprescnt:•ti vc Do.ly shall be agreell upon, we
have ,li:J1':.ratcd a P ower to f)ne of our Nllmbcr to represent
u3 ,\;.'our \.:'!rnrches in 3uch a. ;.Ieet ing. \re are extremely
;un:ions for the l'rescrn.tio n of our Communion & the Continuance of an lT niformity of D octrine & ·w orship, but we
see not how this can bi:.> 111:1.intaincd withCJut <1 common head,
,~ are thncfore dc;;:irous of uniting >vith yon in such ~Iea­
surcs as shall be fournl exp edient ~: proper for the common
good.
'I' e ure Gentlemen vour affectionate Brethren
& F rien ds,
in behalf of said Comention,
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At a Convention of ClerO'yrnen and Lay Deputies of
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Sept. 7 and 8, 1785.
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Rev. Edward Bass, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Newburyport.
Rev. \.Vm. "\Villard Wheeler, Rector of the united
Churches at Scituate, .Marshfi.~ld, Braintre'e, and Bridgeter.
Rev. Nathaniel Fisher, Rector of St. Peter's Church
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Re,·. Samuel Parker, Rector of Trinity Church, Boston.
H o n. T!istram Dalton, Esq., Deputy of St. Paul's
Church, N e·ivburyport.
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Ste1~hen Gre.e1:leaf, Esq., and ~fr. Benjamin Greene,
D eputies of Tnmty Chureh, Boston.
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Tl1omas Ivers, Esq., and l.!r. James Sherman Deputies
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tions be omitted, an<l the petition for Bishops, Priests,
and Deacons, immediately follow that for the universal
Church; the 20th an<l 21st petition be thus read,-that
it may please thee to endue the Governor and Council
of this Commonwealth with grace, wisdom, and understanding; that it may please thee to bless and keep the
J udgcs an cl su bordiua te 1lagistrates, giving them grace
to e~ccutc justice, and to rnaiutain truth ;-to both ,,·Lich,
the usual response, "we beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord," is to be made by tlie congregation.
That m the prayer for the whole state of Christ's
Church Militant, the part relating to Rulers and Ministers, be thus altered:-\Ve beseech thee also to save
mid defend, a11 Christian Kings, Priuces, and Governors,
and grant that they, and all that are in authority, may
truly and impartially minister justice to tlie punishment
of "icke<lness and vice, and to the mainteuance of thy
true religion and virtue; give grace, 0 Heavenly Father,
to all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; that they may,and so on, as it now stands.
That the prayers for the King, that stand before the
l\icene Creed, in tlie Communion Serviee, be omitted.
That in the Answer in the Catechism, to the question,
"\Yhat is thy duty towards thy neighbor," for," to honor
and obey tlie King '', be substituted, to honor and obey
ruv ci,·il rulers, to submit myself, &c.
·That during- every sessio~ of the General Court, the
following Col1ect be used in its proper place :-~fost
Gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for tl1is Commonwealth in general, so especially for the General Court
at this time assembled, that thou wouldest be pleased to
direct and prosper all their consultations, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety,
honor, and welfare of thy people; that all things may be
so ordered and settled, by their endeavors, upon the best
and surest foundation, that peace and happiness, truth
and justice, religion and piety, may be established among
us, for all generations ;-these, ai1J all other necessaries,
for them, for us, and thy n·bole Church, we humbly beg,
in the name and mediation of Jes us Christ, our most
blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
That the observation of 5th No.-ember, 30th January,
29th :May, and 25th October, be discontinued.
In the other parts of the Liturgy aud offices of the
Church, they came to the following resolutions:
That in the Te Deum, the sentence following this,
"when thou tookedst upon thee to deliver man," be thus
altered, thou didst bumble thyself to be born -of a pure
virgin.
That the Article in the Apostles' Creed," He descended
into Hell," be omitted.
That the Creed commonly called the Creed of St. Athanasi us, be wholly disused.
That it be left discretionary with the Minister; Wardens, and Vestry, of each particular Church, or cong1-egation, to omit or use the Nicene Creed, as they shall severally choose.
That the response after the suffrage, "give peace in
our time, 0 Lord," be thus altered, and make all nations
to rejoice in thy loving kindness, 0 God ..
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R't Rev'd Sir:
·Your favour of the 15th did not reach me till the evenin~ of. the
21st instant, and the departure of the Post tho next mormng pre.
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vented my answering it the last week.
I am very aorry to find that yon have any reluotanoe to pass the
festival of Easter at Boston, on account of any irregular or unprecedented conduct in our Church. I know not whnt accounts may have
come to your ears respecting the great nlterations we have made in
tho Liturgy oft.he Chnroh. I flat.tor myself you hve heard mor.e
than is really true. I bud tho llOnonr of transmitting to yon, Sir, a
oopy of these nlteratious, adopte<J by a Convention held in this atate.
St•pt., '85: no others have been since added, except the PllAlms. The
gentlemen of the Charitable Society .woold think themaelvea honoured with your company at their annual festivul; but I CWUIOt feel my-·
self at liberty to promise a recession from our present mode of carrying on tho aervice, as I npprehend it \Vonld be attended with great
convulsions in our Church. And if you will indulge me in tho 11tatement of a few facts relating to those alterations we have really made,
and the grounds upon which they were adopted, you will be the be~
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states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and N cw Hampshire, and there
being in those states eighteen or twenty Churches, three of the Clergymen of M.assachusetts thougl1t it advisable to invite .a Convt.'fltion
of all the Churches to consult upon some plan for maint:uniog uniformity iri Divine ·worship, and adopting such other measures as
might tend to the union and pro~perity of tho Episcopal . Church.
There being but four Clergymen, and so many Churches without, it
was absolutely necessary to call in the Wardens and delegates from
those ChurchCR who had no Clergymen.· This Convention was proposed to be held on Sept. 7, 1785. In the mean time, being informed
that the Bishop of Connecticut proposed to meet his Clergy in Convocation, on August 3, in that year, I was requested by my brethren
in the ministry, and the wardens nnd vestry, to attend thl\t meeting,
in order to learn what proceedings that body woold take, that the
proposed Convention in this st:1te might be able to act in unison with
them. The attention nnd politilness I received from yourself, Sir, :md
tho Clergy of your diocese, dem:md my grateful acknowledgments.
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ca. Upon discussing the subject of the cxpe<liency of some alterations in the Litnrg'y of the Church, it was proposed and agreed to,
to (:hoose a committee to attend the Bishop, to propose such nltcratione as should be t.honght necessary, :ind to report them to the next
rnccti11g of tho Convoc:ition. Having tlie hononr of being name<l on
that committee, in conjunction with H.ov'd Mcss'rs J arviH n11d Dow<loin, you will recollect, Sir, that we spent Friday 1md Saturday in
that week upon this subject, and that most, if not all the proposed
:iltcrations were such as we were under oblig:itions to you for, or
~uch :is yon readily agl'eed to. These pro~oscd :iltemtions were to
Le reported to the next meeting of your Convocation, <md by your
express desire, to the Convention that was to meet in this town the
following month, and were, I think, transmitted by you to the Rev'J
Dr. Smith, of-Maryland, to be communicated to the Convention to
be held at Phil:idelphia, in the month of October. The substitutes for
the state prayers were to be immediately recommended to the Churches of Connecticut; and your injunction was received and adopted,
with the alteration of one single word by our Convention. The other proposed alterations were also agreed to, and were to be sent to
all the Churches in those stat.cs for their ratification. In our peculiar
Hituation, without a Disbop, and most of onr Ohnrcl1cs without a
Clergym:m, what other mode could we del'iS'c? Till then I had not
made, and did not tbink my8elf at liberty to make, any altcration<1,
even jn the state prayers, othl•rwise than by omitting the praycn for
the King, &c. Give me leave, H.'t Rcv'd Sir, to ask wh:it other mode
we could have devised, in our peculiar situation, without a Bishop,
and most of our Churches without a Clcrgymnn? As we could not
p!occed in the most regular way of hin-ing onr Liturgy altered. by a
J3i~hop, we thought we had .taken the next most regular step, that of

gaining the consent of a neighbouring Ilishop, who, we were led to
s11ppo~e, would enjoin tl1e same in hiH Dioce8C. W o kept onr Convention under adjournments till July following, in order to see wh:tt
would take efl'cct in Com1ecticut, and at the Southward. The Convention held in Philadelphia, in October, went more thoroughly into
alterations than we had proposed, which terminated in reprinting the
Prayer Ilook. The Churches in Connecticut, taking the alarm at the
proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention, began to think it best not
to start from the old ground ; and, if I am rightl_y informed, sent m&mori.als to the Bi~hop in Convocation, not t.o accede to any alterations
in the Liturgy, further than the substitute for the state' prayer&.
When our Convention met in July, by adjonrnm~nt, we fonnd th:it
we were left by our. brethren in Connecticut-that they thought it not
advisable to make any alterations. The Convention at the Southward, though they acceded to some of our alterationR, had gone much
further, and did not adopt the substitute for the st.ate prayers; and
the Churches in this and the neighbouring et.ates had readily come-into our proposed alterations, as they had signified to the Convent-ion,
one only e.1.cepted: what was there, in the power of the Convention,
then left to do, to preserve .& uniformity? For my own part I was
nonplusse<l.-we found we missed our object, and the only thing left
to our choice was, to leave it to the option of the aeveral Churches
to adopt the new nlte1-atiom1, or continue the old Liturgy, as should
be most agreeable.
My Church chose the altcrntions, nnd on the first Sunday in August,
l '786, they were introduced, and have been strictly adhered to ever
since. \Vith tho11e alterations suggested by yourself, and adopted by
this Convention, it was jud_!!;ed best by some of our Church, to take
the Psalms as selec.t cd by the Convention at Philadelphia. The rea·
sons adduced for thia procedure were, the great length of the morning service, which the-reading the P11alms thus selected would considerably shorten, and that cenain :passageti, which were peculiar to the
state of the J ewi.sh Church, and m particular those called the cursio"'
Psalms, and not so well adapted to worship under the Christian di;
pensation, were omitted.
This, Sir, being the true stnte of facts, you will be able to judge
how far we have acted irreguhrly, nnd whether you can with propriety visit us undt'r these circumstances. I am not, for my own
part, so much attached to our alterations, as to be unwillin"' to pnrt
with them, save iu two iustances: I mean the omission of th~ AtLann.>ian Creed, and the frequent repetition of tll'e Lord's Prayer. 'fo
return to these I should foci a reluctance; but still would be willing
to sncrifice my own sentiments to the general good.
'I am at the same time confident that, should I nttompt it, it wonld
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Right Rev. Sir:
I was honoured . sometime Inst month witn your letter, which being without date leaves me uncertain how long it wns on its passage, nor could I find
out the bearer. I h11ve been waiting some weeks for an opportunity to send
to Philndclphin by n priv11te band, ot.herwisu tlb.ould have been more punctunl
in ncknowledging the receipt of yours.
You nsk, Sir, "whether your . brethren of Massachusetts are determined still
to keep at n distnneo from yon ?" I nm quite nt " loss how to nnswcr tho
question. '!'rue it is that the Churches in Massachusetts bnve at present more
the. resemblance of Indepcnden~ .congregations thnn of Episcopnl Churches,
Lavmg one common centre of umon and communion. 'fhe.re are but six Episcopal Clergymen in the state: two of these b11ve received Ortlers since the Revolution ; one from yourselr, the other from Bishop Seabury ; two of the other
four llol'e so lax in their principles of Episcop11l government, that I rather think
them averse to uniting under any Common head. Tho Churches are without
funds, and the Clergy supported by volunt.nry contributions, and most of them
80 smnll 11nd poor as to afford their mini~ters but slondor support. '!'his being
the aise, your supposition that the respcctnbility of the Church of Massachusetts would warrant your looking .to them to cowplete the number of :Bisboptt
in tho English line 1 is not, you ,vii! rendily perceive, wen f~:mnded. Greater
difficulties would nr180 in this matter thnn 11 struuger would imagine; 80 great,
indeed, that I d~spnir of ever seeing it clfcr:ted here.
If tl1ero is anything in the power of the clergy here that conlJ effect a reconcilintiun bctwrcn the Church of Conrwcticut nnd Philndt>lrhin, it will, I nm sure,
he embrnced with cheerfulness. ~methi. ng I hope wu be att:emrte<! in .the
ppring. It appears to me that a union mt!!ht take pince, even if tl1e oonst1tutions of government and tho Liturgy vaned a little in.the different States. ..An
ab!!Olute uniformit7 of government and worship, perhaps, will never take place
under a Republican form of civil government, o.nd where there is such n varietv
of sentiments in religious mo.twrs. Still I conceive we may bt>come so far
-umted as to be one Church, 1tgreeing in the £eOcral principles of discipline anJ
'W'Orship.
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The lnte anerat1on that nas taken pince in the political principles of the Nonjuror:1 in Scotlund, their being no longer entitled to that name, I should suppo90
will remove oi::re bar to 11 reconciliation with Bi.shop Seabury. If our brethren
in Connecticut arc 80 teno.cio.us of the. rights of the Clergy, ns not to bll willing
t,o yield uny part of Church govcrnmcut to tl1e Laity, why need . that be an
impedirnent to nn union with those in offices pcrtnining to the Episcopal chnir,
"W"ho tl1iuk the Laity are entitled to a sl1arc of the government 1 For my own
pnrt, I am not of opinion tl111t I.he Church of Engll\nd iH entirely free from Lay
government, nnd I am still more of the , opinion that ·a Church existing under
such constitutions of civil government ns nre o.doptod in tho United 8tates,
especially where it ho.s no funds of its own to support its officers, cnn never
flourish without yielding to the Laity who hold tho purse-strings, a share in tho
government.
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This, however, in my mind, is the greatest obstncle to n union with our
brethren in Connecticut. It is in vain to di~putc which form comes nenrest to the primitive practice. The question is, which is most e:ipcdicnt under
our present cireumst.anc'!S? They are doubtles~ too rigid in their sentiments, at
least for the latitude of Amcric:1 1 anil must finally be obliged to rein: n little.
They think, on the other hand, that your Constitution is ·to democro.tica.l for
Episcopal government, and cspcci11Hy in permitting the Laity to sit WI judges
at the trial of a Bishop, nnJ to have a voice in degosing him. Billliop Seabury
in a letter to me last mouth, bus these worda:
AU the difficulty in effecting
a union lies with the Southern Church~ o.nd not witl1 us in Connecticu~.
I have several time.~ propos.id and urged a uuion, it has been received and
tre11tcd, I think, coldly. And yet I liave rect!iYcd ecvurnl lette111 urging such
u.n union on me, ns thut1gh I wus the only pcr~on who opposed it; thi' i!I not
fair. I nm ready to treat of o.nd settle the terms of union, on any proper notice; but Dishops White and Provoost must hear their part in it nctiyely as
well o.s myself, 1md we lllllMt come into th'c union on t:vcn term!<." Here certainly appenrs a disposition to unity; where, then, is the impediment 1
I have lately heard th11t some proposnls have been made by thll ConvOCAtion
at New York for a reoonciliation. Whnt they an:, ifnuy such have been made,
I am not yet able to learn. I heartily wish that we were one body, 11nd the
Church in every state completely orgnnized. Nothing on my part sllllll bo
wantiug to effect this desirable end. If my meeting you in Convention next
July would have any tendency to bring this to pa!!s, I would willingly accept
your kind invitation, and would entlcuvour to come properly authorized to a..~
cede to uny proper terms of accomodutiou. In the mean tiu1l,, I coultl wish 1-il
know if any general principles are agreed upon which it i:i suppose<l the opposite parties will acc~e to, nnd which \voulJ be the bll!:is of tlit: union. · 1f
some preliminaries of this !.:ind were previously settled, it woulJ wuch fucilitate
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, agreed by the King & Pa rliament t o give us a College of
Bishops in the English Line. Accordingly White & Provost went over, & it wa s understood between the Primate
of England & them t hat a t hir d shd be sent to complete the
College. Upon their Return a gen eral Convent ion was held
to which the Churches in each State were invited to send
pelegates & form a gener al Const itution . 1 foresaw that a
plan was laid to divide the American Episcopal Church , &
. in order to determine whethe r our Georgite Bishops, as
you term them, wd ac knowledge th e Jacobin one, I pro1posed to the Clergy of Massachu s etts to put the matter to
a test, & we agreed to chu s e or Bass Bishop of this State
·& present him to be consecrated upon the express proviso
that the Bishops of Connecticutt, New York & Pensylvania
shd join in consecratg him . This was in June 1789 & our
\Letter was laid before the Convention the following Month .
It answered the end I had predict e d & brought the va lid ity
of Seabury's Consec rat ion into de bate which by some
,oblique motions wa s intended to be invalidated.. The Result was an Adjournm ent of t he Conventi on to the Octor
following & an Invitati on t o Bishop Seabury & a ll the Eastern churches to send Delegates & join in one general Con stitution , & in the me a n t im e to write t o Lambeth for Liberty to acknowledge or Seabu ry for tho' the Georgite Bish ops did not pretend an Inj unc tion from that See to the c ontrary, yet they felt some Delicacy on account of a promis e
1111ade that. three shd be consecrat ed there for America .
However without waiting for answer from the Engli s h
Bishops or Seabury wa s in Octor 1789 acknowledged by
the general Convention in wh ich t he Churches in eleven
States were represe nted as a valid Bishop of the Amer ican Church, & he & Bishop \Vhit e made a separate hou se,
Provost being detained by Sic kness . It was then t he Con stitution made in Jul y preceeding was amended & estab lished & declared t o be bind ing upon the churche s in all
the States, whose Convent ions acceded to it. After this ,
& before the meetin g of th e next genera l Convention, which
, is held triennially, in order to comply with the Engagement
hat three shd obtain Cons ecration in England, or Mad ison
vent over for that puri)ose . Up on his r eturn we had four
valid Bishops in Am erica. At the next general Convention
in 1792 or Claggett of Maryland came forward duly elected
' was consecrated in New York, the whole four ass ist ing
. or Seabury preached the Se rm on. At the last Convention
in Septr 1795, or Smith of Cha rlestown so Carolina was
consecrated, there being no Representat ion to t he Eastward
)f New York owing to the Epidemic prevailing in that City;
)r Seabury was not present. You see by this d etail t hat we
nave now Six Bishops in Am erica, l Jacobite, 3 Georgite &
2 manufactured here, one of which is part Georgite & part
acobite. From thi s s tate of fac ts Let us con side r your
articular Case, which th o' I acknowledge to be a hard one,
I cannot see that you c an any w he re justly impute blame, or
a particular Design to exclude you . The English Bishops
•re ri ht in their Supposition that when they had given three
ishops to America , their Commiss ion expired, & it wd be
mdelicate in them t o proceed further , for upon the sam e
. nrinciples that they shd consec rate a fourth they might a
>urteenth & an hundr ed & fourth & thereby furni s h us with
1ore Bishops than we have churches. And give m e leav e
to ask this Question , Would you, if you were an American
Bishop, chuse to hav e persons consecrated in England of
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into the College, be the ir principles religiou s & polttical
what they may . I can only answer for myself t hat was I
one, I shd think it a Hardship. Let us look now upon this
side of the Water . By our general Constitution it is determined that no one shall be consecrated a Bishop wh o has
not been a Resident in the States two Years . By the bye
I did not advert to this Article when I v.-rote last . But is
there a possibility that this Article could have bee n pointed
at you when the Constitution was made at leas t four Years
before an Election in your favour was or could have been
made? You observe that I led you into an Error by holding
up the Idea 'that the Episcopal Chu rch in each stat e i s
no[w] independent of the church in her Sister States & that
our general Convention pervades every State by its Constitution. " This however is strictly true under two Limitations, first that this Independence must mean suc h an one
as each State enjoys under the federal Government ; it is
independent as to certain points but not as t o other s, & as
each Stat e must yield a certain part of its Libertie s or
independence to the federal Government, so m ust the
churches in each State give up certain Rights t o the ge neral Convention. The second Limitation is tha t each State
by its State Convention must agree to accede to , or a dopt,
the gene r al Constitution . You perceive that in Am erica, &
indeed it has been the Case in all Countries, that th e Constitut ion of t he Church assimilates itself to the civil Government of the Nation under which it exists. Whether the
Churches in Vermont had adopted the general Constitution
I cannot say; it was my Idea however that t hey had, Why
then you say 'd id you & othe r s that knew it suffer Coll Graham to fulfil his Mission by c oming her[e] to solicit a business which y ou & Bishop Provost opposed as contrary to
your fede ral Constitution. ' What you intend by Bishop Provost & my opposing this bus in ess I cannot conj u ctu re ,, unless it was by being concerne d in framing the Constitution;
but this you will please to notice was four Yea r s before
your E le ction & a matter that could not t hen possibly have
been fores een, & with respect to that Gentlem a n, I s c arce
ever exchanged three words with him in my life , for we do
not r ide in the same Troop. " As f.)r the article re.qu iring
residence in the U. S , , says when Col, Graham passed
through Boston he did not re c ollect that th ere was such an
artic l e , but ''l mentioned several discouraging Circum stance s to him upon this Subject, & as he had othe r busin ess to ca rry him to E ngla nd , I doubt whethe r he wd have
suspended his Voyage if he had foreseen all the Imped iments, Nor have I any faith that either of the persons
menti oned in your Letter ever interposed or e ndeavourd
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To the Right Reverend WIL L I A:-d \V ttI TE , n . n . prifzding Bijhop in the lajl General C onvention
of the Protejlant E f'ifcopal Church, held at P hilade lph ia, the 2d T uifday of s,.pttmbe r, 1795.
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C01'.1M U!\'ICA TE D.

Right Reverend Si r,
The fubfcrih ers, member s o f the Stan din g Co mm itte e o f t he Church, r i:-p refent,
THAT it is providc<l in and b y the Confli tution o f the:

PRO TEli T ANT E PISCOP A L

CHURCH,

in the Ui1ited States of America-c..

rfl, " That there !h all be a Gtn eral C; 11 v mt ion of th e fai d C hurch (viz. o f the Bijhops, and of
Clerical and Loy D.:p ut ies) held t rien :iially, on t he :d T uefJ ay of S eptemb er, commencing from
September 1792.
~d. "That a m:ijor it y of the fl:ates ; whi ch !h21! hav e a dopt ed the c on flitut io n, fh3Jl be re prefented,
to form a QYORUM in o :-Jer to proceed to bu!inels ; bu t t hat a rep refrnt:i tion fr om two ft atcs !hall be
fufficient to adjourn.

3'J. "That SPECIA L

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for."

Tlnt the General C onvent ion, w h ich ought to hav i:: u ;: i.:n held on Tt.: cfday th e I I th of Sep tcr.iber

Ld}, \,:v:is p~eventcd by th: Jiftrcf!ing c a l a mi~ i e s, with wh ich an all -wif<! P ro vide nce permit ted
the city of Ph iladclph iJ, and oth:: r s of o ur ch ief t Q·:;ns 2nd citi es, to bi! v i!ited ~t th Jt ti m e; and even
a reprefentation from two fiatcs could not be affc;n 1.'l ed to fo rm :i n adjountmcn t.

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the period of th~ next General Crnvm 1io11, in Sc p tcri1bcr J~OI ; for wh ic h p urpofe it is p rov ided as
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In p. 19, of the Jo urnals o f the Gen eral Con ve nti on, hel d in Srpternbe r ::ind Oeto her 1789,
among other powers g;-?.ntcd to th:: fb nd ing Com m itt~e, ap pointed to all: during the rcafs if the
Gmeral C9nvmtion, " t he Sta11di11g Crn/!/1ittu,· or a majority of them , have power to reco mmend to
" the B ii11ors the ca Iii n;; of /pee ial muti ngr of th e Coir:;:n! ion, when th ey think it nccc ffa ry; and
2. " The Bifhops h~: Ve a ri gh t, when they th in k It nc: ccffar y, t o call Jpuial Conwr.tions, & c."
3. Thefe powers, among oth ers, were recog nized, ::is b elongin g t o the Standing C ommittee,
or Bilhop~, as the ca fe may be~ at the hfl: G c nc r.11 C on ven t io:i, 179 5. See th e note p. 19 of the
journ::l of the Clerical a nd Lay Deputies, o n thefc g eneral heads.
But it has been dou bted, and with apparent good re:ifo n, wh ether a Sta nding Comm ittu, appoin t ed
to aa during the rccefs of a Ge1ieral Co nv ention , ( wh ore t erm of cx i:l: rnce is lim ite d to three years)
c::n continue to all: aft er the expiration of th:it b ody, fro m whi ch their a u tho rity emanat ed? Had the
Crnvention, which exp ire d, Sep tember tr th, 1793, be en fu cce edcd by a new C o nvent io n, the recifr
of the~ld Convention w ould hav~ been c on l1itut ionr.ll y fupplicd; th ere wou ld h:i ve b een no recifr
of a Convention for th e St:.nding Comm itt ee to aCl: in ; an d the en d o f th eir ap pointmen t w ould have
' been fuily anfwcred. B ut as the rmfs of the Con venti on has n ever b cw fuppli cJ; as it is !lill continued from the term of th e old, i nto th~ te rm. of the r.ew ; 'a nd as the St ,111ding C; mmittu w er e appointed grnerally, to aa during the. recefs of the Conv ~ nti on , ( not menti on ing the Com·cn ti on by wh ich
they were chofcn) the w onls rurfl of the Convtr.t ir: n, mi ;;ht well be und crfl:ood t o mean " u ntil a new
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Convention £hall meet, and be o rganizcJ fo r b u fi n cfs."

Th is c on!lru Clion w ould b e ju fii fi ed by

the nccc!Iiry of the c;: fc, and by variou s p rcccdentc, t !z·il and cccltjiq/!ic cl, if r.o oth~r remedy were

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left for rivivi11g our proceedings. It is happy, however, th::it there is fuch a remedy; namely, 6y the
ii.iterpofition, and immediate :igcncy, of the Bijhop s; who are au thorizeJ to call /plcia{ Conve11tio11s,
when they think it nccdfary, either with or without the recommendation of a Standing Committu.
But as you have fuggefied, Sir, on thi s fu hjctl:, that the fe ntirh cnt's arid advice of the late fbnJing
committee, or of fo many of them as could convenie ntly be obtained, whether officially or not, would
be fatisfaClory to you, and, as you believed, to you r ri ght re verend brethren ( efpecially as to the moft
proper time and phcc of ho!Jing .tl-le Special Co nvention) we beg leave, after due ~eliberation', to
fubmit it as our opinion, that the Con vention ought not to be later, and cannot conveniently be much
earlier, than the :id. Tucfday, being the I Ith. day of June nex t ; and that the city of Philadelphia;
where the Convention ought to have met in September lafi, ought to be the place of the fpaial meeting.
'Ve would, therefore, recommend and 1·tqu',;l; that a Spuial Canwnt im be called . for that <lay and
place, by your agency, on the following plan, viz.That a copy of this letter be tranfmitted by you, as lafl: prefid ing Bilh.op, to each of your Right
Reverend brethren, in the different State~; rc q ue!l:ing theirconcurrence, as to the time and place of
the fpecial Convention; and that they would noti fy the Carne to the Clergy in thei r refpeClive
Diocefes or DillriCls, or ca.11 a. State Convention, as th e cafe may req.u ire, if any new ap·.pointmentof Clerical and Lay Depu ties fl1 ou ld be necerrary-S uch members of the Standing Committee
as are not among the fubfcribcr~ to this ktter, may add thei r names, if they judge it neceffary, to the
copy which will be in the hanJs o( their Bijhop ; and in St.1tcs, where there is no Bilhop, a copy of
this letter may be tranfmittcd to the Standing State Committee, or officers of the State Convention,

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VfILLIAM SM ITH,
SAMUEL

MAGAW,

jOHN ANDR EvVS,
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French.
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interior. as all bear witness, w as bright an d pleasant and impressive. Its roof w as
a great 'arch, resting on Corinthian pillars, w ith handsomely carved an d gild ed
capitals.' In the Chancel \.Vere some paintings, considered very beautiful in their
day." 4 A local artisan, H enry Redding, carved th e capitals. The front of the
organ gallery was elaborately carnd and gilded, w ith corner posts uph olding
small gilded figures of angels wit h trumpets in their hands.
From a large canvas mural, probably on the ceili ng of the chancel, cherubs'
heads peered down fr om a cloud-filled sky. Two of the heads, which had been
cut out from the canvas and given away \vhen the first church was torn down
in 1828, were returned in 1878. Phillips Brooks had them restored and framed,
and carefully labeled the back of each, noting th at they were said to be by
"Smyberr," the colonial portrait painter.

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January
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Din'd at Mr. Macclintock's & drank Tea there. Even at office; ·--- ·. - -· cighb'ring Oates a terror grown
read Dr. \Vatts.'
'ight and glory of his own.
Even at office with Selectmen doing Business for them; at Mr 1c Kings who v 1 inly fcck renown
y's rnin'd 211~ from b2ttle; won ;
l\rlac's with Dr. Langdon &c. Saw George Brackett.
"! Ni111rods, who mean l1w; dcfpifc,
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hinr lost & won I { Bowl Punch with l\hs. Clark. Sup'd there. : , D>y io 1\forn . hrlt\..!_!!>rt.nl»yio .Mom
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with Capt. Tilton . Even J ae Sh ca fc, March.
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l\1rs. Brackett dined with me . "nJ 1 ~ C/iilli and 7 s 3 9
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At School all Day . Lven office.
J\!:Jtrirr.•n;. for it; 6 58 6 6 40 1 s 2 10
l\fr. ".\Jacclintock took Tea . Office Even ,rith J. Pick.
~trcncmpty 0 r•cr 6 so(, 7 2 7 2 7 3 5
" /omt11mn nc/1 '1. 6 55 6 B 16 k.nc
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ax , but irfi~id and' 6 54 6 9 8 2l
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At vVm. Sirnt)S0l1S Noon & Clarks with Com1xuw; rode to 8h . 9i,ni.
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21 Rode to Greenland morning. b-en at Office, Dr. \\'eeks there .
22 At School all Day. En,11 at ;\fr. i\Iacclintocks .
23 \Vent to Portsmouth, stop 'd at Col. '.\larch's .
24 Rode to Greenland morning. \Vent to Capt. Langdons till 2
o clock, return'd.
25 At school all Day. £,·en office.
26 Drank tea at !\Ir. l\Iac with Pick & Hale. Went to Hampton.
27 Heard Mr. Hastings preach at '.\fr. Thayers " ·ith him, took
Tea. Even. Col. l\L
28 Breakfasted Col. ~Ioultons, "·ent with Shannon to Exeter, took
Tea at John Emery. loclg'd at Billy's with Shannon .
29 Rode to Greenland morning. Even at office, Library meeting.
30 Even at Home; Mr. '.\Iacclintock spent E\'ening.
31 Went to Portsmouth. l\fr. l\Iac. preach'd, rcturn'd with him.

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At School all Day. Even office, Clemt J\farch there Evening.
At o ffice alone Afternoon R: En-ning.
A.L meeLing Gree nlall<l, .\fr. :\be, al liis House Evening.
At Chrks J\oon as ~n .\ rhit r:itor. E,·ening ~Lijor \Vee ks
Al School & al home all D:ty & Eveniug.
At.Josh: Pickering l\0011 R: E\eningwith .\lr. Haven.
At School ;ill Day EYen at oflice. Storm, Sno'''·
At School all Day. EYen at Office. Sam! Langdon there .
Excessive storm, Rain, Snow & Thunder R: \Vind. Afternoon
at office R: Even.
Crcenl:rnd meeting. rearl the psalm . '.fr . .\Lw preach 'rl jos
Frost took Tea. E\'en at .\Ir. '.lac's "·ith \fr C. Clark.
At Schoo l all Day. hen ;1t oflice 11·ith Sally ;\luody &c.
Storm, Srnm & Rain.[, c11ing at Home.' en < uld.
\fr. H:iven came to sec rn c mnrning. \\'cnt t<> Portsmouth :1f tcrnoon. Even at Dr. J3racketts with l\fr. Lmrell.
Rode to Greenland morning. Select i\fen at J\oon. Even at
Josh . Pickerings wr iting folsom's Deposit inn.
\Vent to J. Hills to take Deposition for Select Men. Even at
office. Very cold.

16 Mess: Haven, Pickering & Shannon at office. Afternoon rode
Lo Portsmouth with Capt. Tilton. Even at Mr. Pickering.
17 l\fr. ~fac preached for Dr. Langdon; took tea; [?] rode to
Greenland with him in Storm, Snow, at his house with Dr.
Langdon.
18 At Mr. Mac's, Dr. Langdon there.
19 Went to Portsmouth with Dearborn in Sley, no School, out of
wood; wrote Deposition at Tiltons; Mrs. Johnson return'd to
Greenland.
20 Kept one School 6 Hours went to Portsmouth with Samll Pickering. Even at Dr. Brackets & at Home with Hale.
21 No School, at Portsmouth, Greenland case tried; yesterday the
coldest Day & this Day almost; rode to Greenland with Pick.
22 At office Part Even, :.\fr, Mac's, other Part, bott Perry.'
23 Pickering & wife &cat office. Mother at Mr . Mac took tea there.
Even office.
24 At Greenland Meeting Mr. Mac preach'd. Even at his House.
25 At i\fajor \\leeks, Dr. Langdon &c there went with Sally Moody,
Durham, lodg'J al Esqr Frosts.
26 Return'cl to C recnland bcf 01 e l l . Even office, load of \Vood
cut. Storm rain. Bridge carried away.
2'7 Went to Major \Vecks . Even return'd ·w ith Sally Moody.
28 School all Day. Even at home.
March

1 School all Day. Even at Col March 's with G. Clark .
\Vent to Ex ete r with Sally f\.foocly. Even ret11rn 'cl .
E arthquake !'i before six. Stormy :ill D;:iy . Mr. l\·J ac pre;:ich'<l:
read the Psalm.
1 School all D:iy. E Ycn at i\fr. i\fac. I ,ibrary meeting.
5 School :ill DaY. Fvcn at home.
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7 ,\fr. Toppan & \Vife din'd wilh me. Aflernoon went to Portsmouth with Sally :\foody. rctnrn'd :Z: :it ~fr . i\Lic's till 1, morning.
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.--\t School all day. Even.
At l\fr Mac's at Noon went to Portsmouth with Dan ' Clark.
Even at Mr. Pickering's.
At Dr. Langdon's Meeting all Day. Even at l\frs. \Ventworth's
and Dr. Bracket's.
Great Storm, Rain. Greenland Bridge carried away.
Din'd at Pickerings, at Court, rode to Greenland, sat up with
S. Mac. Afternoon at Mrs. \Vhidden's & Even at Home.
At School all day. Even at i\Ir. Mac 's till 12, at Josh . Pickerings
first.
Went to Portsmouth. Afternoon at Tiltons & Pickerings.
At Torreys morning, rode to Greenland; with Select Men
P.M., kept school 6 Hours & Even till 12.
Rode to Portsmouth in Storm, Snow; at l\frs. Adams with
company. Even at Home.
At Dr. Landgon's meeting, Din'd & Evening at Torrey with
E. Williams.
Rode to Greenland, P. M. with Select Men. Even at Mr. Havens.
E. "Williams din'd with me, went to Newbury with him. Even
at Assembly, lodg'd at Lowells.
At Newbury all Day. Din'd at Jackson's, lodg'd at tavern.
Rode to Greenland Y2 after 9 o clock Mr. Pickering up, drank
Tea at l\fr. Mac. Even at office.
Afternoon with Select l\:fen. Mr. Atherton at Clark's. Even
with him. Went to Portsmouth P.M. with Sally :Moody. Even at home.
At Dr. Langdons meeting all Day. Even at Dr. Langdons.
Town meeting Portsmouth, Din'd at Mrs. Adams, rode to
Greenland P.M . with the Select Men. Evening.
At Clarks all Day with Select Men, log'd at G . Clarks.
With Select Men &: Auditors all Day. Lodged at E. [ noch]
C.[larks]
Town meeting Greenland, lodg'd at G. Clarks new Place.
At Office all Day. Lodg'd at Enoch Clarks.
Went to Portsmouth P.M. at Tiltons with Jos. Moulton.
At Dr. Langdon Meeting all Day. Even Mrs. Shackfords.

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Rode to Greenland morning, began to keep School, went to
dine & board with Esqr Clark. Even Col. !\farch. Libra: office.
At office morning & noon. Afternoon Mrs. Whiddens. Even G .
Clarks .
Lecture, ·w ent to Portsmouth. Even with Hale at Mrs. Adams.
Rode to Greenland morning. Afternoon at office with Dani
Clark.
With the Select Men in afternoon . Vendues at 4 , rain'd.
At office Afternoon. F. Berry &c. there, Colo Willard. Rode to
Exeter with Dr. Tilton, lodg'd with Wm.
Heard Mr. Rogers A.M. Mr. Odlin P.M. Evening with Dr.
Tilton .
Rode to Greenland morning. School all Day. Evening with
Select !\fen signing Agreements.
\Vrote a Complaint & Warrant for Select Men. Even at office
writing Lease.
At Greenleaf Clarks took Tea, at Colo March's Even .
\Vent to Newmarket with Haven & Clark, Court there. W.
Bryant Esq. at Lottery house, return'd P.:!\1. Even office. T.
Packer there.
Morning went to Haines to sign Leases. P.M. rode with E.
Clark to G. Clarks. Even at Mrs. \Vhiddens.
Afternoon at Office; Esqr Pierce, Pickering &c. there, walk to
Portsmouth . EYen with him at Mrs. Adams new House.
At Dr. Langdons meeting all Day. Even at Dr. Bracketts.
Rode to Greenland morning. E"ening Library meeting, office.
At School all Day till four in Afternoon then Went to Portsmouth with Mr. Mac. in chaise. Vendue, return'd. Even lodg'd
at Mr. Mac's.
Rode morning to Packers Neck', went to Portsmouth After &
lodged .
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'Packer's Point is on the shore or the Great Bay, between the mouth or Winnicol
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of Books. Rain'd hard.
At Portsmouth all Day took Tea at Pickerings. Even at home.
At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even at Dr. Havens.
\\Talked to Greenland morning. Evening with :\larch's.
Walked to Greenleaf Clarks after School.
At Office Afternoon.
At School all Day. Even at Office & with the Select Men .
\Vent to Portsmouth morning for Select i\1en, returnd by 9.
Even at Capt. Johnson's &c.
Mr. Pickering & Wile at office. Walked to Portsmouth.
At Dr. Langdon's meeting all Day. Evening at his House.
Rode to Greenland morning. Afternoon & Even at office with
J. Brackett.
At Mr. Macclintocks. Afternoon went to G. Bracketts with
him.
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Lecture, Dr. Langdon preach'd. \Vent to Exeter, Jae. Sheafe's
Launching, return'd Evening.
Col. Stoddard &c at Clarks. Went to Portsmouth with Mr.
Mac., he preach'd. Evening returned with him.
With Select Men Even, drawing a Warrant &c.
At office Afternoon writing, Jos. i\Ioulton there.
At Greenland Meeting Mr Mac preach'd. Even at his House.
Library meeting at Clarks. Jos. Moulton there.
Mr. Smith &c at Clarks at Tea. Even at Sarni Pickerings Vendue.
At School all Day. Even at Majr Weeks's.
At School all Day. Even at Colo March's 1 hour.
Mr. Mac at office with me.
At School all Day. Even at Thom. Packers with Mr. Mac.
Pickering & Hale &cat office. Even Mr. Macs & went to Portsmouth with them.
At Dr. Langdons meeting all Day & his house Evening.
Breakfasted at Pickerings. Tmrn i\feeting Portsmouth, rode to
Greenland & Stretham Afternoon.

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15 At S5= hool all Day. Even at office.
16 Catechising Afternoon. Went to Hampton Lodged at Toppans.
17 Rode from Hampton morning; took Tea at Col. ;\larch's with
Mr. Hancock. \Vent to Portsmouth, walk'd with N. Blodget.
18 Rode to Greenland with Mother, din'd at l\lr. I\Jac's & took
Tea. \Vent to Portsmouth E\'en.
19 At Dr. Langdons meeting all Day. Even at Mr. Hurd's.
20 Rode to Greenland morning, Town meeting. Even at Mr. Mac.
21 School all Day. Evening at Portsmouth, return'd in Rain.
22 At office morning with J. Bracket. Even at Mr. Mac's.
23 At School all Day. Even with Select Men & Surveyors.
24 Mr. Toppan din'd with me. Afternoon at office. Even at Col.
March's.
25 At Office Afternoon \Nalk'd to Portsmouth. Even at Dr. Bracketts.
26 At Dr. Langdon's meeting, Mr. Marsh preach'd. Even with
Nabby B. at Mr. Hurds &c.
27 Rode to Greenland morning & returned to Portsmouth.
28 Rode to Greenland morning, Mr. Pickering up. Even at office.
29 At school A .M. Lecture Afternoon, Dr. Haven preached; took
tea at Mr. Mac with large Company.
30 \Vent to Hampton with Lydia' & Blodget. Even Portsmouth &
returned.
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June

At office P.M. Mrs. Adams & Portia there. Took Tea at Clarks.
Even, office.
2 At Greenland Meeting, Mr. Benedict preach'd, with him Even.
3 Mr. Sewell din'd. Even Selectme.n at Office, at 1\fr. i\Iac.
4 Ministers Meeting at G . Mr Parsons preach'd, din'd at Mr.
Mac's. Even at office.
5 Joshua Pickering died; on Jury forenoon. School P.M. Even
office.
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Went to Portsmouth; 5 o'Clock P.M. at Tilton 's. Even Mrs.
Adams.
7 Rode to Greenland morning. Even at Office with Mr. Barker.
8 Dismissed the School, at Mr. Haines Funeral P.M., at office
Even.
9 Mr. Stevens preached at G, din'd & drank Tea with him at l\fr.
Mac's, there Even; received Portia's Piece.
10 At office all Day, Col. March's P.M. Walk'd to Portsmouth,
very hot. Even at Tilton's.
11 At Portsmouth A.M., went to Kittery P.M., lodg'd at Mr. Steven's.
12 Went to York with Portia, lodg'd at Mr. Sewells with Mr.
Mayhew.
13 Return'd to Kittery din'd at Mr. Stevens. Lecture there; went
to Portsmouth & lodg'd.
14 Rode to Greenland din'd at Majr Weeks, Mr. Mac'.s child
buried. Even at office.
15 At Office all Day. Mr. Serjeant &c. AM., Pickering, Williams
&c. P.M. took Coffee with them at Clarks, rode to Portsmouth.
Even at Mrs. Adams.
16 At Dr. Langdon's Meeting all Day. Even at Torreys and D 0
[Mrs. Adams] with ·william & Atherton.
17 At Portsmouth A.M., din'd at Torrey's, walk'd to G. Even at
Clark's.
18 Williams&: Atherton din'd with me, went to Exeter with them,
lodg'd at Billy's, thunder & Lightning in Night.
19 Return'd in forenoon to Greenland in Rain. Sch: office. Even
Mr. Macs.
20 At School, in office, all Day.
21 Fowle at office P.M. Took Tea at Clarks with Mr. Rindge.
22 Company came to see forenoon & Afternoon. Went to Port~­
mouth. Even at J\frs. Adams with Hale & many others.
23 !\fr. Belknap preach'd at Dr. Langdons, at his House Even
with Pickering.
24 Mr. Belknap breakfasted at fathers. Rode to Greenland din'd
at Mr. Macs. Even with Select Men, after going to Rye.
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Trail. ,
26 Rod/to Greenland morning, kept school; S. House, Smith &c.
din'd. Afternoon at Office.
27 Mr. Pickering & 'Vife up morning, took Tea at Mr. Mac. with
Mr. Hastings, Ward & Esq. Story. Even \\·ith Mr. Pickering &
with Select Men at Vendue.
28 \Vent to Portsmouth Afternoon with Mr. Mac, returne'd with
him Evening.
29 \Vent to Portsmouth in rain on foot. Toppan & 'Vife down.
30 At Dr. Langdon's meeting all Day. Even at his House with D 0
[Toppan & Wife].
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Walk'd to Greenland mornmg. Even at office &c with Select
Men.
Mrs. Bracket & 'Vcntworth &c took Tea at Clarks, went to
Portsmouth \\'ith them&: return'd Nighl.
At School R: ofllce all Day & Evening.
Lecture at G. 'Vent to Portsmouth \\·ith Boys at :\L Hales;
P.M. Took tea at Pickering. £\·en Dr. I .angdon's Lecture.
Rode to Greenland mornin g. Even at Mr. Mac. P .1\1. at office .
Jarvis&: Austin din'd with me . Pickering up at ofTice P.i\f. Mr.
Farnham lodg'd at Clarks.
At Meeting Greenland. l\1r. Parsons din'd at Clarks. ,\t l\lr.
Mac, Even .
Very hot. Mich. " ' entworth &c din'd at Clarks. At Mr. i\Iac.
Even.
Went to Portsmouth on I. Packers Horse. !\fr. Adams, Durham,
Down. Even at Mrs. Bracketts.
Rode to Greenland morning sent for ;\fr. Pool to take Tea.
Even at Col. March with Mr. Clark.
Went to Portsmouth with Mr. i\Iac. Took Tea at Mr. Newmarch. Even Lecture, \Vork house, Mr. Mac, return'd with
him .
Wrote a Leciphanick Letter to i\fr. Pickering, went to Stretham & Majr Weeks Afternoon.

U At Office early morning & in Afternoon took Tea at Clarks
with Capt. Holland, Mr. Pickering &c. Went to Portsmouth.
14 At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even at Dr. Langdons.
15 At Mr. Wentworths Morning, sat out for Cambridge din'd at
Clarks, lodg'd at Newburyport, walk'd with Portia to Mrs.
Cutlers House.
16 Din'd at Mr. Pickman's at Salem, lodg'd at Cambridge with
T. Barnard at Carnages ..
17 Commencement Breakfast at l\Ir Marsh's, din'd at Tracy's,
lodg'd over the Common with T. Bernard.
18 Went to Boston with Dr. Sawyer, din'd at Mrs. Perkins, went
to Cambridge P.l\J., drank Tea at Curtis, lodg'd ut sup.
19 Breakfast at Bradisks, din'd at Mr. Sewells, went to Boston,
lodg'd with Mr. Hunt.
20 Breakfast & din'd with Mr. Hunt & went to Roxbury. Took
Tea at Mr. Pembertons, lodg'd at Mrs. Perkins.
21 Went to Dr. Byles meeting to hear Mr. Hunt, din'd with L.
Jarvis. \Vent to Mr. Howards meeting, heard Mr. Shaw, spent
evening at Mr. Fletchers with Mr. Hunt, lodg'd with him.
22 Din'd with Mr. Bowen. Rode to Cambridge with Mr. Hunt.
Took Tea at Mr. Serjeants. Even at l\Jr. Bants with Hunt.
23 Sat out for Portsmouth, din'd at Salem, lodg'd at Newburyport
at Wm. Atkins.
24 Breakfast at Sanborne. Din'd at Mrs. Adams, Portsmouth,
lodg'd at Father's, took Tea at Pickerings.
25 Confin'd all Day with Cholic. Company took Tea here.
26 \Vent to Greenland in Stage Coach, kept School all Day. P .1\1.
went to Majr \Veeks. Even Mr. Mac.
27 Kept School A.M. \\!alked to Portsmouth.
28 At Dr. Langdon's meeting all Day. Evening at his House.
29 Rode to Greenland on l\fare. Kept school; with Select Men;
Mr. Frothingham lodg'd with me.
30 At office A.M. preparing to make Rates. Select Men Afternoon,
Mr. Hurd &c. din'd at Clarks.
31 With Select Men all Day. Lecture Afternoon Mr. Adams
pre~ch'd. Even making Rates.

August

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\Vent to Exeter morning, din'd at \Vms.;lodg'd at Carltons
with Hale.
Rode to Green land, very hot, with Select ~Ien. Office making
Rates.
Rode to Portsmouth about 12 o Clock excessive hot, din'd at
Mrs. Adams. Rode at 5 with Peggy to Knights Ferry.°
At Dr. Langdons meeting all day, Mr. l\fayhew preach'd A.M.,
at Mr. Pickerings Evening, at Mr. Sheafe's Night.
Went to Greenland morning, return'd A.M. Mr. Sewall over.
Company took Tea to 28 in Number. Even at l\frs. \Ventworths.
At home all Day. Even at Mrs. Adams. Mr. Stevens din'd.
At home all Day; rain'd in Afternoon; at Mrs. Adams Even.
Mr. Whipple&.: Wife drank Tea, walk'd in E\·ening with them.
\Vent to Hampton with Mrs. Adams &c, return'd in Rain.
Went to Greenland at Pickerings with Claggett &c; return'd
in chaise with J. Pickering.
At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. At Torreys EYening.
At Home making Proportions. Even with l\lr. Pickering.
At Home A.M. Evening at Mrs. Adams.
With Mr. Sewell in morning at Mrs. Adams drawing Writs &
writing to Cambridge. Afternoon at Mr. Torreys &.:c.
Breakfasted at Mr. Hurds with Governor &c. P . M. was Bearer
to S. Champney. Even at Mrs. Adams.
At home most of the Day. Even at :\!rs. Adams with Hale.
Rode to Newington "·ith Peggy. Din'd at Greenland. Took
Tea at Mr. Mac.
At. Dr. Langdons meeting all Day. Even at Pickerings & Mr.
Sheafe's & Mrs. Adams.
Waiting for Jos. Moulton, with him A.M. & Wife P.M. Even
at Mr. Butters.
Began School, had 11 Scholars; din'd at Home. Col. March
called. Took Tea at Mr. Newmarch's. Even Mr. Sheafe.

'Knight"s Ferry ran from Bloody Point to Hilton's Point and also to the Kittery
shore. Thompson, Landmarks, ll 7.

--- -21 At School all Day. Even at Mrs. Adams with Hale.
22 Rode to Greenland morning, return'd before 8 morning, At
Funeral. Even at Mr. Hurds with Women.
23 Din'd at Mrs. Adams, drank Tea there. Even \\Talked.
24 Drank Punch at Fowles rode to Greenland with Pickering. At
Dr. Havens Evening.
25 Mr. Thayer preached at Dr. Langdons. Even with him at
Fathers.
26 At School all Day. E\'e11 Mr. Macclintock spent.
27 At School all Day with Hale. Even at Mrs. Adams playing
chequers, lodg'd at Hurds.
28 Breakfasted at Mrs. Adams, Din'd at Home with Johnny; at
Hurds. Even with Polly Trail, lodg'd there.
29 At Home. Afternoon raking hay, walk'd Even with Mrs. Partridge & Mrs. Trail, lodg'd at Hurds.
.
30 At School all Day. Even at Trails with girls. Mr. Mendui:n died.
31 Rode to Knights with Polly Trail, then to Clarks; Mrs. Livermore there & the Langdons &c.

September

2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Mr. Ordway preach'd at Dr. Langdons. Took Tea with him.
Even at Pickerings, went home with Polly Sheafe.
At School all Day. Even at l\frs. Adams, at Capt. Newmarch &
Mr. Torreys singing.
Judges went to Exeter: at Jo. Whipples with ]. Henderson.
Took Tea at Mr. Butter.
At Probate Court at Tilton. Mr. Adams down. Even at Fowles
& at Home paging Boyds Papers.
Went to Exeter. Return'd with J. Wentworth, at Clarks with
Tory & Whipple & supp'd at Torreys.
Employ'd about Mendums Will. Even at Mrs. Bracket, lodg'd
at Mrs. Adams.
At School forenoon; Din'd at Dr. Brackets. Rode to Greenland
with Jo. Pierce; lodg'd at Hurds.
.
At Dr. Langdons meeting all Day, rain'd, at Torreys & P1ckerings with Atherton Evening.

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\Vi th Ath erton at Noon & Jac. Shea[e Even &: at ?.1rs. Adams
with Mr. Whipple.
.
.
At Fowle morning, Noon &c, took Tea at Mrs. Livermore s.
Even at Mrs. Adams with Dr. Langdon &c.
\\Trote to Atherton by Fowle. Even at Mrs. Adams.
Gathering Pears, & Capt. \\Tamers Funeral. Even at Dr. Langdons.
.
At School all Day. Took Tea at Capt. :\fewmarch, Even with
Jac.Sheafe at store [crossed out]
Rode to Greenland with Mrs. Brackett. Even Mrs. A.
At Dr. Langdons meeting A.M. Dr. Havens to ~lear _l\fr. Mac.
P.M. Drank Tea there with him. Even at l\fr. P1ckenng.
At School all Day. Even at Mrs. Adams with Ward &c.
Wrote to Marrett & Mr. Hunt by I\Irs. Whipple; at jail. Even
at Mr. Jaffreys with Mrs. Brackett.
At Tiltons at Noon with Judge. Even at Home.
\Vent to Greenland with Peggy, came home Evening.
Esqr Emerson at morning. Even walking with girls.
.
Din'd at Bracketts, Ahernoon making Perry. Even with Polly
Sheafe.
At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even Walk'd with Elias
Warner.
At School all Day. Even at [blank]
[blank]
Probate Day. Even Walk'd with Elias Warner.
[blank]
[blank]
.
Mr. Hale din'd. Mrs. Perkins came in Stage; rode to Kmghts
Ferry with Mr. Derbage. Even at Torreys with him.
At Dr. Langdons meeting Mr. Bowen preach P.l\f. Even at
Torreys with Dr. Cutter, Derbage &c.
At School all Day, at Torreys at Noon. Drank Tea at Joseph
Whipples with Mrs. Perkins. Even Torreys & Mrs. Adams.

October
Mrs. Perkins &: Peggy went home. Father went to \'\'olfeboro;
at Dr. Havens at Noon. Mr. Pickering & Wife took Tea. l\faj.
Hales Even.

2

Dr. Haven, Mr. Bowen &c. din'd. Pickering drank Tea & spent
Evening.
3 Din'd at Capt. Hollands & Drank Coffee. Evening Lecture Dr.
Langdons, with Mr. Mac at Mrs. Ilracketts & Torreys.
4 At School all Day. Evening at home in Cellar.
5 Din'd at Dr. Cutters, Mr. Fisher came to School, rode to Gr.
Clarks with Mr. Derbage. Even at Torreys.
6 At Dr. Langdons Meeting; received a Letter from Mr. Hunt.
7-15 [No entries]
16 At Col. Warners after School, then with Derbage. Even at
Home taking Account of Books.
17 Rode to Greenland at Mr. Macs. Evening at Torreys.
18 At School all Day. Even with Derbage reading Fool Quality.•
19 Rode to Greenland. Even at Torreys & Mrs. Wentworths &
Hurds.
20 Mr. Macclintock preach'd at Dr. Langdons. Evening · heard
Merril, walk'd with Bass &c.
21 At Home writing, noon & Even Part, at Dr. Brackets with
Mrs. Hurd.
22 Miss P. Langdon took Tea & 1\fr. Derbage, Evening at Torreys
with Austin &c. till 2 o clock.
23 At School all Day. Even at Jno Langdons dancing.
24 Capt. Holland & Mr. Derbage spent Evening.
25 in office. Mr._Livi us & Mr. Ward spent Evening.
26 Din'd at Mrs. Adams. P.M. at Torreys playing chess. Even at
home.
27 At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even at Mrs. "\Ventworths
& Dr. Brackets.
28 Drank Tea & spent Evening at Mrs. Wentworths with Mr.
Derbage &c.
29 At School. Even at Torreys &c.
30 At School. Even with Derbage at his Lodging.
31 Went to Kittery to a Dance at Austins & lodg'd there.
'Henry Brooke, c. li03-l783. Irish author. Published The Fool of Quality, a novel
in 5 volumes, 1765-iO.

November

Return'd from Kittery in morning. Even at l\lr. Butlers [?]
& Torreys.

2

Din'd at home. Mr. Toppan here; Mr. Whipple spent afternoon there. Even 1\Irs. Adams & at home.
3 Stormy all Day, at Meeting. Even at Derbage.
4 At School all Day. Even with Sewell & at Derbages, at their
Lodgings.
5 At Plains dancing, return'd at 2 o clock .
6 At School & Court at Noon. Even at Mr. Dcrbage with l\fr.
Austin & at Stoodleys; at Whipplcs shoeing.
7 Din'd at Mrs. Adams after drinking Punch at Tiltons with
Col. March. Even, spent Evening with Sewell at Mrs. Adams.
8 At Mr. Derbage in the Evening with 1\Ir. Sewell & Michelson.
9 Din'd at home. Afternoon wrote to Austin &: Evening at Mrs.
"\Ventworths & Dr. Bracketts.
I 0 At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even at Dr. Bracketts with
Mr. Derbage & l\fr. Wright.
I I Rode to Greenland & settled with Select l\fen, returned & found
"\Vm. Hunt of Newbury here & Iodg'd with him.
12 Drank Punch at Dr. Cutters with him at Noon. Evening at
Sewells & at home writing to "\Villiams; first Assembly.
13 On the Parade with Company at Noon. Even at Torreys &
Butlers &c.
14 Court of Admiralty set, a Mob.1 Evening at Mrs. Wentworths
looking at moon &c.
15 At School all Day. Evening at Torreys playing chess &c.
16 Din'd at Mr. M. \Ventworths. Even at home.
17 Went to meeting, obliged to come out & at home all Day &
Evening.
18 At Court of Admiralty after School P.M. Evening at Mr.
Derbage & Mrs. Adams.
19 Evening at Mr. Sewells & Noah Parkers. Rain.
'The Brigantine Resolution, seized for not paying dutv on cargo of molasses and
libelled before the Court of Vice Admiralty, was freed by persons in disguise October
29, 1771. N. Adams, Anna/J of Portsmouth, 233.

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20 At School Afternoon putting up Stove. Even Dr. Bracketts &
with Whipple at John Parkers.
21 Thanksgiving went to Kittery to Col. Sparhawk Dance. Return
after 12.
22 No School A.M. because putting up Stove. Even at Home.
23 Din'd at home. P.M. at School with Capt. Doakes & surveying
with Mat. Even at home with Hale.
24 At Dr. Langdons meeting, Mr. Mac in A.M. & Mr. Stevens
preach'd P.M. Took Tea & spent Evening at Dr. Bracketts with
Derbage.
25 Mr. Stevens din'd here. At Mr. Butters & Mr Derbages Even.
26 Din'd at Mrs. Adams. Even at Mr. Sewells, Esqr Torrey &: at
home. Col. Weare lodg'd there.
27 Rain'd. Even at Lecture at Dr. Havens, Mr. Murray; • Col.
Weare.
28 Afternoon at Lecture Dr. Havens, Mr. Murray preach'd. Even
at Dr. Brackets & Mr. Derbages.
29 At mills in morning. ·wrote a Deed at noon. Even at Sewells
with Austin & other Actors.
30 Din'd at home. Afternoon at School. Even at Tiltons & home.

December

2
3
4
5

6

Mr. Murray preach'd A.M. at Dr. Langdons. Even at Home
reading South.'
Very cold. M_u rray preach'd at Drownes. Even at home writing
to Mr. Fisher.
At School as usual. Took Tea at Stoodleys with Brde[?] Hale
& I play'd chess at Home.
Spent Evening at Torreys playing chess.
Afternoon at Mr. Langdons, Mrs. \Ventworth. Even at Mr.
Sewells with Pickering, very cold.
Snow Storm , 5 Boys only at School, din'd at Mrs. Adams. Even
at Dr. Brackets & at home.

9
The New Hampshire Gazette, Dec. 6, 1771, describes the Rev. John Murray's
preaching tour and six day visit to Portsmouth in glowing terms.
'South, Robert, 1634-1716. English clergyman. Published Sermons Preached on
Several Occasions. Defended Church of England.

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Din'd at home. Took Tea at Stoodleys. Even at home.
At,,Dr. Langdons meeting all Day. Even at Sewell's.
At School all Day. Evening at hom e writing Syphax.
Spent the Evening at Sewells with Michaelson.
Paid Mr. Penhallow. Even at home with l\fr. Hurd.
Court of Admiralty P.M. Even at home playing chess with
Hale.
Sent Atherton his Papers, spent Evening with Mr. Derbage.
6 Quarts Wine at Cutters.
Mr. Ward in the Afternoon, paid Foster. Even with Mr. Derbage.
At Dr. Langdons Meeting. Evening at Dr. Brackets, went home
with Polly Trail.
The Actors at School, Evening till 11 Clock.
At Miss Trails with Austin at Noon . Evening at Dance Assembly Room.
At Mr. Derbage's Noon, din'd at Jo. Whipple. Even at Dr.
Brackets & at home. Headach.
Load of Wood Yesterday & to day was out. Tuesday Road to
Greenland. Even Mr. Macclintock.
At School all Day. Even at School, N. Parker &: Mr. Sewell.
At Home afternoon & Even. Mr. Hale there.
At Dr. Langdons Meeting all Day. Even Mr. Pickerings.
Spouters at School Evening & N. Parkers.
Drank Tea at Governors. Evening at Torreys. ·
At church A.M. Din'd at Livermore's & Even.
Jack Vlentworth din'd here. At printing office P.M. Even at
Dr. Brackets & Mr. Rindge's with Polly Trail.
Mrs. \Ventworth died. Even at home reading Robertson.' 0
Afternoon at Mrs. Adams. Evening Jae. Sheafe's store.
At meeting Dr. Langdons all Day. Even Dr. Langdons.
At School all Day. Even at School & home.
Mrs. \Ventworth buried. Even rode to Greenland in harts sley.

10 Robertson, William, 1721-1793. Scottish churchman and historian . Published
History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Ma>)' and King James VI (2 vols. ,·
li59); History of the Reig11 of Charles V (3 vols., 1769).

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Account of Expenses in the Year li71

Y2

Janry

4th

Enoch Clark Cr

Janry

12

Cash Cr By 7J!2 lb . Candles of Wm. Simson

5.12

16

Greenleaf Clark Cr By chaise to Portsmouth

1.10

14th

Samii Pickering Cr By keeping Horse I Night

1.4

Febry

Febry

~iarch

Bowl Punch

[ 0.12.4

18th

George Lang Cr By a Pair Shoes

23

Greenleaf Clark Cr By Horse to Portsmouth

29

\'\iilliam Sanborn Cr By a Horse to I I. & Exeter
Ci>h Cr By \·j l'is1;irccn at Exeter for I !(air]
Dressing

31

Greenleaf Clark Cr By Horse to Portsmouth

1.4

13th

Greenleaf Clark Cr By a Horse to Portsmouth

1.4

15

Enoch Clark Cr By 3 Lemons &

Y2

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!SS

April

[ 8.0

JIJ

27th

Then settled & balanced all Accts with Enoch Clark

30'

Cash Dr for Ivory Pocket Book
Do Dr for writing votes for Enoch Clark
Cash Cr By a Penknife

1st

Enoch Clark Cr By keeping Horse 2 Nights

8th

Cash Cr By a Breakfast at Mrs Chases

II
1.10

[

tit

3.12.

Wentworth Che•will Cr By Yz Ticket ~one
Share in 500 Tickets
Cash Cr By Expences at Newmarket

2.8
2.1.4
.12.0
2.0
.12.0

[ 12.0.0
[ 2.3

[Account of Receipts in the Year 1711]

.12

lb. Sugar

1771 Dr.
Janry

2d

Enoch Clark Dr To a Writ vs. S. D. Lover ing

Janry

10

Joseph Wiggin Dr To a Writ vs. W. Philbrick

Janry

12th

Abner Haines Cr By Cash

15

c;recnleaf Clark Cr By Rum

16

Samii Pickering Cr .lly mull·d Wine

19

Enoch Clark Cr By 2 Lemons

20

Greenleaf Clark Cr By Horse to Portsmouth

l /4

21st

Samii Pickering By Slay from Portsmouth

I /4

22

Dani Clark .lly mending office Door &.: Corks

I/

23

Samuel Pickering Cr By Cash

1/4

25

Cash Cr By Contrib11tion & to Esqr Frost

I /'1

Febry

1st

Jonathan Baily Dr To a Spelling Book

26

Cash Cr By cutting a Load Wood

1/10

Febry

8

Cash Dr for casting Interest l'iotes for S L &c

2d

Cash Cr By Hairdressing Exeter
Greenleaf Clark Cr By chaise to Exeter

£

Janry

4/

12 /

H

William Simpson Dr To a Spelling Book

1/6

16

Ichabod Weeks Dr To a Spelling Book

l/G

21

Samuel Pickering Dr To a Spelling Du

l /G

24

Hannah Whidden Dr To I Day & Night with
you settling your Fathers Estare

6/

25

Ichabod Weeks Dr To a Deed

2/

22

Matthias Haines Dr to writing A Hodgdon
Deposition in your case with Pitman

'2/

Hannah Whidden Dr To copying Accts &c

9 ·'
-1

13

Georg Urin Dr To writing a Deed from you
to John Haven

21

14

Joshua Pickering Dr To writing John
Folsoms Deposition for you

3/

/12
[ 2-0

4 I!

5

Enoch Clark Cr By I Pint Wine - - -

7

Samii Pickering Cr By Chaise to Ponsmouth

I.IO

9th

Greenleaf Clark Cr By chaise to Portsmouth

I.JO

15

George lJrin Dr To two Deeds

4/

Saini! Pickering Dr To a Writ vs. N. Barker

8/

Cash Dr To writing Dep. for Jona Trickey

l/G

Febry

14

Enoch Clark Cr By keeping Horse 3 Nights

3.12

20

16

Samuel Pickering Cr By Do l Night

1.4

23

19

Sam ll Pickering Cr l.ly Do l Night

l.4

Hy 2 Lemons
21

Cash Cr By Expences to Newbury
of Which was paid for E . \Villiams

25

This Day settled all Accts with Greenleaf Clarke

.12
[ i.3.4
1.6.8

l\tarch 8th
14th

George lJrin Dr To a Deed horn Mr. Haven to vou

2/

Joshua Pickering Dr To copying Acct.s

2/

18

Wm Simson Dr. To Cash on !'\orton's Acct

2Y,

21

Enoch Clark Dr To Dr \Vhitakers Sermon

I/

22

Abner Haines Dr To the Interest of mv Note
of Hand against the Selectmen
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3/

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CJ)

co

I

-April

April

Samuel Pickering Dr To writing Discharge
for James Berry &c

1/22

APPENDIX

28

Jona Bailey Dr to Cash

4/71/?_

2

Samii Whidden Dr. To writing Indentures

2/

6th

Dani Clark Dr To Filling two Deeds

3/6

12th

William Simpson Dr To writing long leases
for Parsonage & Bond

£

Names of persons mentioned in the diary who have been identified are listed below. For clergymen see F. L. ·weis, The Colonial
Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England (1936). Interesting biographical sketches by Clifford K. Shipton are in Sibley's
Harvard Graduates. Other information has been obtained from
town histories and genealogies.

William Jenkins Dr To Copy Complaint &
\Varrant to carry out Charles Crimble

19

25th
May

22d

17th

August 14

Augst

22

1.6

Samuel Pickering Dr to a Wril vs. J. Mason

8/

Samuel Pickering Dr To a Just. Writ
T. Cotton vs. J . Randall

4/

Enoch Clark Dr To a Writ vs G. Philbrook

8/

Do

· Dr To

Do

Do To

Do

June

0.1.6

Ichabod Weeks Dr to a Deed from Mrs. Huggins

Do vs Samll Clark
Do vs Simon Dearborn

Jeremiah Mason Dr To a Writ vs John Weeks

25

0.6.0

Dr To

Do

vs Lewis· Haines

8/
4/
8/
4/

Ichabod Weck' Dr To a Writ vs J. Rawlings

4/

Enoch Clark D< To Cash pd I. Brackett for
Service of Writs more than what you pd

1/6

To two Do vs Simon Philbrook

8

Col March Dr to writing an Agreemt

2/

Jona Barker Dr to making your Will
& filling two Deeds

6

Enoch Clark Dr To Entry Action vs G. Philbrook

10/

Greenleaf Clark Dr To a Cordercius

2/

Samll Hale Dr To Cash

3/7Vt

Wm Cotton Junr Dr To a Writ vs Jona Colcord
Thomas Chadbourn Dr To a Writ
Bickford vs Mace

8/

Wm Torrey Esqr Dr To a Spelling Book for
your Son

Ac.lams [Joseph], 1689-1783 . Harvard, 1710. Minister at Newington.
Adams [Joseph], 1720-1785. Harvard, 1742. Minister at Stratham.
New Light preacher..
Adams, Mrs. Elizabeth (Parker), 1734-1814. Sister. Widow of
Capt. Nathaniel Adams, Portsmouth merchant, who died in
1768 leaving six children.
Appleton, [\Villiam ?] . Bookseller in Portsmouth; married Sarah
Odiorne Appleton; died 1785, age 38.
Atherton, [Joshua], 17 37-1809. Harvard, 1762. Lawyer; practiced
in Merrimac 1768-1773; made Register of Probate, Hillsborough County and moved to Amherst.
Atkins, ·william, 1711 -1788. A churchwarden
buried in St. Paul's Churchyard there.

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Ilarnard, T[homas], 1748-1814. Harvard, 1766. Son of the Rev.
Thomas Barnard, Newbury. Ordained, Salem, North Church,
1773. Unitarian.

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Belknap. [Jeremy], 1744-1798. Harvard, 1762. Ordained, Dover,
1767; rerrioved to Federal Street Church, Boston, 1787. Author of History of New Hampshire.
Benedict, [Joel], 1745- 1816. Princeton, 1765. Travelled supplying
churches in l\fassac huselts and Maine; settled, Lisbon, Conn.
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Sept

4

Capt Holland Dr To a Spelling Book for
your son

Novr

20

Thomas Packer Dr To Copies &c

3/

Novr

30

William Simson Dr To a Deed Haines to you

1/ 6

Samuel Hale Junr Dr

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Pisrarccn

Berry, F [ rancis]. Green land. Elected tythingman.

Bowen, [Penuel], 1742-1788. Harvard, 1762. Minister New South
Church, Boston, 1766-1762. Later became an Episcopalian.

Cutter, Dr. [A.mmi Ruh amaii], 1735-1820 . H a rnrd, 1752. Portsmouth physician.

Boyd, G[ eorge) . Died 1787. Portsmouth merchant.

Derbage, [George ?] . He married, in Portsmouth, Betsey, daughter of Capt. Lewis Turner, late of Boston. [N. H . Gazelle,
Dec. 10, 1773.J

Brackett, George, 1737-1825. Greenland. Married Ann March.
Brother of Dr. Joshua Brackett.
Brackett, J[ohn], 1734-1800. Brother of George and Dr. Joshua.
Unmarried.

Drown, Samuel, 1721-1770. Minister of First Independent Church
in Portsmouth . A Baptist who became a New Light Congregationalist.

Brackett, Dr. Joshua, 1733-1802. Harvard, 1752. Portsmouth physician. Brother of George Brackett. Married Hannah "Whipple.

Emery, John, 1746-1787. Exeter merchant. Appointed clerk of
Court of Common Pleas, 1776.

Bradish, Ebenezer. Died 1785. Owned the Blue Anchor Tavern
in Brighton Street, Cambridge.

Fisher, [] ohn], I 7 36-1805. Born in England; married Anna,
daughter of Mark Hunking Wentworth. Collector of customs
in Salem, 1770.

Bryant, \V[alter]. Newmarket. Surveyor for Masonian Proprietors. Allowed to ra ise mon ey for a bridge from Stratl~am to
Newmarket by lottery.

Folsom, [John]. Greenland . Town officer, tavern keeper.

Butler, [Benjamin], 1729-1804. Harvard, 1752. Minister, Nottingham, 1758-1770.
Byles, Dr. [Mather], 1706-1788. Harvard, 1725. Minister, Hollis
Street Church, Boston.
Champney, S[arah]. Died Aug. 13, 1771. Daughter of the Rev.
Joseph Champney of Beverly, Mass.; sister of Richard Champney of Portsmouth.
Claggett, [Wyseman), 1721 -1784. Attorney General of Province
of New Hampshire.
Clark, Daniel, 1744-1835. Greenland. Brother of Enoch and
Greenleaf.

Fowle, [Daniel and Robert] . Portsmouth printers. Published New
Hampshire Gazelle.
Frost, [George], 1720-1796. Moved from R ye to Durham in 1770.
Appointed associate justice of Court of Common Pleas for
Strafford County, 1773.
Haines, [William]. Died I 771. Selectmen of Greenland.
Hale, Major [Samuel], 1718-1807. Harvard, 1740. Master of the
Latin Grammar School in Portsmouth.
Hale, Samuel, Jr., 1758-1828. Son of Major Samuel. Barrington
merchant.

Clark, Enoch Esq., 1735-1774. Innkeeper, Greenland. Selectman ;
town clerk. l\farried Mary, daughter of Col. Clement March .

Hale, Samuel, 1745-1787. Son of John Hale, brought up by his
uncle, Major Samuel. Harvard, 1766. Practicing law in Portsmouth in 1771. Married Lydia, daughter of \\TiIIiam Parker.
Loyalist.

Clark, Greenleaf, 1737-1776. Greenland . Selectman, 1771. Married
Mary Moody of Kittery.

Hastings, [Joseph Stacey), 1745-1807 . Harvard, 1762. l\Iinister
North Hampton . Embraced Sandemanianism.

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Haven, [John], 1735- 1813. Harvard, 1757. Taught school in Exeter and Greenland . Selectman of Greenland.
Haven, Dr. [Samuel], 1727-1806. Harvard, 1749. Minister, South
Church, Portsmouth.
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Holland, Capt. [Samuel] . Died 1801. Su~veyor General of the
Colonies north of Virginia. Made a map of New Hampshire.
Howard, Dr. [Simeon], 1733-1804. Harvard, 1758. :Minister of
West Church, Boston.
Hunt, [John], 1744-1775. Harvard, 1764. Ordained minister of
Old South Church, Boston, 1771.
Hurd, [John], 1727-1809. Harvard, 1747. Born and died in Boston. Personal secretary of Gov. John Wentworth. Appointed
Chief Justice of Inferior Court of Grafton County, 1772.
Jaffrey, Mr. Possibly George Jaffrey, 1716-1802. Harvard 1736.
Member of Council and Treasurer of Province. House on
Daniel Street.
Johnson, Capt. [Nathan]. Selectman of Greenland.
Langdon, Deacon [l\fark]. Died May 1, 1776, in his 78th year.
North Church, Portsmouth.
Langdon, John, 1741 · 1819. Portsmouth merchant. Later U.S. senator; governor of New Hampshire.
Langdon. Dr. [Samuel] , 1722-1797. Harvard 1740. Minister North
Church, Portsmouth . President of Harvard College, 1774.
Livermore, [Samuel], 1732-1803. Princeton, 1752. Lawyer, practiced Portsmouth, Londonderry, and Holderness. Advocate
in Court of Admiralty; Kings attorney; Chief Justice of Superior Court, 1782-1790. Married Jane, daughter of the Rev.
Arthur Browne, who was Rector of Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth.
Livius, [Peter], 1727-1795. Portsmouth merchant, member of
Governor's Council ; judge of Common Pleas until 1771,

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he laid a compl a int against Governor \Vcntworth for
maladministration.

Lowell , [John ?] , 1743-1802. Son of Rev. John Lowell of Newburyport. Harvard, 1760. Beca me Chief Justice of Circuit
Court for l\Iaine, l\'ew Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island.
MacClintock, Samuel, 1732-1804. Princeton, 1751; .M.A. Harvard,
1761 ; D.D. Yale, 1791. Minister in Greenland.
March, Col. [Clement] , 1707-1777. Greenland. Prominent in
towi1 affairs. Moderator of town meeting; representative to
legislature.
March, Clement, Jr. Baptized 1751. Youngest child of Col. Clement March.
Marrett, [John?], 1741-1813. Harvard, 1763. Supplied pulpits in
New England; ordained Second Church of Woburn [now the
First Church of Burlington], 1774.
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Marsh, [John], 1742-1821. Harvard, 1761. Licensed to preach,
1765; preached in Hampton for a time; appointed Tutor at
Harvard, 1771; ordained Wethersfield, Conn., 1774.
Mayhew, [Zachariah ?] , 1718-1806. Ordained, l\fartha's Vineyard,
1767; worked among the Indians.
Mendum, Nathaniel. Member of North Church, Portsmouth.
Died Aug. 30, 1771 , in his 82nd year.
Merrill, Nathaniel, 1713-1796. Harvard, 17 32. Minister, Nottingham-West (Hudson).
i'vferrill, Natha.niel, 174 3-1791. Harvard, 1767. Minister, Boscawen, 1768-1774;later became a Presbyterian.
Moulton, Col. [Jonathan] , 1726-1787. Hampton . Prominent in
town and province affairs.
Moulton, Josiah, 1749-1794. Son of Col. Jonathan i\Ioulton. Representative to General Assembly, 1771. l\Iarried Dorothy,
daughter of Major John Shackford of Portsmouth.

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Murray, [John] , 17,12-1793. Pres byterian minister at Boothbay,
Maine.
Newmarch, Capt. [John], 1700-1776. Keeper of jail.
Odlin, [Woodbridge], 1718-1776. Harvard, 1738. Minister at
Exeter.
Osborne, Capt. School teacher in Portsmouth. Kept school in his
own house, no. 19 South Street.
Packer, Col. Thomas, 1699-1771. Sheriff of Province.
Parker Family:
William Parker, 1703-1781, married Elizabeth Grafton.
1. Zerviah, 1728-17 50, married William Earl Treadwell.
2. William, 1731-1813, married Elizabeth Fogg.
3. John, 1732-1791, unmarried.
4. Elizabeth, 1734-1814, married Capt. Nathaniel Adams.
5. Mary, 1738-1788, married David Sewell.
6. Lydia, 1740-1787, married Samuel Hale.
7. Samuel, 1744-1804, married Anne ["Nancy"] Cutler.
8. Catherine, 1744-1817. Unmarried.
9. Sarah, 1746-1837, married Christopher Toppan.
10. Matthew Stanley Gibson, 1748-1787, married Anna
Rust.
Parker, Noah, 1734-1787. Son of John Parker, brought up in home
of his uncle, Judge William Parker. A Universalist minister.
His son John was a surveyor; made a map of Portsmouth with
Nathaniel Adams in 1778.
Parsons, [Moses], 1716-1783. Harvard, 1736. Minister at Byfield,
Mass.
P eirce, [Daniel] Esq., 1709-1773. Harvard, 1728. Recorder of
deeds for Province; member of King's Council.
Pemberton, [Ebenezer ?], 1705-1777. Harvard, 1721. Minister
Presbyterian Church, New York, 1727-1753; New Brick
Church, Boston, 17 54-1777.

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Pickering, John, 17 37-1805. Harvard, 1761. Portsmouth lawyer ;
b~came judge U . S. District Court. Marri ed Abigail, daughter
of Jacob Shaefe. Broth er of J oshua and Samuel Pickering.
Pickering, Joshua. Married Mary · Brackett. Jan. 31, 1759; died
June 5, 1771. Lived in Greenland.
Pickering, Samuel, 1732-1797. Innkeeper, Greenland. Married
Elizabeth Brackett.
Pickman, [Benjamin], 1740-1819. Harvard, 1759. Salem merchant.
Rindge, Mr. Possibly Daniel Rindge, 1731-1799. Member of Council. Lived in large double house, corner of Daniel and Market
Streets.
Rogers, [Daniel], 1707-1785. Harvard, 1725. Minister of Second
Parish in Exeter.
Sawyer, Dr. Micajah, 1737-1815. Harvard, 1756. Physician, Newburyport.
Serjeant, [\Vinwood], ca. 1739-1780. Rector Christ Church, Cambridge, 1767-1774. Married Ann, daughter of the Rev. Arthur
Browne of Portsmouth.
Sewell, David, 1735-1825. Harvard, 1755. Lawyer, York, Maine.
Became Judge of U. S. District Court, 1789. Married Mary
Parker.
Sewell, [Stephen], 1734-1811. Harvard, 1761. Professor of Hebrew
and Oriental Languages.
Shackford, Mrs. [Catherine ?] . Widow of Major John Shackford.
See administration of estate, 1767. [Stale Papers, XXXIX,
40.]
Shannon, [Richard Cutts], 1743-1821. Studied law with Samuel
Livermore in Portsmouth; one of the attorneys of the town
in 1774. Removed to Hollis.
Shaw, Oakes, 1736-1807. Minister of Congregational Church of
\Vest Precinct of Barnstable.
Sheafe, Jacob, 1715-1791. Portsmouth merchant. Representative
to legislature in 1771. Married Hannah Seavey of Rye.

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Simpson, William. Greenland. Town officer.
Sparhawk, Col. [~athaniel]. Kittery merchant. Married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir ·william Pepperell.
Stevens, [Benjamin] . 1720-1791. Harvard, 1740. Ordained colleague pastor with the.Rev. John Newmarch, Kittery, Maine,
1751.
Stoddard, Col. [Samson ?] , 1709-1777. Chelmsford, Mass., Harvard, 1730. Large landholder in New Hampshire; town of
Stoddard named for him.
Stoodley's. Portsmouth hotel kept by Col. James Stoodley. Stopping place for travelers from Boston to Maine.
Thayer, [Ebenezer], 1734-1792. Harvard, 17 53. Ordained minister
at Hampton, 1766.
Tilton's. A tavern in Portsmouth kept by Jacob Tilton. See Provincial Papers, VII, 283.
Tilton, Capt. [Jonathan]. Died 1796. Hampton Falls. Town officer and representative to legislature in 1771.
Tilton, Dr. [Joseph J, 1744-1838. Exeter physician. Studied with
Dr. Ammi R. Cutter of Portsmouth, married daughter of
John Shackford.
Toppan, Christopher, 1735-1818. Hampton. Selectman, representative to legislature, senate and council. Married Sarah Parker.
Torrey, [William]. Portsmouth merchant. Member of North
Church; children baptized 1764, 1766, 1767. Loyalist.
Trail, [Robert]. Comptroller of port of Portsmouth. Married
Mary Whipple. Died, London, 1785. Daughter, Mary 17531824.
Ward, [Ephraim?], 1741-1818. Harvard, 1763. Ordained minister,
West Brookfield, August 1771.

Weare, Col. [J\feshech], 1713-1786. Harvard, 1735. Hampton
falls. Justice of Superior Court. President of New Hampshire
during Revolution.
Weeks, Dr. [Ichabod], 1738-1807. Physician, Greenland.
Weeks, Joshua Wingate, 1738-1806. Harvard, 1758. Minister of St.
,l\fichael's Episcopal Church, Marblehead. Born in Greenland.
Weeks, Major William, 172 3-1798. Greenland. Town officer. Married Elinor, daugh,t er of Col. Clement March.
Wentworth, John, 1737-1820. Harvard, 1755. Governor of New
Hampshire 1767-1775.
Wentworth, John Jr., 1745-1787. Harvard, 1768. Studied law with
\Villiam Parker, commenced prac tice in Dover in 1771; judge
of probate, Strafford County, 1773-1787 .
Wentworth, Michael. Born in England. Married Martha (Hilton) \Ventworth, widow of Governor Benning \Ventworth,
Dec. 19, 1770; died 1795.
Wentwm·th, Mrs. [Penelope] . Wife of Hugh Hall Wentworth,
Lieut. Governor of Grenada and the Grenadines. Died in
Portsmouth Dec. 27, 1771, in her 30th year. Member North
Church.
Whidden, Mrs. [Hannah J. Widow of Samuel Whidden of Greenland. See will 1769. Stale Papers, XXXIX, 333.
Whipple, Joseph, 17 37-1816. Portsmouth merchant. Later Collector of Customs at Portsmouth ; large landowner in North.
Married Hannah Billings of Boston. Brother of William
Whipple.
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Whipple, Mr. This may be Oliver Whipple, ca. 1743-1813. Born
in Rhode Island; Harvard, 1766. Lawyer in Portsmouth. Married Abigail, daughter of Dr. Sylvester Gardiner of Boston.

Warner, Col. Daniel, Member of Governor's Council.

Willard, Col. [Josiah], 1716-1786. \Vinchester. Representative to
legislature.

Warner, Capt. Samuel. Died in Portsmouth, Sept. 10, 1771, in his
34th year.

Williams, Elijah, 1746-1793. Harvard, 1764. Lawyer in Keene.
Loyalist.

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ABERDEEN, SCOI'IAND, 14
ABRAHAM, WCODWARD, of Marblehead,
45
ACADEMIES , 14
ACADEMY OF ARI'S AND SCIENCE'S, 39
ACADIANS: plight of the A. in
Conn., 32
ACT OF ASSOCIATION, AN, 15, 18
ADAMS, MR. , 39
ADAMS, MRS., 15
ADAMS , MRS. ELIZABETH (PARKER),

SP's sister, 70, 72
ADAMS, PRES. JOHN, 39
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70
ADAMS, CAPT. NATHANIEL, Portsrrouth
rrerchant, 18, 21, 38, 70, 72
ADDRESS OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY of
Conn. to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Sea~, 18
AIDERNEY, CHANNEL ISIANDS, a wreck
on, 33
ALLEN, MR., a man without education
but with many disciple s, 12
AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY (BELKNAP)
AMHERST, MASS., 70
AMORY , MR. , 24
ANDREWS, REV. JOHN, of Maryland,
16, 53; challenged to a duel by
Henry Purcell, 37
ANEC!XYI'E concerning the "wives of
Brother Parker," 12
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S . , 10-15, 17,
21-22, 27, 36, 38-40, 42; St.
Luke's Church, 12-13
APOSTLES' CREED, 30-31
APPIEI'CN, SARAH (OOIORNE), 70
APPLETON' WILLIAM, Portsrrouth bookseller, 70
API'HORP, REV. EAST, 2, 24
ARCHBISHOPS raise questions about
the applications frcm Phila. , 20
ARIANISM, 15
ARIANS, 37
ARITCLES OF RELIGION abrogated, 18
ASPINWALL, JOSEPH, of Stoughton, 45
ATHANASIAN CREED, 16, 46, 49; not
restored to the liturgy, 21; several reactions to it, 31
ATHER'IDN, JOSHUA, attorney at Merrimac, N.H., 70
ATKINS, SAMUEL, 15
ATKINS, WILLIAM, churchwarden at St.
Paul's, Nei.-.buryport, 70
AUGUSTA, GA.., 38
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BACON, MRS., 5

BADGER, REV. M:lSES, 6, 11, 14, 20
BAHAMAS, 20
BAILEY, REV. JACOB, 7-8, 10-12, 1415, 17, 21, 27, 36, 38-39; of
Scituate, 42; tells of his unhappy daughter, 42; has a son b.o
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his Congregationalist enemies,
7; basis of his citation by the
court, 8; his poor penmanship,
13 ; his serrrons sent frcm Boston
to Nova Scotia, 13
BAKER, MRS . , 21; her passage to
Mass., 16
BANm:JFT, MR., 11, 14
BAPI'ISM: sponsors in B., 16
BARBER, REV . DANIEL, 37, 39, 42
BARFIELD (?BASFIELD), REV. MR.,
ordained by Bp. Bass, 42
BARNARD, CAPTAIN, 33

BARNARD, THCMAS, 70
BARNSTABIE I MASS. I 13' 72
BARrn TREI<R, 32
BARRELL, THEDOORE, ?5; his wife
and children are in want, 21,
22; has neither property nor
character, 21; has partly redeerred himself, 22
. BARRINGI'ON, N.H., 70
BARRISTER, LIBERI'Y, who visits
Boston on business, 40
BASFIELD, REV. MR. See Barfield.
BASS, REV. DR. IDr<ARD (later Bp. ) ,
7, 9, 11-12, 15-19, 21, 26-27,
29, 31, 36, 38, 40-41, 44-45,
51; asks SP to use his influence to coml:;>at the charge of
disloyalty, 2; has a brother
in Nova Scotia, 11; counsels
waiting for Seabury's arrival
before entering into any plan,
11; is endorsed by Seabury for
Bp. of Mass., 28; declines the
episcopate, 30; is backed by
o:Jden for Bp. of Verrront, 35;
is Bishop-elect of Mass., 39;
his acceptance of the Episcopal
chair, 39; will not be adequately provided for, 40; stops in
Providence en route to his consecration, 40; ordains Theodore
Dehon, 41; recorrrrends Ogden,
?41; his imprudent ordinations
have done N.H. much harm, 42;
his conduct censured for ordaining Barfield, 42; Did he take an
oath of allegiance to the U.S.?
8; the Derrocratic Spirit will
magnify his failings, 39; reports of his disloyalty to England and Arrerica, 2
BATrY, ADAM: Serrrons, 28
BAY OF FUNDY I 22
BAYARD, ANDREW, introduced to SP,
32
BEACH, REV. ABRAHAM, 29, 43
BECK, THCMAS, master of a coastal
vessel, 21
BELKNAP, DR. JEREMY, 36, 38; Has
he converted to the Church? 20;
his death reported, 41; Arrerican
Biography, 39; History of New
Hampshire, 70
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BEND, REV. JOSEPH GROVE JOHN I 32
BENEDICT, JOEL, 70
BENEFICE'S: all b. in Arrerica are
a gift of the people, 27
BENSOO, GEDRGE, 19

BERNARD, MR. , 6
BERNARD, GJV. FRANCIS, gave silverware to King's Chapel, 24
BERRY, FRANCIS, 70
BEI'HUNE, NATHAN or NATHANIEL, 2-3,
33
BEVERLY, MASS., 70
BILLINGS, HANNAH, 7 3
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, 9

BISHOP: election of a b. at Woodbury, 9; one b. w::iuld be sufficient for New England and N.Y.,
10; anr. b. recornrended for New
England, 18; the laity pennitted
to sit as judges in the trial of
ab., SO
BISHOPS, 12; b. ·who enter Arrerica
will alarm the Puritans, 10; b.
should be unconnected with civil
po~r, 15; attitudes toward b. in
Phila., 16; council for censuring
or depriving b., 16; succession
of Scottish b., 18; the line of
Scottish b., 19; the English Constitution on the consecration of
b., 20; Stile s orders all Protestant clergy in Conn. to call themselve s b., 25; f i ve b. now in
Arrerica, 34; Georgite b., 37, 51;
English b. look down upon their
Arrerican brothers, 38; House of B.
caipleted, 31; a plan for limited b., 43. See also College of
Bishops; Succession.
BISHOPS I NEGATIVE, its significance
in the General Convention, 37
BISSEI' (BISSE'IT), REV. GEDRGE, of
Newport, 28
BUICKBURNE, REV. JOHN LYNN I 42
BI.ACKWELL, ROBERT, 53
BIAKESLEE, REV. SOIJ:MJN, 31; desires
a separate Church constitution for
New Harrpshire, 32
BI.llNK HALL, 9, 11
BI..O'.JDY BUOY, THE (PORCUPINE)
BLUE ANCHOR TAVERN, 70
BCX>KS, 6, 12, 17, 20, 39, 41; plausible b. may stagger one's faith,
21
BOOTHBAY, MAINE, 72
BORIAND, MR. I 13
BORIAND, DR. FRANCIS, of Portsrrouth,
45
BOSTON, MASS. , 5 et passim; a port
of embarkation to Nova Scotia, 22;
departure of the King's troops
frcm B., l; rreasles prevail in B.,
5; Universalism is not the only
heresy in B. , 15; Seabury' s reception in, 20; Christ Church
(i.e., the Old North Church), 13,
3r,-33-34, 45, 48; Federal Street
Church, 70; Hollis Street Church,
70; King's Chapel, 1, S, 8-9, 14,
17, 19, 25-26, 40, 44; hears Gov.
John Hancock's proclarration fran
its pulpit, 2; should not be
called "Episcopal" because it
sets aside all the doctrines of
that church, 2; has a layreader
at their head, 15; has a Unitarian

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absurdity of its people calling
themselves "Episcopalians," 26;
its congregation is very sna.ll,
23; New Brick Church, 72; New
South Church, 70; North Church
(see Christ Church) ; Old South
Church, 71; Stone Chapel (see
King's Chapel); Trinity Church,
1, 5-6, 8, 13, 26, 36, 42, 45,
48; dedication of T-C., 2; it employs Abraham Lynsen Clarke for
six rronths, 23; West Church, 71
BOS'IDN PACKE:I' I 32
BOS'IWICK, REV. GIDEON, 37
BOOCHER, REV. JONATHAN, 20
BOURS, JOHN, · lay reader of Newport,
14, 16-17, 20, 41-42, 45
IJC:WDEN, DR. JOHN, 20-21, 37, 49; at
Jamaica, L.I., 12; has ccmni.tted
himself to Norwalk, 13; would he
care to Portsrrouth? 20; reccmrrends Abraham Lynsen Clarke, 21;
considered for Bp. of Conn. , 38;
will open an academy in N.Y. this
surmer, 38
:BCWXlIN, JAMES, receives LL.D., 10
BCWEN, REV. PENUEL, 27, 70; introduced to SP, 23
BCWERS, REV. JAMES, 4 2
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BOYD, GEDRGE, Portsrrouth rrerchant,
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BRACKE'IT I ANN (MARCH) I 70
BRACKEIT, ELIZABEI'H, 72
BRACKE'IT, GEDRGE, 70
BRACKE:I'T, HANNAH (WHIPPLE), 70
BRACKE:I'T, JOHN, 70
BRACKEIT, DR. JOSHUA, Portsrrouth
physician, 70
BRACKE'IT, MARY I 72
BRADISH, EBENEZER, 70
BRADLEY, CAPI'AIN, 39
BRADSTREET, REV. SIM:N, III, 6

BRAINI.'REE, MA.SS., 6, 11, 26, 45;

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BREYN.KN, DR. JOHN, 10-11
BRIDGEWATER, MA.SS., 45
BRIMMER, MR., of King's Chapel, 9
BRINLEY, MR. I 18, 20
BRINLEY,~. 19
BRINLEY, FRANCIS, ?20
BRISTOL, ENGLAND I 13
BRISTOL, R.I., 6, 14, 17-18, 20,
37, 45; St. Michael's Church, 48;
is in a deplorable state, 42
BROADSIDES, 18. See also Handbills.
BRJNSCN (BRUNSCN) I TILWI'SCN, 2729, 31
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BRC:mNE, REV. ARTHUR, of PortSITOUth,
71-72

BRC:mNE, JANE I 71
BID'INE FAMILY, 5
BRUNSWICK, N.J. I 7
BRYANT I WALTER, 70

BUCKINGHAM, BENJAMIN, of New Milford, 40
BUELL, MR., 8
BULFINCH, SAMUEL, a bigamist, 13;
his wife about to sue for a divorce, 14
BULFINCH, DR. THCMAS, 2, 8, 25-26
BUNDY, DR. RIOIARD: Serrrons, 28
BURHANS, REV. DANIEL, 37-41
BURHANS, MRS. DANIEL, is near
death, 41
BURLINGI'ON, MA.SS. : First Church,
71

BUI'LER, REV. BENJAMIN, 70
BUI'LER, JOHN, custans officer at
Salem, 6-7
BUI'LER, PAINE, a Harvard student
whose horre is Panfret, 9
BYFIELD, MA.SS . , 72
BYLES, DR. MATHER, SR., 30, 70;
his estate is being settled by
SP, 32
BYLES, DR. MATHER, JR., 10-13, 32,
40-41; on the administration of
his father's estate, 30, 33

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CJ>DY, MR. , of Plainfield, 10
CALLAHAN, MRS; , 12, 17; needs advice on a natter of probate, 7
CALVIN, JOHN, 37; his spiritual
children are great enemies of
the Church, 39
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., 10, 31, 39, 70;
Christ Church, 22, 24, 26, 72;
offers SP the rectorship, 2, 33;
asked to surrerder its SPG library to John Wiswall at Cornwallis, 2; accepts SP's terms,
3; received old cannunion plate
from King's Chapel, 24; consists
of gentlerren of taste and education, 33; can use a young
clergyman until F.aster, 3 3 ; its
church plate given to Christ
Church, 21; its services suspended during the Revolution, 8
CANADA, 34, 41; state of the Church
in c., 32; the Church divided
into Upper and r.a...er C., 32
CANDIDATES for Orders, 10, 17

tended for Nova Scotia, 12
ISLANDS. See Alderney.
CHANI'S, 37
CHAPIAIN: the Bishop will need a
c., 10
CHARITABLE SOCIEI'Y OF BOSTON. See
Episcopal Charitable Society.
CHARLES'I'allN N. H. , 39

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CHASE, MR., of Providence, 7
CHASE, SAMUEL, 16
CHASERIEY, MR. I 20
CHASE'S DONATION, 41
CHAUNCY, DR. 01ARLES, 12
Q!EIMSFORD, MA.SS . I 7 3
CHEMISTRY, 13
CHESTER, MARYLAND, 20
CHESTER, N.S., 41
CHIID, REV. CALEB, is capable of
considerable mischief, 37; his
resignation and character, 41
CHRa\IOI.JXICAL ABRIDGEMENT ••• FRENCH
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CHURCH PIATE. See Ccmrunion Plate.
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CIRCULARS, 41, 44
CIAGGE'IT, BP. THC.MAS JOHN, 51
CIAGGETr, WYSEMAN, Attorney General
of N.H., 70
CLAP I COI.rnEL, 9

CIARE2-0Nr, N.H., 8-9, 11, 15, 19,
31-32, 37, 39, 42; Union Episcopal Church, 39, 48
CIARK, DR., his death, 41
CIARK, MR., the Dissenting minister, 41
CIARK, DANIEL, 70
CIARK, ENOCH, selectman and town
clerk, 70
CIARK I GREENLEAF I 70
CIARK, MARY (MARCH) I 70
CIARK, MARY (MXlDY) , 70
CIARK, REV. WILLIAM, 2, 36, ?43;
is about to be narried, 21
CIARKE, REV. ABRAHAM LYNSEN, ?11,

?15, 30, 37-38, 40-41; is free
fran heterodox opinions, 21;

recamended for Portsrouth, 21;
disappointed in his expectations
at Portsrrouth, 22; visits N.Y.,
23; is employed for six rronths at
CANDLES, 8
Trinity Church, Boston, 23; has
CANER, REV. HENRY, 5, 26-27; offers
recently narried, 33; sends SP a
SP the assistantship at King's
chant fran the collection of WilChapel, 1; sent U.C flaggons to
liam Smith the younger, 37; has
Christ Church, cambridge, 24
resigned because of dissension,
CANCN LAW, 16, 43
42; his voice not strong, 23
CARDS. See Playing Cards.
CIERGYMEN s wrrx::w.:; AND ORPHANS I
CARLE'IDN, SIR GUY, 9-10
Society for assisting, 30
CARNEY, MR., his family is starvCIERICALS , 11, 15
ing, 8
CLEVERLY, JOHN, ?9 , 11. See also
CARROLL, BP. JOHN, 32
Green & Cleverly.
CARl'ER, JOHN, 14
CLOI'H (CI..aI'HING), 15, 20; gray c.
CASSOCKS, 19, 30, 33, 38
for clericals, 11
CHACE, MR., 5
COBB, CAPI'AIN, 20
CHAMBERIAIN I MR. I 27
COCHRAN I JOHN I 6
CHAMPNEY, REV. JCSEPH, 70
COKE, BP. 'I'lDlAS , ordained vociferCHAMPNEY, RICHARD, 70
ous ~thodists, 17
CHAMPNEY, SARAH, 70
COIE, MR., attorney at Providence,
ClfANDLER, REV. THCMAS BRADBURY, in6-7
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COLIN, REV. DR., pastor of a Phila.
Swedish church, 35
COLLECTS, 1 7

COLLEGE OF BISHOPS, 51
COLLEGES, one for Nova Scotia, 11
CO.."MI'ITEE OF INSPECTION, 6
CCMMI'ITEE OF SAFEl'Y, 7. see also
Sons of Liberty.
cx:M1UNION PIATE, 24, 26; given to
Christ Church, Carrbridge, 21;
pawned by the rector, 22
ca-MUNION SERVICE in King's 01apel,

REV. MR., about to rrarry
the daughter of Attorney-General
Sullivan, 34; investigating in
Boston a natter concerning Col.
01apple Norton, 34
CUI'LER, ANNE ("NANCY") , 72
CUTI.ER, B., 15
CUI'LER, JAMES, Boston rrerchant,
SP's brother-in-law, 30, 33, 40
CUI'LER,

CUl'LER, TIMJI'HY, 45

DR. AMMI RUHAMAII, PortslllJUth physician, 70, 73

CUTTER,

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SJ\MUEL, 5

COPYRIGHT, 33; problems errerging
fran printers' c. of the Prayer
Bcx:>k, 31. See also Patent.
ffiRNl@.LLIS, N. S. , 11
mssIT, AMBROSE, 39
COSSIT, REV. RANNA, SR., 8-9, 11,
15, 17, 37-39, 41; en route to
Nova Scotia, 20
COSSIT, RANNA, III, student at
Dart:rrouth College, 37-40
ffiUNTERFEIT, 11
COURT OF CHANCERY, LCNDCN, 25
CRAFI' I JONATHAN, 8
CREDENITAIS, 7

CREEDS, 16-19, 21, 30, 45-46; purpose of c. in public v.urship, 31
CROYIXN, ENGIA."ID I 2
CUNNINGHAM, CAPTAIN, 35
CUSHING, OJL. CHARLES, the sheriff,

7-8
CUTI.ER,

7
DUNBAR,
DUNHAM,

MR. , 42
MR. I 38
DURHAM, N.H. I 70
™IGHT, THECTlORE: The Derrocratiad:
A Poem, 38
™IGHT, PRES. TIM:ll'HY, 42
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·CCNffiRD, MASS., 8-9
CONFISCATION of Church property, 19
CONGREGATIONALISTS in Nova Scotia,
12; persecution by C. , 7
CONGRESS: collect for C., 17. see
also Continental Congress.
mNNECTicur disregards the necessity of sponsors in Baptism, 16;
preserves the discipline of the
primitive church, 25; is probably
too rigid in sentirrents at least
for the latitude of Arrerica, 50
CONSEX:RA'IDRS: the canonical nurrber
of c. required, 25
CONSTANI'INE, THE EMPEROR, 15
ffi.\ISTITIJI'ICN of the Episcopal
Church, 30, 33, 36; of the
Church in Mass. , 38 ; the c. of
the southern churches is too
dernx:ratical for Episcopal governrrent, 50; the c. of the Church
assimilates itself to the civil
governrrent under which it exists,
51
CONI'INENI'AL CCNGRESS, 6
CCNVENI'ION(S), 12-14, 16-21, 2325, 27, 31, 36-44, 48-49, 51;
at Woodbury, Conn., 9. See also
Conv=ations of Clergy.
CONVOCATION(S) of clergy, 18, 2123, 29, 33, 45, 49-50
CONYBEARE, DR. JOHN: Semons, 28
COOKE, REV. SAMUEL, drowned at St.
Ann Is, N.B., 41
mDPER, REV. MYLES, his death reported, 16

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DOYLE, REV. WILLIAM, 6-8
DRCMN, REV. ·SAMUEL, 70
DUANE, JAME.S I 30
DUBLIN, IREUIND, Trinity College,

MR., 17-18

D

EAST WINDSOR, CONN . , 7
EASTER DAY, 32
EDEti1ION, N.C., 42 .
EDSCN, REV. THECDORE, 43
ECMARD, PRINCE I 40
EGGLES'IDN, AZARIAH, of Lenox, Mass. ,
39, 41
ELEMEN1'S OF GENERAL HIS'IDRY (MILLOT)
DA."l'.IM)UI'H C'OLLEGE, 37-39
ELEtJl'HERA ISLAND I 20
DAVIES, BENJAMIN, Phila. printer,
ELIDr, REV. ANDREW, 12
38
ELLIS, REV. WILLIAM, of Windsor,
DAVIS, CAPTAIN, 27, 32
N.S., 41
DAVIS, CALEB, Boston rrerchant, 11
EMERSON, BURKLY (or BURLY), 32
DAVIS , ROBERI', Boston rrerchant, 11
EMERSCN, JOHN, cannot be found, 25
DAWKINS, THCl-lAS, 30
DEACCNS AND PRIESTLY BILL sponsored EMERY, JOHN, Exeter rrerchant, 70
ENGLAND delays till next year what
by the Abp . .of Canterbury, 22
ought to have been done in this,
DEBUE, MR., a Loyalist escaped from
25
Guadalupe, 40
ENTHUSIASM, 6; for French PrinciDEDHAM, MASS . , 34, 45; the suit
ples is the worst of evils, 40
against Church property in that
town, 2
EPIDEMICS, 39
EPISCOPACY: Dr. Wm. Smith defends
DEGREES (HONORARY), 10, 28; approe. against the dissenting clergy
priate gowns for, 30
in Conn., 41
DEHON, REV. THECTlORE, is doing ~ll
EPISC'OPAL ACADEMY in Phila., 16
at Trinity Church, Newport, 41;
EPISC'OPAL CHARITABIE SCX::IEI'Y for
has lost his lllJther, 42; is reassisting Clergyrren's widows and
gaining health in South Carolina,
42
orphans, 30; of Boston, 48-49
EPISC'OPAL CHURCH, its goverrarent
DE IA RCX:HE, REV. PEI'ER, of Guysresembles that of the Federal
borough, N.S . , 41
Governrrent, 36
DEM:CRAT, THE, 38
EPISC'OPAL CHURCH OF SCOI'IAND, 15,
DEM:CRATIAD--;-THE: A PO:El-1 (™IGHT)
28; Arrericans generally ignorant
DEM:CRATIC SPIRIT will nagnify Edof it, 50; legislation in Parliaward Bass's failings, 39
rrent touching it, 33
DEMX:RATICAL: the constitution of
the southern churches is too d.
EPI5mPAL su:x:ESSICN. See Succession.
for Episcopal goverrarent, 50
EPSCM, ENGLAND, 20
DERBAGE, BEI'SEY (TURNER), 70
ERVING, GEORGE: Samuel Peters's
D'ERBAGE, REV. GEORGE, 13, 70
carpranise with G-E., 35
Dfilcr'ER, MR. , 40
ERVING, JOHN, 1, 5, 35; his suit
DIBBLEE, REV. EBENEZER, considered
for Bp. of Conn., 38
against the estate of Dr. Thomas
M:lffatt, 25
DICKES I WILLIAM, 5
DIGBY, N.S., 15, 21-22, 27, 33, 36, ERWIN, MRS., 37
ERWING, MRS., 37
38-41
EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, 35
DIP:u::MAS: college d. as credenEV1Ui1S, REV. MR., apparently an
tials for travelling clergy, 7
itinerant, 19
DISCIPLINE: a unifonni ty of v.urEXEI'ER, N.H., 6, 38, 70-73
ship if not of d., 24; ~ can
EXPEDIBNCY in attaining union of
probably agree in the general
the Church, 50
principles of d. and v.urship, 50
IXME.Tl'E, MR., intends to take OrF
ders, 15
OORCHESTER, IDRD, 35
FAIRFIEID, ~. , 28
OOUCEl', CAPTAIN, 33
FAIMJUl'H, MAINE, 11
IXJVER, N.H., 20, 73
FAIMJl1I'H, MASS., Episcopal Society
:i:n'ISE, JOSEPH, 12
DAL'IDN, TRISTRAM, of St. Paul's,
Newburyport, 1 7 , 4 5
DJ\MPNEY, JOSEPH, of Ramsey, County
of Hampshire, 30
DAMPNEY, JOSEPH, of Salem, Mass.,
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at, 48; no Episcopal church below
GARDINER, DR. WALTER CI.ARKE, a
F., 27
iredical doctor and lay reader,
FANNING, LT. -GOV. EDMUND, 11
7, 34, 41; G. of Narragansett is
FEMALE RUIN PREVENTw (MADAN)
FISH, 9-10, 13, 21
"on his last legs," 40
FISHER, MR., of Salem, 11
GATES, GEN. HORATIO, ?8
FISHER, JOHN, 70
GEDNEY, PHILLIPS, 42
FISHER, REV. NATHA.~lLL, 9 , 11-12,
GENERAL CONVENI'ION, 14, 18, 24 , 2915-17, 26, 44-45 , 48
30, 33, 36, 41-43, 47, 51-52; no
delegates fran Conn. or R.I., 37;
FISHING VESSELS, 22
significance of the Bishops'
FIOODS are :ruining SP'S property, 38
FLOUR, 8, 22
Negative, 37; its printed JourFOGG, DR., 29
nal, 37; delay in publishing its
Jclurnal, 30; its canon passed
FOGG, REV. DANIEL, 5, 8-12, 14, 1820; called "unemployed" in a SPG
prior to Peters's election Bp.
of Vt., 38
Abstract, 13; supplied at Trinity
Church, Boston, 13
GEORGE, III, and the liturgy, 6
GEORGE, BRIG, seized and carried
FOGG, ELIZABETH I 7 2
into Boston harbor, 38
FOISG-1, JOHN, tavern keeper, 70
GEORGIA: SP' s property in G. , 38
FORBES I DUNCAN I 6
FORGERIE.S of docum2nts, 7
GEORGITES, 51
FCWLE, DANIEL, a Portsrrouth printer, GIBBS, REV. WILLIAM, 17; his funeral at Simsbury, 7
70
FCWLE, ROBERI', a Portsrrouth printer, GILBERI' I MR. I 20, 31
70
GILIM)RE (GIDORE) I REV. GEORGE,
reciprocated strangely and his
FCWLE REV. ROBERI' ' 31
rox SKIN, 7
terrper was sour, 28; visits the
FDXE, JOHN, 33
U.S. to buy supplies, 27
GILPIN, J.B., 53
FRANCKFORI' I MAINE, 7
FRANKLIN, Cf:N. WILLIAM, 7
GLAS<XW I SCXJI'I.l;ND I 8
GLASSco::K, MR.
38
FREE MASCNS.
See JV.a.rons .
FREEMAN, JAMES, lay reader at King's GLEBE LANDS, 19
Chapel, 8, 14, 18, 22-23 ; as a lay GOID MEDAL, 42
reader he has no authority to read G'.X)[) FRIDAY I 32
the Carrnunion Service , 2; has dif- GOOJ:w.IN MAJOR, 7
GOUD, MR., 7
ficulty securing ordination, 19;
GOVERNMENT: Conn. will not yield
talked with Bp. Seabury in Parany part of Church g. to the
ker's horre in Boston, 20; talked
with Provoost in N. Y. , 21; applied
laity, 50; the constitution of
the southern churches is too
to Seabury for ordination, 21;
derrocratical for Episcopal g.,
has been invested with episcopal
50; absolute unity of g. and
pov.er, 28; his ordination is inw:irship will never take place
valid--" irregular and subversive
under a Republican form of civil
of all order, " 26 ; his ordination
by Senior Warden Tharas Bulfinch
g. I 50
is challenged, 2 ; his theological rooms for Church services, 19
views are contrary to those of
GRAFTON I ELIZABEIH I 72
the Episcopal Church, 2; his disGRAFTON COUNTY I N. H. I 38
cussion with SP over r eading John GRAHAM, CDL. JOHN, 35-36, 51
GRAVES, BP. JOHN I 7
Hancock' s proclarrations fran the
GRAVES, REV. JOHN, 6, 8, 11-12, 14,
pulpit, 2
19, 45; his nalice, 7; his death
FRENCH, their "licentious princireported, 19; his widow's case
ples and flagitious conduct," 39
reported to the SPG, 19
FRENCH LANGUAGE I 38
FRENCH PRIESTS in New England, 32
GRAVES, REV. MATlliEW, his nalice, 7
FRENCH PRINCIPLES:
enthusiasm for
GRAY I MRS. KATHERINE I 26
GREAT BARRING!rn, MASS . , 37; the
F-P. is the w:irst of evils, 40
plight of St. Jaires's Church, 41
FRENCH REVOUJI'ION, chronological
abridgerrent of its events, 38
GREEK, 5
GREEN, MR. , store-keeper, 9, 11,
FK>ST, GEORGE, 70
39; handles bills of exchange, 12
FRYE, COL. PETER, 17
"FONDAMENI'AL PRINCIPLES I THE I 12 I
GREEN, SAMUEL, New Haven printer,
18; accepted by M3.ss . and R.I., 44
18, ?23
FONDY, Bi!\Y OF, 22
GREEN, THCMAS, New Haven printer,
18, ?23
FURNE'SS, GEORGE, 12
GREEN, THCMAS C. , New I.oncbn printer, 36
G
GREEN & CLEVERLY, MESSRS. , Boston
irerchants, 9, 11, 18
GARDINER, REV. JOHN SYLVESTER JOHN I
25, 40, 42, 73; ccmrended to Bp.
GREENE, MR. , 8 I 15
White for ordination , 25; took a
GREENE, BENJAMIN, of Trinity

Church, Boston, 45, 48
GREENIAND, N.H., 70-73
QIBENIEAF, STEPHEN, of Trinity
Church, Boston, 45
GREENOUGH, MR., is carrying pamphlets to Boston, 18
GREENOUGH, DAVID s. I 41
GRENADA, 73
GRENADINES I 73
GREY, MRS . C., 40
GRIFFITH, DR. DAVID, 24, 25, 27;
did not obtain the necessary
testirronials, 21
GRISWJID, REV. ALEXANDER VIETS, is
in charge of .st. Michael's, Bristol, 42
GRISWJID, EZRA, used sare of Viets's
rroney to pay for his own debts, 40
GRISWJID, RCGER, used sare of
Viets ' s rroney tc pay sare of his
own debts, 40
GROSVENOR, MR. I 9-10
GUADALUPE, 40
GURNEY, FRANCIS, 53
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HAINES I WILLIAM, 70
HALE, MR. , settlerrent of his es-

tate, 38
HALE, JOHN, 70
HALE, JOHN P., SP' s nephew, 33, 38
HALE, LYDIA (PARKER), 70, 72
HALE, MAJOR SAMUEL, 70
HALE, SAMUEL, JR., irerchant, 70, .?72
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37-40
HALL, MR. , the printer, 22
HALLIBURTON I DR. I 19
HAMPTON, N.H., 9, 29, 41, 71, 73
HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., 6, 73
HANCXX:K, roJ . JOHN: Jaires Freeman
reads his proclanations fran the
pulpit of King's Chapel, 2
HANDBILIS, 26. See also Broadsides.
HANDY, MR. , the irerchant, 7
HANLEY, THCMAS O'BRIEN, 32
HANOVER, N. H., 6, 9, 38, 40
HARBOR ISLAND, 20
HARPER, REV. WALTER, 34; is seeking a relative, Henry Price, in
Boston, 33
HARRIDEN I CAPTAIN I 17
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London ner-

HARRING'ICN, EJ:::WARD T.
HARRISCN & ARSLEYS ,

chants, 33
HARROID I ROBERI' I 6
HAR!', WILLIAM, 6
HARI'FORD, CONN.:
visited H., 32

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priests

HARVARD, MASS. I 8
HARVARD OJILEGE, 6, 10, 39, 71; admits J.P. Hale, SP's ·nephew, 33;
SP just arrived at, 5. See also
Carrbridge, Mass.
HA.S:KELL I REV. ABRAHAM, 42
HASKINS, MR., 8
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HA'ICH, COI.DNEL I 37
HATTON GARDEN, LONDON , 15, 20-21,
24
HAVEN, JOHN, 71
HAVEN, DR. SAMUEL, Port=uth
clergyman, 71
HAWKER, ROBERI': Semons on the
Divinity of Christ, 35
HAWKINS, MR. , whose daughter is
rescued fran poverty and death,
15
HAWLEY I MRS. I 13
HEB:roN I CONN. I 7
HELL: "He descended into H.," 3031
HENDERSON I MR. I 6
HEROD, 34
HICKES, REV. GALEN, camended to
Bp. Jarvis, 42
HICKS, MR. I 11
HOBARI', COI.ONEL, his bond to the
Rev. Vfil!. Walter, 18
HOUXMB, HEZEKIAH, of Simsbury, 7
HOLDERNESS, N.H., Episoopal Society, 31, 48, 71
HOLLAND, CAPT. SAMUEL, surveyorgeneral of the colonies north
of Va., 71
HOLLAND CIDl'H, 15
HOILIS; N. H., 72
HOLYOKE I DR. ErMARD AUQJSI'US I 8;
receives degree of Doctor of
Physic, 10

OCMER, 5
HOPKINIDN, MA.SS.: St . Paul's
Church, 15, 22
HORNE, BP. GEDRGE: Life and Death
of John the Baptist , 25
IDRIDN, ENGLAND, ?11
HOI'EIS. See Taverns.
HOUSE, COI.ONEL, 20
HCMARD, DR. SIMEDN, 71
HUBBARD, REV. BErA, 12 , 17-18, 23,
30, 37-38, 42, 48; will not accept election as Bp. of Conn., 38
HUDSON, N.:Y. :· Oirist Church , 40
Hi.MANE SOCIETY, 30, 42
HUNT I . GRANT I 5
HUNI' I :REV. JOHN, 71
HUNT I REV. JOHN I JR. I 5
HUNI'ER, Bm'SY, of Newport , 10
~,CONN.,33

HURD, JOHN, secretary to Gov. John
WenU.Urth, 71
HUI'CHINSCN, MR. , an attorney, 39;
his death, 10
HUl'CHINSON, MRS., a widow from the
Jerseys, 11
HYMNS, 37
HYPCCH:NDRIA, 40
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lNGLIS, BP. CHARLES, 14, 25, 40; is
industrious and vigilant, 36
INNKEEPERS, 70
INSIDE VIE.W OF THE PRISCNS OF PARIS ,
38-39
INSPFrl'ION. See camtltt.ee of Inspection.

OF JEAN
LE OOIR, 38
IREIAND, 7; rebellion in I. drives
many to Nova Scotia, 12
ISLE OF SHOAIS, 21
ITALIAN, 5
IVERS I JAME.SI 8
IVERS, THCMAS, of Christ Church,
Boston, 8, 45, 48
INTRIGUES AND AIJVENTIJRES

I.ANGXJN I DEl\.CX)N MARK, 71

IANGDCN, PARK, 6

DR. SAMUEL, Pres. of Harvard college, 71
IANSINGBURGH, N. y. I 39
LAWSCN, JOHN: Lectures on Oratory,
6
IM DEPurIES, their power in ecclesiastical I!'atters, 29
LAY READERS, 11, 15, 17, 20, 42;
not pennitted to celebrate the
J
Holy Comunion, 2
JACOBINISM, 51; insolence of, 39;
LAYMEN in Church governrrent, 16 , 23
is triurrphing in Europe, 40
LEAMING, REV. JERE?.ITAH, chosen to
be coadjutor bishop and to be
JACOBITES, 15
JAFFREY, GEDRGE, ?6, 12-13, 19-22,
consecrated in Scotland, 22; his
71
sernon before the convention at
Middletown, 18
JAILS I 13 I 72
JAMAICA, L.I. I 12
LEAR, 'IDBIAS I 33
JARVIS, BP. ABRAHAM, 7, 13, 16, 30, LEBANON I CONN. I 40
. 42, 49; recamended for PortsLEBANON, N.H. I 9
rrouth, 14; considered for Bp. of
LECI'URFS CN ORA'IDRY (LAWSCN)
conn., 38; to be consecrated in
LEGCNIDER, MJNSIEUR, an instructor
New Haven, 40
in French, 38
JEAN LE NOIR, intrigues and advenLENOX I MA.SS. I 41
tures of, 38
LEITSCM, DR. JOHN COAKIEY I 34
JENKINS, MR. , unable to see SP last LEVIUS, MR., 5-6 . See also Livius.
week, 40
LEWIS, REV. STEPHEN C., 11, 13-14
JEWELRY, 31
LIGHTFCXJI', JUDGE, 9-10
JOHNS, MR. I 8 .
LIME, N.H. I 9
JOHNSCN, CAPT. NATHAN, 71
LIN:OIN I CAPTAIN I 39
JONES, EDilARD, tavern-keeper, 6
LIN:OIN, MR. I 41
LINDSAY, THEOPHiliJS, 26; his variety
JCNES, DR. JOHN, 30
JCNE.S, SEVERIO, 41
of Arianism or Unitarianism, 15
LISBON, CONN., 70
K
LI'KlfFIELD I CCNN . I 8
LITI'I.E, DR. I 6
KAY I NATHANIEL I 6
LITURGY, 6, 16, 19, 23, 45; alteraKEENE, N.H., 6, 11, 73
tions in, 14, 17, 20, 24, 45-46,
KENNEBECK, MAINE, Bailey' s books,
48-49; needs arrending, 12; absopapers and serrrons rerrain there,
lute unity of 1. will never take
12
place under a Republican fonn of
KENNEBECK RIVER, 7-8, 10, 12, 33
civil governrrent, 50; schisn I!'aY
KENNER, DR. JOHN, wants docurrents
result from any tarrpering with
regarding the confiscation of his
the 1. , 16; broadside on revisions
property, 24
in the 1., 18; Seabury is relucKENT, MRS. I 12
tant to revise the 1. rrore than
KIIMESSAN, IREUIND, 7
superficially, 18; Seabury does
KINGLAND, 38
not see the absolute necessity of
KINGSBURY, JOSHUA, of Dedham, 45
exact unifonnity in public 1. , 28;
KI'ITERY, MAINE, 70, 73
opportunity to alter the 1., 12;
KI'ITREDGE, DR., innkeeper at Pittspresbyters have not power to alfield, 41
ter or revise it, 14. See also
Prayer Book.
L

IADIES' LIBRARY, 6
IAITY hold the purse-strings, 50;
pennitted to sit as judges in the
trial of a bishop, 50; role of
the 1. in Church govemrrent, 43;
conn. will not yield any part of
Church governnent to the 1. , 50
I1IM:NI', DAVID: Semons, 25, 28
LANE, MR. I 21
L1\NE.500ROUGH, MA.SS. I 38-41; St.
Luke's Church, 37
LAN<D:N, MR. , attorney defending
Jacob Bailey, 8
IANGDJN, JOHN, Portsrouth rrerchant;
later G:Jv. of N.H., ?5, 71

I.ANGDJN,

LIVELY, H.M. SHIP, 5
LIVERMJRE, JANE (BID'INE) I 71
LIVERMJRE, JUDGE SAMUEL, Portsrrouth
attorney, 19-20, 31, 53, 71-72
LIVERPOJL, ENGLAND, 14
LIVIUS, PETER, Portsrouth rrerchant,
?5-6, 71
LIDYD, DR., of Boston, 10
LIDYD I JAME.S I 53
LIDYD, REV. THCl>lAS, of Chester,
N.S. I 41
~, ENGLl\ND, 3, 5, 13, 15, 2224, 26-38. See also Hatton Garden
and Pimlico.
I..aIDONDERRY I N. H. I 71
IDRD, ROBERI' H. , et al. : History
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LO'ITERIES, 14, 17- 18, 70
I.OVELL MRS. , 37
I.OWELL, MR., 15 , 43
LOWELL, REV. JOHN 71
I.OWELL, JOHN, a lawyer, son of the
Rev. John ~11 , 71
I.OWELL, MASS. 4 3
LOYALISI'S, 11, 17. See also Tories .
LOYALTY OATHS not required in ordinations of those of the lower orders, 22
LUXURY: increase of 1. in Mass. and
N.S., 39
LYDE, CAPTAIN, 15; refuses to take
Mrs. Baker on board, 16
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MAXWELL, BP. HENRY, of Meath, Ireland, 7
MAYER, DR., 7-8
MAYHEW I REV. ZACHARIAH I 71
Ml\'ITHEW,

MEASLES, 5

MEATH, IREIAND, 7
42

MEDALS,

MENDUM, NATHANIEL, 71

MERCHANDISE, 39
schoolm3.ster at Newport, 42

MERRIAM, MR. ,

~IS XAVIER:

M::HERD, MR. , 5

MILIDI' I CIAUDE

Mc:M:)FFATT, DR. , , custcm-house officer
at Newport, 18
McNAMARA, JOHN, SPG schoolm3.ster, 11
MADAN, REV. MARTIN : Thelyphthora,
or Ferrale Ruin Prevented, 13
MADISON, BP. JAMES, 31, 37, 51
MAGAW, DR. SAMUEL , 14, 53
MAINE, 32, 41; rigors of life in

Elerrents of General History, 33
MILIS, 32
MILTON, JOHN: . Paradise lost, 6
MITCHEISON, ELIPHALEI', 40
MITRE, 25
!IDB.S, 6, 15
!IDFFATT I JOHN, 35
MJFFAT, DR. M. , to be Bishop of
R.I. I 16
MJFFATT, DR. THCMAS, 21, 23, 26,
33; his estate discussed, 29,
32; his confiscated property, 35
M::.NEY: paper m. , 7; counterfeit

.MALBONE, COL. G'JDFREY, 8-9, 10, 13;
is dead, 19; l e ft no will, 20
MALBCNE, JOHN, 20
MANCHESTER, VT. I 40
MANNING I CAPTAIN , 20
MANSFIEID I REV. RICHARD, declined
the Conn. episcopate, 22
M11RBLEHFAD, MASS . , 5-6, 11, 33,
42, 45; St. Michael's Episcopal
Church, 48, 73
MARCH, ANN, 70
MARCH, COL. CLEMENT, of Greenland,
N.H., 70-73
MARCH, CLEMEN!' I JR. I 71

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MARCHENTSON, MR. , 17
MARRETT I REV. JOHN, 71
MARRIAGE defined , 13
MARSH, REV. JOHN I 71
MARSHALL, REV. JOHN RUI'GERS, 12-13
MARSHFIEI.D, MASS., 8, 11, 42, 45;

MARCH, MARY, 70

Trinity Church , 23, 48
MARl'HA Is VINEYARD, MASS.
MASCARENE, MR. I 5

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MASC.NIAN PROPRIETORS, 70
.MASCNS, St. John 's Lodge at Boston,
8

MASSACHUSEITS: the Church urged to
select a person for consecration,
24; SP reports on tlY2! condition
of the Church in M. , 50
MASSAOIUSETI'S AGRICULTURAL SO:IETY,
3

ton, N.H., ·71
MJULTON I JOSIAH, 71

BP. JACOB, of Lower Canada, 35
MJYES, DR. HENRY, his lectures on
chemistry and natural history, 1314
MUIR, WILLIAM, 41; desires to study
the succession of Scottish bishops,
36
MUMFORD, PEI'ER, 6, 16-19, 28, ?40
MURRAY, REV. JOHN, an advocate of
Universalism at Cape Ann, 28, 72
MJUNTAIN,

MERRILL I REV. NATHANIEL I 71

.METHODISI'S, 12, 14, 36, 38; in
Nova Scotia, 17, 33, 40
M
MIDDLETON, CCNYERS, 37
MIDDI.ElaVN, OJNN., 7, 16, 19, 36,
45
M:::CLANACHAN, REV . WILLIAM, 7
MacCLmro::::K, REV . SAMUEL, 71
MIERS, DR. I 7
. MILES, MR. I 23
M1\CIXN'.XJGH, MR., British consul at
Boston and once G:Jv. Wentw::Jrth's
MILFORD, OJNN. I 2.3
MI.LI.AA (MILLER), MR., of King's
secretary, 30
.McGII.CHRIST, REV . WILLIAM, 6; obituChapel, 18-19
ary for, 8
MILLER, NATHAN, 38

M., 22
MALBONE I EVAN, 9, 13
MAIBONE, FRAOCIS, 16

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MJOOPOLY: possible m. in printing
Prayer Books, 31
M:NI'AGOE, REV. WILLIAM, 2 I 19 I 24,
29-30, 33, 35-36; desires to
study divinity, 18; ordained to
the diacooate, 23; has outstaid
his tine, 31; mlds on to the
North Church (Christ Church),
33; is finally hunted out of the
North Church, 34; tries to explain a misunderstanding with
SP, 39; asked to supply for tw::l
Sundays in Providence, 40
J.IDJDY I MARY I 70
M'.XlRE, REV. DR. BENJAMIN, 13-14,
30, 37, 42, 48; urges Seabury to
attend the adjourned convention
at Phila. , 29; congratulates SP
on his election to the episcopate, 32
MJRGAN, MR. I 35
MJRGAN I J. PIERPCNI' I 26
MJRICE, REV. DR. WILLIAM, sec'y of
the SPG, 15, 20-21, 24, 26, 3537; asks SP to send the library
that was at Christ Church, Cambridge, to John Wiswall at Cornwallis, N.S., 2
M:SCROP I REV. HENRY I 40
M:XJLTON, DOROI'HY (SHACKFORD), 71
M)ULTON, COL. JONATHAN, of Harrp-

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R. I. , 9; St. Paul's
Church, 34, 48; what Churclmen
there are doing to secure possession of Chase's donation, 41
NATURAL HIS'IDRY I 13
NEW BRUNSWICK, 17, 41; recently created, 12
NEW HAMPSHIRE: SPG lands in, 20,
27, 37; grants to the SPG in N.H.,
19 ; SPG lands in N. H. clailled by
the Province of N. Y. , 35; a camlittee to visit Church-owned lands in
N.H., 31; map of, 71; its Churchrren have put themselves under Bp.
Jarvis of Conn., 42
NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZIITI'E, 70
NEW HAVEN, OJNN., 12, 18, 37-38, 42,
48; Yale Ccrmencerrent at N-H., 12;
Raran priests visited N-H., 32;
Trinity Church, 17
NEW LIGHI' CONGREGA.TICNALISI'S I 70;
are tearing Nova Scotia to pieces,
33, 40; their ranters abound in
Newport, 42
NEW l.a'lIXlN, cx:NN., 7, 9-10, 16, 2021, 26, 28-30, 48; St. Jarres's
Church, 19; Ronan catholic priests
visit N-L., 32
NEW MILFORD, cx:NN. I 40
NEW PLYM)Ul'H, N.H., 41
NEW PROVIDEN:::E I BAHAMAS I 20
NEW YORK, N.Y., 14, 16, 21, 30, 32,
37, 40, 48; Trinity Church, 40; it
furnishes rroney for the Trustees
of SPG lands in Vt., 39
NEWBURYPORI', MASS., 1, 5, 7, 16-17,
19, 21, 36, 71; and the SPG, 11;
St. Paul's Church, 45, 48, 70
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NEWJNGK:N, N.H., 70
NEWMARCH, CAPI'. JOHN, 72
NEWMARCH, REV. JOHN, 73
NB-IMARKET, N.H. I 70
NEWPORI', R.I., 6, 9-10, 17, 20-21,
28, 33; New Light ranters abound
in N., 42; Seabury at N., 15;
Trinity Church, 14, 16, 34, 37,
41-42, 45, 48; Seabury invited to
bea:rre Rector, 20; vacancy at, 40;
awaits another visit fran John
Sylvester John Gardiner, 40
:mw.3PAPERS:
SP is against publishing
the protest against King's Chapel
in n. or on handbills, 26

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Indian sachem, 34
NOIR, JEAN IE, intrigues and adventures of, 38
NON-JURORS, 9, 14, 27, 34; of scotland, 50; look upon themselves as
the only true Church of England,
15; now pr ay for the present
reigning family, 28
NORI'H HAMPTON, N.H. I 70
NORI'H HOIDERNFSS, N.H. See Holderness, N.H .
NORl'HAMP'ION, MASS. I 5
NORIDN, (X)L . CHAPPLE I 34
NORWALK, CCNN., 20-21
N0™1ICH, (X)NN. I 12, 13, 15
N0™1ICH, VI'., 9
N'.Jl'HING-ARIANS, 37
NaITINGHAM, N.H., 70
NOVA SCOTIA, 22, 25, 29, 31; statistics about N-S. , ll; episcopate for N-S., 11, 25-26; a
bishop is not much desired there
and would do little good, 12;
Church life in, 27; Acadians
driven from N-S., 32; Samuel
Peters at work on a description
of N-S., 11; Congregationalists
in N-S., 12; Bp. Inglis's triennial visitation, 33; its canrrerce with the States, 17
OOYES, BEICHER, 25
0
OATHS. See Loyalty Oaths.
ODIORN, LILLY, 6
ODLIN, REV. vmDBRIDGE, 72
()G)EN, REV. JOHN COSENS, 2, 23 I
29, 31, 39; "our panphleteering
brother," 40; is called to Portsrrouth, 22; has established himself in Verrront, 35; has disgraced himself in the State of
N.Y., 40; capers with the Dissenters and finds himself in a
tight corner, 41; is in Stockbridge, publishing his tour
through Canada, 41; has disappeared, 41; many resent the way
in which he left the Mass. Convention, 38
or.rorr, JUDGE, 39
OLIVER, REV. THCMAS FITCH, 9, 1417, 19-20, 29, 33; on "our protest" against King's Chapel, 26;
is tired of being a lay-reader,
ll

CMBRE, 9
ORA'IORY, 6

ORDmATICN CERI'IFICATE.5, 7
ORGAN: training one to play the
o., 18. See also Pipe Organ.
ORGANISTS in Boston, 17
ORGANS in churches, 17
ORIGEN, 15
ORPHAN C1\STLE, 32
OSBORNE, CAPI'AIN, Portsrrouth
schoolmaster, 72

OXFORD I MAJNE I ?9
OXFORD, N. H. , mismanagerrent of
Church property at , 32
OXFORD, UNIVERSITY OF I 8
OXNARD, MR. , a lay reader, 2 7
p

PACKER, mL. TH:MA.S, 72
PAINE, THCT1AS, 37; his spiritual
children are great enemies of
the Church, 39; Age of Reason, 38
PAMPHIEI'S, 18
PAPER: writing p., 7-8
PARDEE, AM)5, a candidate for Orders, 40
PARIS, FRANCE, 39; inside view of
its prisons, 38
PARISH CLERKS, 17
PARKER, ANNA (RUST), 72
PARKER, ANNE ("NANCY" ) CUI'LER (MRS.
SAMUEL) I 7, 23, 36, 72
PARKER, CATHERINE, 72
PARKER, ELIZABETH, 72
PARKER I ELIZABETH (F'Cx;G) I 72
PARKER, ELIZABETH (GRAFIDN) I 72
PARKER, JOHN, 15, 72
PARKER, JOSEPH, 12
PARKER, LYDIA, 5, 70, 72
PARKER, MARY, 72
PARKER, MATI'HEW STAN:EY GIBSCN I 72
PARKER, REV. NOAH, Universalist, 6,
72
PARKER, REV. SAMUEL, 5 et passim;
is offered the assistantship at
King' s Chapel , 1 ; is invited to
becare assistant a t Trinity Church,
Boston, 1; refutes reports of Edward Bass's disloyalty to England
and Arrerica, 2; gives his opinion
of the Rev. John 'l'J ler, 2; discusses with Jarres Freerra.n the matter of reading Gov. John Hancock's
proclamations frcm the pulpit, 2;
protests against the episcopal
ordination of Jarres Freerra.n of
King's Chapel, 2; objects to calling King I S Chapel "Episcopal In 2 i
is offered the rectorship of Christ
Church, Ca:rrbridge, 2; accepts the
rectorship of Christ Church, c.ambridge, ccndi tionally, 2 ; writes
Bp. Bass regarding the ordination
of Galen Hicks, 3; receiyes rrerrt>ership in the Mass. Agricultural
Society, 3; preaches at King's
Chapel, 8; is eager to know about
the rreeting at Vbodbury, 9; visited
Col. Malbone at Panfret, 9; raises
questions about how Bp. Seabury
will be received in Arrerica, 10;
ccngratulates Prov=st on his election to the episccpate, 21; says,
"Nolo Episcopari," 23; says he is
not cx:ming to England for the mitre,
23; refers to the multiplicity of
his avocations and the large number of his ccrrespondents, 23;
tells White that nothing will be
done in Mass. abou-= obtaining a
bishop until natters are resolved

between Seabury and the churches
to the southward, 24; comrends
John Sylvester John Gardiner to
Bp. White for ordination, 25;
is executor of the will of Dr.
Thorras M::>ffatt, 25; says he will
not get a mitre either on the
north or south side of the 'IWeed,
25; asks Thos. Bulfinch to return
all the Church plate that had
been in Christ Church, Cambridge,
26; narred a trustee for the SPG
lands in N.H., 27; denies holding the D.D. degree, 28; says
Peters' s present opinions will
get him to be Bishop of Mass. ,
28; says it rests with the Church
to the southward "whether we
shall be an united or divided
Church," 29; thanks Bp. White
for hospitality in Phila., 30;
receives power of attorney from
the SPG to reccver Church lands
in N.H., 37; congratulated on his
election to the episcopate, 42;
writes to Seabury, 19, 26, 29-31,
33; Seabury writes to SP, 20, 23,
26, 28, 35-36; his testirrony in
behalf of Jacob Bailey, 7; his
association with the Masons, 8;
articles of rrerchandise Samuel
Peters · purchased fran him in
London, 31; his M.SS. in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Theodore Edson, 43; catalogue of
books in his library, 54-57; his
diary of 1771, 59-69
PARKER, SARAH (SALLY), 5, 72-73
PARKER, JUDGE WILLIAM, SR., 5-6,
70, 72-73
PARKER, WILLIAM, JR. I 5-6 I 72
PARKER, ZERVIA, 72
PARKER FAMILY, 72
PARKES I MR. , 39
PARR, roJ. JOHN, 22
PARSCNS I REV. MJSES, 72
PASSAMAQlXDDY, 22
PAT.ENI': printers have a p. on the
new Prayer Book, 31
PEARSE, PETER, 6
PEAS, 7
PEIRCE, DANIEL I 72

PEIRCE, JOSEPH, 6
PEIRCE'S ISIAND, 6
PEMBERTCN, REV. EBENEZER, 72
PENMANSHIP I 5, 13
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF, 16
PEPPERELL, ELIZABETH, 73
PEPPERELL, SIR WILLIAM, 15, 73

PERSIDJI'ION, 6
PEI'ERS, DR. ALEXANDER A., 35
PEI'ERS I MRS. ANN, 31
PEI'ERS , JOSEPH, Postmaster at
Halifax, 37-38
PEI'ERS, DR. WILLIAM TRYCN, 34
PETERS, REV. SAMUEL, 15, 21-23,
27-28, 30-35, 37-38, 50; ccngratulates SP, 3; calls the U.S.
a wicked country, 24; inveighs
against Royal Bishops, 28; reflects a principle ranpant in

he u.s.--that all ~er, spiritual or temporal, originates fran
the Majesty of the people, 28;
as imbibed the very opinions he
l ed Arrerica to avoid, 28; rei,.Orts the loss of capt. Davis's
ve ssel (the Boston Packet) and
'he merchandise it carried, 32;
till not corre to Vt., 38; on the
·elation of governrrent to religion, 24; on Dr. Thomas Moffatt,
25-26; on the episcopate of Nova
:cotia, 26; on the Anerican gov'rrment, 29; his singularities,
-,:'1; his tract on Eternal Punish:rent, 23; his serrron on death of
Ir. Moffatt, 25; opinions on his
~ lection as Bp. of Vt., 36; His:ory of Connecticut, ll, 23,~
PHILADELPHIA, PA., 11, 16, 18-20,
22, 24, 26, 28-35, 37, 41-42, 48~9, 53; Christ Church, 15
[I.ADELPHIA ACADEMY I 14
rn.ILADELPHIA CXJLLEGE, 14
"P:IIIADELPHIA PIAN" for organizing
:he Anerican Church, ll
CLIPS, DR., 41
_ CLIPS, MR., of Philipsborough, 7
PHILIPSBOROUGH, ?CXJNN. I 7
PHI PPS, DAVID, has SP' s undated
Letter 5ent to all the executors
)f Phipps' father-in-law Stephen
Greenleaf, 37
PICKERING, ELIZABEI'H (BRACKE:IT) I 72
- - :KERING, JOHN, Speaker of the
: louse of Representatives and
- )OrtSIIDUth lawyer I 7 I 72
PIO<ERING, JOSHUA, 72
PICKERING I MARY (BRACKEIT) I 72
~G, SAMUEL, 72
::KMAN, BENJAMIN, Salem merchant,
72
PIIATE, 34
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CXJLONEL, 22

•!LICXl, IIJNDON, ENGLAND, 15, 22,
~ 4-25, 27, 33, 35, 37
PIPE ORGAN: a new one introduced
into Union Episcopal Church at
:1arerront, N.H., 39
ITSFIEID, MA.SS., 40-41

.t'LAINFIEID, MASS. I ?lO
PIAINFIEID I N. H. , ?10

AINFIEID,
.11.TE.

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POLITY, 23; the p. or "system" of
the southern Churchmen, 43; role
of the laity in Church p., 23,
43; absolute unity of p. will
never take place under a Republican form of civil governrrent, 50
MFRE:r, CXNN., 8-13, 18-19; dropped
as a mission of the SPG, 14; Malb:)ne left no deed to the glebe
land in P., 20
PfDR: collections for the p., 32
!RClJPINE, PETER: '!he Bloody Buoy,
38
rvRI' ROSSE'WAY, N. S. , ll

PORI'ER, CXJI.ONEL, 20
~' MAINE, 40

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PORI'SMJUI'H, N.H., 5-6, 13-15, 1823, 29, 31, 37-39, 42, 70, 7273; First Independent Church, 70;
North Church, 71 , 73 ; Queen' s
Chapel, 12-13, 45, 48, 71; St.
John's Church, 36; South Church,

Dr. Andrews to a duel, 37; his
schisrratic parrphlet, 37
PURGATORY, 12
PURITANS will be alarmed at the
arrival of a Bishop, 10
PUINAM, MR.

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POTATOES, 7, 11, 14-15, 21
~, MR., his testirrony in behalf of Jacob Bailey, 7
:E'a'INALBOROUGH I MAINE I 8 I 13 , 25 I
27; plight of Churchmen there, 7
PRAYER BOOK, 6, 18-19, 45; as used
at King's Chapel, 15; revision
has been "slow v.ork," 20, 30; the
copyright is not legal or valid,
33; high price of the Phila. edition, 33; proposal to reprint
it in Boston, 33, 40; the folio
P-B., 37; King's Chapel has a
Unitarian P-B., 18; delay in publishing the altered P-B., 30; a
new ·P-B. planned for Conn. alone,
22; the true doctrine is left too
unguarded in the Southern P-B. ,
26. See also Liturgy.
PRAYER BOOKS, sales of, 24-25, 27;
high cost of the new ones, 31;
each state rray print its own supply on certain conditions, 34;
supposed to be deposited in the
New England Coffee House, London,
24
PRAYERS for King and Royal Family,
16; exterrpore p., 41
PRESBYTERIAN, A, rranifests an intolerant spirit, 16
PRESBYTERIANS, 12, 15, 43
PREI'ENDER, THE, 28
PRICE, MAJOR, 37
PRICE, HENRY, 33-34
PRIESTIEY, DR. JOSEPH, 18, 26
PRIMITIVE PRACTICE: which form
corres nearer p-p., 50
PRINCIPLES: we Arrericans can probably agree in the general p. of
discipline and v.orship, 50
PRINI'ERS, 34, 36-38
PRISONS, 38
PRISONS OF PARIS, 39

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QUAKERS, 36, 43

QUEBEC, CANADA, 35
QUEBEC Af:r repealed, 32
QUINCY, CAPTAIN, 40
QUINCY, MA.SS., 39, 42
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RALSTON, ALEXANDER, ll
RANDALL, MR., 39
READ, MR., of Simsbury, 8

READY FAMILY 7
RECXJNCILIATION between the eastern
and southern churches, 50
REED I MR. , 31
REPUBLIC OF LETI'ERS I 13
REPUBLICAN: absolute unity of governrrent and v.orship will never
take place under a R. form of
civil government, 50
REPUBLICANISM: N. Y. and Phila. have
fashioned their Church discipline
upon the principles of R., 25
REVOLUI'ICNARY JUSTICE DISPIAYED,
38-39
RHODE ISLAND Diocesan Convention
Journal, 34, 40
RICE, 8
RIDLEY, MR. I 8
RINDGE, DANIEL, 72
RINDGE, ISAAC, 6
RITCHIE, MR. I 38
ROBINSCN, MR., 14, 21
RCCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.H., 38
ROGERS, RE.V. DANIEL, 72
ROGERS, WILLIAM, 6
Ra-lAN CATHOLICS in New England, 11,
32, 43
ROUSSEL.ET, RE.V. LOUIS DE, French
PRCMISCUITY I 13
Roman catholic priest in Boston,
PROVIDENCE, R.I., 6-9, 11, 13-17,
32; asks SP for the use of Trinity
19, 34, 37-38, 40-41; King's
Church for Roman catholic Holy
Chapel, 48
Week and Easter services, 32
PROJIDENCE GAZEITE, 14
KmE:, JOHN, 1, 5
PROVCOST, BP. SAMUEL, 18, 25, 27ro-IB, JOSEPH, 30
29, 31, 36-37, 50-51; asked to
RaVIAND, REV. JOHN HAMILTCN, of
ordain James Freeman, 23; talked
Shelburne, N.S., 41
with James Freeman in N.Y., prom- RUGGLES, GEN. TIMOI'HY, refugee fran
ising to ordain him, 21; has left
Mass., 11
for England, 21; will not go to
RUSSELL, MR. 6
Phila. , 30; ordained Dr. Walter
RUSSELL, BENJAMIN, the printer, ?7
Clarke Gardiner, 34; has a reRUSSELL FAMILY I 7
narkably gcxxl incare, 40; not in RUST I ANNA, 72
his power to disturb the union,
RIJI'HERFDRD I HENRY, 38
31; Seabury rrade overtures to P. , RYE, N.H., 70, 72
23
PSAIMS, 24 I 49
s
PUNCH BCWL: a tavern with the sign
of a p-b., 21
SACRILEGE, 42; considered no crime
PURCELL, RE.V. HENRY, challenged
by Calvinists and Atheists, 39
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ST. JOHN'S LODGE, 8
SAINT PIERRE, J. H. B.: Studies
of Nature, tr. from the French
by H. Hunter, (5 vols.) London,
1796, 39-40
SALEM, MASS., 5-8, 11-12, 16-17,
26, 29-30, 70, 72; St. Peter's
Church, 8, 45, 48
SAL'IDNSTALL, MR., of New London,
9-10
SANDEMANIANISM, 70
SAWYER, DR. MICAJAH, Newburyport
physician, 72
SAYRE, REV. JAMF.S, 34; fm:rrerly of
Fairfield, 28; the avowed enemy
of the Church's new Constitution,
33; left a badly divided people
at Newport, 28; opposes the new
Constitution of the Episcopal
Church, 30; his partial insanity,
31; his disposition continues ·to
give trouble, 31
SCHISM, 20-21, 51; nay result from
atterrpts to alter the Liturgy,
16; a tincture of s. in John
Cosens Ogden, 40
SCHCOIMASTERS, 6, 11, 42, 70-72
SCHOOLS, 6, 16, 18
SCITUATE, MASS., 8-9, 11, 42, 45;
St. Andrew's Church, 23, 48
SCOI'IJ\ND, 8; non-jurors of S. , 50.
See also Episcopal Church of
Scotland and Succession.
scarr, CAPrAIN, 35
SCOI'l'ISH BISHOPS, legislation in
Parliarrent touching them, 33
SEABURY, DAVID, a rrerchant in Nova
Scotia, 10
SEABURY, MARIA, the Bishop's daughter and corrpanion, 33, 36
SEABURY, BP. SAMUEL, 11, 13-16, 24,
30, 48; and the Georgite bishops
to the southward, 28; on the
Southern Prayer Book, 26; a consecrator of Bp. Claggett, 51;
will qo to Nova Scotia if not
acceptable to Conn. , 9; elected
at WOOdbury, 9; has desired his
family to renove fran New York
and rreet him in New London, 13;
lost his great influence with
English bishops when he went to
Scotland, 15; visits Annapolis
Royal, N.S., 15; spends several
hours in the ccrnpany of Thos.
Fitch Oliver, 15; will rreet the
clergy at Middletown, 16; sends
broadside to SP on changes in the
liturgy, 17; receives the submission of his clergy at Middletown, 17; neglected at the General Convention, 18; pranised
the sul::mission of the New England
clergy outside Conn., 18; is reluctant to revise the liturgy
rrore than superficially, 18;
neglected by Churchrren to the
southward, 19; believes that
anr. bishop in New England is
necessary, 19; spoken of with

coolness and indifference, 20; invited to becorre Rector of Trinity
Church, Newport, 20; talked with
Jarres Freerran under Parker's roof
in Boston, 20; he and his party
will be the orthodox both in doctrine and discipline, 21; nade
overtures to White and Provoost,
23; not "officially" kn= to English bishops, 25; scolds SP for
making alterations in the liturgy
used in Mass. , 26; insists on a
due regard to ancient catholic
practice, 28; distrusts "najority
vote," 28; insists on entering a
union with the southern Churchrren
on even tenns and not as underlings, 28; resents being represented as averse to union between
the sections of the Church, 29;
petitioned to be a consecrator
of Edward Bass, 29; determines
to go to Phila., 29; corrpleted
the House of Bishops, 31; will
become Primus under the union, 31;
has written Janes Sayre a "satirical letter," 33; will attend the
Convention in Bristol, R.I., 37;
quoted by SP in a letter to Bp.
White, 50; preached serrron at
Claggett's consecration, 51; SP
approves of his being sent abroad
for consecration, 10; his being a
refugee is an objection to his
candidacy, 10; Bass counsels waiting for his arrival before entering into any plan for a continuing
church, 11; his son lately arrived
in Nova Scotia from England, 12;
his daughter resides with Jacob
Bailey in Nova Scotia, 12; his
first Charge to his clergy, 18;
his broadside on revisions in the
liturgy, 18; validity of his orders, 20; his reception in Boston,
20; his episcopal ~rs have already been acknowledged, 21; his
consecration does not sit well on
the stomachs of English bishops,
21; his ordinands discouraged and
bypassed, 21; his spiritual pov.er
as great as the Archbishop's, 23;
the validity of his ordinations,
27; the southern churches object
to his consecration in Scotland,
29; his attitude toward the Athanasian Creed, 31; his courtesies
toward Roman Catholics, 32; Narragansett desires to be under his
jurisdiction, 34; prospectus for
the publication of his discourses,
36; docurrents related to his first
rreeting with his clergy in Middletown, 36; his death considered a
great loss, 38; his serrrons are
circulating in N.H., 38; his small
incare, 40; a plan to hold his
consecration invalid, 51; Was he
inconsistent? 17; why did he leave
Congress unnoticed in his liturgical changes, 18; people have old

grudges against him on the score
of politics, 21; What objections
can be nade against the validity
of his ordinations? 21; a settled
and perpetual enmity against him,
21; SP asks Peters hcM S. could
have acted otherwise than he did,
25; subterfuges by the southern
Churchrren in dealing with S. , 30;
reconciliation of the southern
Churchrren with S., 50; SP's plan
to make S. a consecrator of Bass,
51; Seabury's letters to SP, 1720, 23, 26, 28-29, 35-36; SP to
Seabury, 18-19, 26, 30-31, 33, 48
SEAVEY, HANNAH I 72
SENTIMENTS: a variety of s. in religious natters, 50
SERGEANI' (SERJEANI'), REV. WINW:X)D,
1, 8, 72

SERGEANT (SERJEANI') , MRS. WINW:X)D I
22
SER..JEANI', ANN (B:RC:MNE) , 72
SERMJNS, 13, 37

SERMCNS ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST
(HAWKER)

SEWALL, JUDGE DAVID, 22, 32

SEWALL, JOSEPH, 5
SEWELL, DAVID, 72
SEWELL, MARY (PARKER) , 72
SEWELL, S'IEPHEN, 72
SEX'IIJN, JOHN E. , 32

SHACKFORD, MRS. CATHERINE, 72
SHACKFORD, DORO'l'HY I 71
SHACKFORD, MAJOR JOHN, 71- 73
SHAEFE, ABIGhlL, 72
SHAEFE, JACOB, 72
SHAKESPEARE I WILLIAM, 6
SHANNON, RIOIARD cur:rs, an attorney,
72

SHAW, REV. OAKES, 72

SHAYS, DANIEL, 29; his rebellion in
the western counties, 22
SHEAFE, MRS., 37; death of her
daughter, Mrs. Erwing or Erwin, 38
SHEAFE, HANNAH (SEAVEY), 72
SHEAFE, J. I 38
SHEAFE, JACOB, 72
SHEAFE, ROBERI'SCN JAMES, 6
SHEIBURNE, N.S., 41; Christ Church,
14
SHERBURNE, MR. I 5
SHERIDAN, MR., a Unitarian writer,
18
SHERMAN, JAMES, of Christ Church,
Boston, 45
SHI~, 13
SII:NEY, N.S., 37
SIMPSON, JONATHAN, 2-3, 33
SIMPSON, WILLIAM, 73
SIMSBURY, CONN., 7-8, 17, 22
SKINNER, BP. JOHN, 36; History of
the Episcopal Church of Scotland,
28
SMALLPOX, 5
SMIBERT, MR. , 25; Dr. Thos. ~ffatt
was only a surety for S., 35
SMITH, MR., a Boston tavern keeper,
21
SMITH, DR. ROBERT, of Charleston,
s. Car., 51

83

SMITH, DR. WILLIAM (THE EI.DER), 14,
16, 19-20, 49, 53; his circular
1
from Phila., 41
_.!ITH, DR. WILLIAM (THE YOUNGER), a
gcxxi scholar and an able Divine,
41; writes to SP, 33; his letter
1to SP regarding his gcxxi narre, 34;
his zeal is described as "like the
' driving of Jehu," 41; The Churchrran' s Choral eorrpanion to his
'Prayer Book, 37; The Convict' s
Visitor, 34
- ..CIETY FOR THE PROPAGA.TION OF THE
GOSPEL, 7-14, 17, 19-20, 35, 37;
.v.uuld stop aid to Braintree i f
!Tyler v.>:re installed in that parish, 2; will cease sending missionaries to Arrerica, lS; can no
longer continue its bounty to
1Arrerican churches, lS; writes
about the Corrmunion plate given
conditional ly to Christ Church,
carrbridge , 24; its lands in New
Hampshire and Verrront, 19-20, 36,
42; threa t s to its lands in N.H.,
31; its lands in Arrerica, 27;
confiscat ion of its Arrerican
property , 19; General Court of
Vt. has seized all its lands, 38;
a M=rrorial of grievances to the
SPG, 7; a suit for its lands in
Vt. can be brought into the Fed,eral courts, 39; withdraws the
salary of Edward Bass, 2; Bass
,will soon regain the confidence
of the SPG, 2; its library at
Carcbridge , Mass., to be transferred t o John Wiswall at Cornwallis, N.S., 2; Abstracts, 11,
18 26, 36
SOHIER, MR. , lS
-;NS OF LIBERI'Y. See Cc:mni ttee of
'Safety and . Ccmnittee of Inspection.
SOUl'H CARJLINA, 8
SOUl'HERN OiURCHMEN, their "system"
,of polity, 43
'ARHAWK, ELIZABETH (PEPPERELL) I 73
_ _:>ARHAWK, JOHN 13
SPARHAWK, COL. NATHANIEL, rrerchant,
73
PoNSORS in Baptism flouted in
' Conn, I 16
SPCXJNER, MR., lacks suitable recommendations or d=urrents for ordination, 30; will now probably
continue to officiate as a lay
reader, 30
SPRAGUE I MR. I s
-PRAGUE'S BOARDING HOUSE, S
~RINGFIEID I MASS. I 4 0
rN::Y I CAPTAIN I 19
STAMFORD, CONN. I 23
.STANDING ca-MITI'EE, S2
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I

r.AVERS I TAVERN I 6
!.'EVENS, REV. BENJM.llN, 73
oITLES, DR. EZRA, called the "lit-

tle rabbit of Yale College," 2S;
grc:Ms insolent and does not treat
Bp. Seabury with gcxxi rranners,
2S; orders all Protestant clergy

in Conn. to call themselves
"bishops," 2S
S'TCCKBRIDGE, DR. CHARLES, of Scituate etc., 4S
sro::KBRIDGE I MASS. I 41
S'IDDDARD, MR. I 33, 36, 41
STODDARD, F., 39
STODDARD, COL. SAM.SON, 73
STODDARD, N.H., 73
STONE, FRAN:IS, rrerchant at Holy'Well St. , London, 30; Robe Maker
to His Majesty, 33
STOODLEY I COL. JAME'S I 73
S'ICODLEY Is POR1'SM'JUI'H HOI'EL I 73
STOUGH'IOO I MASS . I 4s
STRATFORD, CONN., 33, 38, 40
STRATFORD, vr. , 27
STRATHAM, N.H. I 70
STUARI' t CAPI'AIN f

42

STUARI', JOHN, his son introduced
to . SP, 41
S'IDDIES OF NATURE (SAINT PIERRE)
Su::cESSION: on procuring the s. ,
18, 43; "'We ought to leave no
rreans untried to procure a regular s.," 4S; s. fran non-jurors
is valid, 27, 41; the English
s., 20, 2S, Sl; the Scottish s.,
18-19, 21, 36, so
SUGAR PEAS I 7 .
SULLIVAN, JAME'S, Attorney-General
of Mass., 34
StJ.1NER, MR. I 8
SUMNER, CAPTAIN I 19

TORIES, 6-7. See also Loyalists.
TORREY, WILLIAM, Portsrrouth rrerchant
and Loyalist, 73
'I'CW'IBR, DR. WILLIAM, 40-41
TRAIL, MARY, daughter, 73
TRAIL, MARY (WHIPPLE) I 73
TRAIL' ROBERI' I 7 3
TREAI:wELL I WILLIAM EARL I 7 2
TREADWELL I

ZERVIA

(PARKER)

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72

TREES, 42
TRE:tik:K, FRIEDRICH, BARON, ?32
TRIENNIAL VISITATIOO, 33

TRINITY: Doctrine of the T., 19;
the Athanasian Creed buttresses
the Doctrine of the T. , 31
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, 7
TROUTBECK, REV. JOHN, lS, 27
TRUMBULL I DAVID I 40
TUDOR, WILLIAM, 30
TURNER, BETSY, 70
TURNER, JOHN, 8
TURNER, CAPT. LEWIS, 70
TYLER, REV. JOHN, 12, 23; his heresy
at Norwich, lS; his cc:mnitrnent to
Universalism, 2; invited to preach
at King's Chapel, 9; hopes to convert Boston to his "apostolic
Christianity," 9; SP gives his
opinion of T. to Christ Church,
Braintree, 2
TYNG, COIJ::NEL, of Portland, 40
TYNG, DUDLEY ATKINS, 30

u

SWIFI', JOSEPH, S3

SYDNEY, N.S., 38-39
T

TAIIDRS, 38
TAUNTON, MASS. I 2S
TAVERNS, 6, 21, 70, 73
TAYLOR, MR. I 39
TEA, 8

TEMPORALITIES, 27
TENEBRAE I 3 2

TENNENI', REV. GILBERT, ?8
TERRICK, BP. RICTfARD, S
'I'EWKSBURY I MASS. I 42
THAYER, MRS. I 3S
THAYER, REV. EBENEZER, 73
THEFT AND THIEVERY I 11
THELYP!Il'HORA (MADAN)

THETFORD, vr. , 9
THCMAS & ANDREWS, Boston printers,
34
THCMPSON, MISS, 26
TILTON, JACOB, 73
TILTON, CAPT. JCNATHAN, 73
TILTON, DR. JOSEPH, Exeter physician, 73
TILTON'S TAVERN, 73
TOAPLY I MR. I 3S
TOBACXX)NIST I 1 7

TOBIAS, DR. , a specialist in Scarlatina, 40
TOLERATIOO (RELIGIOUS) I 13
TOPPAN, CHRISTOPHER, Hampton selectm:ln, 9, 29, 41, 72-73
TOPPAN, MRS. CHRISTOPHER, 41
TOPPAN I SARAH (PARKER) I 72-73

UNIFORMITY: absolute u. of government and v.urship will never take
place under a Republican fo:an of
civil government, SO
UNION must be achieved on even
terms, SO
UNITARIANISM, 18, 37; of Jarres
Freerran of King's Chapel, 2
UNITED STATES' COOSTIT!Jl'IOO, 2S
UNIVERSALISM of John Tyler, lS; its
doctrines not in accord with those
of the Church, 2
UPDIKE, COL. DANIEL, of Wickford,
R.I., is dead, 42
USHER, HEZEKIAH, 14, 17
USHER, REV. JOHN, SR., 6, 18, 20,
37; bears the trials of old age
with Christian fortitude, 42; in
his 80th year and bedridden, 42
USHER, JOHN, JR. , of Bristol, R. I. ,
45

v
VARIETY of sentiments in religious
natters, SO
VASSAL, HENRY, of carrbridge, ?8
VASSAL, JOHN, of Carcbridge, ?8
VASSALL, WILLIAM, the disposition
of his estate, 37
VERMJNI': SPG lands in V., 19, 27,
36, 42; hCM V. Carre into being,
3S; its convention that elected
Peters as BiShop, 36; backed by
Trinity Church, N. Y. C. , Ogden
is devoting full tirre to the V.

84

problem, 39; a suit for SPG lands
in V. can be brought into the
Federal courts, 39
ERMJNT GENERAL OJURI' has seized
all SPG lands, 38
VES'IMENTS, 8, 19, 30, 33, 38; Par- •
ker's v. lost in a ship.vreck on
the Island of Alderney, 33
IEI'S, ABNER, 33
VIEI'S, REV. ROGER, 17, 22, 33, 36,
38-39, 41; is settled at Digby,
1 N.S., 21; asks SP to send him a
spinning wheel, 27; has never
been troubled by M:thodists and
other itinerants, 38; his "palace"
situated between horrid I10untains,
9; his troubles in !IOVing to Nova
Scotia, 22; his debt to SP and
his expectations from Conn. , 40
VIEI'S, MRS. ROGER, may not survive
her journey from N.S. to Conn., 36
1IRGINIA, its indifference to the
case of Dr. Griffith, 27

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WESLEY, REV. JOHN, 12
WEST BRCOKFIEID I MA.SS. I 73
WEl'HERSFIEID I CONN. I 71
WHARl'ON I MR. I 14

WHARI'ON, REV. CHARLES HENRY, 17
WHEELER, MR. , 6 I 14
WHEELER, GIDEON, 37, 39, 41
WHEEIER, REV. WIILIAM WILLARD I 8-

9, 11, 17, 23, 42, 45; visits
Bristol , R. I. , to gather support
for Freeman at King's Chapel,
18; thinks his signature on "our
protest" against King's Chapel
will have little irrportance, 26
WHEELWRIGHT, MR.

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WHIDDEN, MRS. HANNAH, 73
WHIDDEN, SAMUEL, 73
WHIGs, 14
WHIPPLE, ABIGAIL Gl>.RDJNER, 73
WHIPPLE, HANNAH (BILLINGS), 70, 73
WHIPPLE, JOSEPH, Ports:routh nerw
chant, 73
WHIPPLE, MARY, 73
lALES, MR. I ll
WHIPPLE, OLIVER, 73
WALKER, ATIORNEY I 41
WALIACE I CAP!'. , 6
WHIPPLE, SAMUEL, a coachman, 16
l"ILLINGFORD, mNN. , 18, 22
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM, 73
ALTER, REV. DR. WILLIAM, 8, ll, 18, WHITE, REV. DR. WIILIAM (later
Bishop), 11, 13-14, 16, 18-20,
33-34, 36, 38-40; is having trouble at Christ Church, Shelburne,
23-24, 26, 28-31, 33-35, 37, 41N.S., 14; is about to leave Nova
42, 48, 50-52; on the "FundaScotia, 31; holds on at the North
nental Principles," 12; presents
Church (Christ Church), 33; he
the "Philadelphia Plan" for orand Christ Church, carrbridge, have
ganizing the Anerican Church,
11; has left for England, 21;
disagreed, 33
urges Mass. to select a person
:11.RD I REV. EPHRAIM, 7 3
for consecration, 24; wishes to
'ARNER, MR. I 7-8
..iARNER, alL. DANIEL, 73
bring all parties to an agreenent, 25; recc:mrends forbearance
WARNER, JONATHAN, 6
-!ARNER, CAP!'. SAMUEL I 7 3
to overcaie prevailing misunder!ARREN, REV. JOSEPH, 41; has gone
standing, 25; has replied to the
to Kennebeck River, 33; SP
Conn. Standing Ccmnittee, 40;
his plan for a continuing church,
nends hirn for the diaconate, 30
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, 29
11; his early letter to SP about
1\TERLAND, DA.1'ITEL: Ser!IOns, 28
plans for organization of the
Church to the southward, 43; SeaA.TERI'CMN I CONN. , 33
nA'l'ERIU<i'N I MASS. , 8
bury made overtures to him, ·23
WHITEFIEID, REV. GEORGE, 33
WEARE, alL. MESHEOI, 73
-~BER, CAP!'. JOEL, master of the
WHITEHALL EVENING POST, 21
Quaker Schooner, 12, 36
WHITMAN I CAPI'AIN I 38
,JEEKS I ELINOR (MARCH) , 73
WICKFDRD, R.I. I 42
WEEKS, DR. ICHABOD, Greenland phyWICKHAM, THCMAS, father-in-law of
sician, 73
Walter Clarke Gardiner, 34
EEKS, REV. JOSHUA WINGA.TE, 5, 10WiroVS AND ORPHANS: Society for
12, 40, 73
assisting Clergynen's W. and O.,
...EEKS I MAJOR WILLIAM, 73
ll, 30
WELLER, MR. I 6
WIGHT I REV. HENRY I 42
-1ENDELL, MR. I 5
WILLARD, PRFS. JOSEPH, of Harvard
IENDELL, OLIVER, 35
College, 33, 39
!ENIWJRTH, ANNA, 70
WILLARD, REV. JOSEPH, 36, 42; deWEN'l.W)RTH, roJ. BENNING, 73
sires to borrow SP' s gown for a
WENIW'.)RTH, HUGH HALL, 73
few days, 38
EN'!l"tl)RTH, a::J.J. JOHN, 6-7, 11-12,
WILLARD, illL. JOSIAH, 73
17, 20, 30, 71, 73
WILLIAMS, MR., of near Brunswick,
w.ENIW'.)RTH, JOHN I JR. I 73
N.J., 7, 12
WEN'l.W)RTH, SIR JaiN, 40
WILLIAMS, ELIJAH, Loyalist and atIENIWJRTH, M. M., burial of, 19
torney at Keene, N.H., 73
!EN1WJRTH, MARK HUNKING, collector
WILLIAMS, SEI'H, of Taunton, 25

recom-

I

of custcms, 70
WENJW)RTH, MA.RI'HA (HIL'IDN) I 73
WEN'IW)RTH, MICHAEL, 73
WEN'IW)RTH, MRS. PENE1DPE, 73

WIILIAMSON, . REV. SAMUEL, seeks a
parish in New England, 14
WIIMINGIDN, DEL., 20-21
WIIMINGIDN I N. J. I 21
WINCHESTER, N.H., 73
WINDSHIP, DR. AM'JS, has evidence
about Rev . William M:Jntague, 3435
WINSLOW, alL. EDWARD, refugee from
Mass., ll
WINSLOW, REV. ECWARD, 6
WINSLOW, MRS. EDWARD I ?ll
WISTAR, DR. CASPAR, a Phila. physician, 35
WISWALL, REV. JOHN, ll, 40; is to
receive the SPG library originally
deposited in Christ Church, Cambridge, 2; is married to Mrs.
Hutchinson, ll
IDBURN, MA.SS. : second Church, 71
WXDBURY, CONN. :
ten clergynen net
at W. to elect a bishop, 9
WJRCESTER, MR. I ll-14
WJRSHIP: the possibility of a uniformity of w. if not of discipline , 24; absolute unity of w.
will never take place under a
Republican form of civil govemnent, 50

xyz
Ezra Stiles is the
little rabbit of Y-<:.., 25; its
catalogue, 41
YORK, MAINE, 22
YALE COLLEGE:

