Manuscripts, 1765-1865.

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Manuscripts, 1765-1865.

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These papers of William White, first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, include manuscript sermons: CXXVII, "Of Sinful Anger," and "Of Tribute, to Caesar and that to God," n. d.; certificates of consecration, 1770-1787; diplomas, 1765, 1781; and papers relating to William White lands and to the administration of his estate, 1773-1865, including George W. Hunter, Philadelphia scholar, letterbook, 1856-1865, as administrator of the estate. The collection also contains the draft and printer's copy of "Memoir of the Life of the Right Rev. William White, D.D.," 1839, with miscellaneous notes by Bird Wilson, D.D., professor of systematic divinity at the General Theological Seminary, New York.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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