Bishops' and lay leaders' correspondence, 1788-1913.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Spalding, John Franklin, 1828-1902

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Ashton, Amos Turner.

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Meade, William, 1789-1862

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of William Meade papers, 1811-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660160649 Born 11 November 1789, the son of Richard Kidder Meade and Mary Fitzhugh (Grymes) Meade, William Meade graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1808. He married Mary Nelson (d. 1817) and Thomasia Nelson. He was elected Bishop of the Protestant Church in Virginia and Presiding Bishop of the 1861 Convention...

Neely, Henry Adams, 1830-1899

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Maine. From the description of Henry Adams Neely papers, 1866-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 662491174 ...

Whittle, Francis McNeece, 1823-1902

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Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Virginia (1868-1876) and Bishop (1876-1902). From the description of Francis McNeece Whittle papers, 1847-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664587106 ...

Doane, William Croswell, 1832-1913

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Episcopal Bishop, Albany Diocese and Chancellor of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. Doane was the father-in-law of James Terry Gardiner. From the description of Papers, 1813-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519833 Bishop of New York. From the description of Autograph poem signed with initials : addressed to J.P. Morgan Sr., 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534273 American bishop of Albany. From th...

Dix, Morgan, 1827-1908

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Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and author; associated with Trinity Church, New York, N.Y., for over 50 years. From the description of Morgan Dix letter to H. H. Boyeson [manuscript], 1882 October 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 469622379 American clergyman. From the description of Clipped signature : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565859 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trinity Rectory [New York], to ...

Wells, Lemuel Henry, 1841-1936.

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Starkey, Thomas Alfred, 1818-1903

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Episcopal Bishop of Northern New Jersey. From the description of Thomas Alfred Starkey papers, 1869-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664246015 ...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Seymour, George F. (George Franklin), 1829-1906

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First Episcopal Bishop of Springfield. From the description of George Franklin Seymour papers, 1856-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664117990 Seymour was the bishop of the Diocese of Springfield. The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield was formed in 1877, after being a part of the Diocese of Illinois since 1835. From the description of Papers, 1852-1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612817898 Rt. Rev. George F. Seymour, Bishop of Springfie...

Worthington, George, 1840-1908.

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Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796

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Loyalist Connecticut clergyman, physician, First Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut, and son of prominent clergyman Samuel Seabury (1706-1764); as an opponent of the revolutionary cause, Seabury retired to New York City during the war, practicing medicine and serving as chaplain and physician to the king's American regiment. From the description of Account book, 1780-1781. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776033 Samuel Seabury, first bishop of ...

Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908

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Episcopalian bishop. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645260286 Bishop of New York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J.B. Gilder, on the occasion of J.R. Lowell's 70th birthday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618790 From the description of Autograph letters signed (10) : New York, etc., to Dr. Ba...

Lawrence, William, 1850-1941

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7th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. From the description of William Lawrence letter to Mrs. Forbes [manuscript], 1930 Apr 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 256490554 Bishop of Massachusetts. From the description of Draft petition to Governor Fuller, 1927 April 11-12. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 67836461 ...

Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester, 1837-1923

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First Episcopal bishop to Utah. He served as bishop from 1867-1886. From the description of Correspondence. 1873-1883. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 18231611 Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary District of Montana, Idaho, and Utah, and the Missionary District of Utah and Idaho; Bishop of the Diocese of Missouri; and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1903-1923). From the description of Daniel Sylvester Tuttle papers, 1871-1915. (Unknown). Wor...

Watson, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustin), 1818-1905

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Ashton family.

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Chase, Philander, 1775-1852

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Philander Chase, Episcopal Bishop, first Bishop of Ohio, later Bishop of Illinois, and founder of Kenyon College in Ohio and Jubilee College in Illinois. From the description of Plea for Western Colleges and Theological Seminaries : New York : holograph, 1845 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138736 First Episcopal Bishop of Ohio (1819-1831) and later Bishop of Illinois (1835-1852) and Presiding Bishop (1843-1852). From the description of Philander Chase pap...

Williams, J. (John), 1817-1899

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Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor (1851-1865) and Bishop (1865-1899) of the Diocese of Connecticut and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1887-1899). From the description of John Williams papers, 1843-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664653138 ...

Brownell, Thomas Church, 1779-1865

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Bishop of Connecticut (1819-1865) and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1852-1865). From the description of Thomas Church Brownell papers, 1817-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 655831145 Episcopal bishop. From the description of Thomas Church Brownell correspondence, 1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452034 3rd Prot. Episc. Bp. of Connecticut. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hartford, to J. Pierpont Morgan, ...

Sill family.

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Ashton, Leonora Sill,

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Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859

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George Washington Doane was an Episcopal priest and rector of St. Mary's in Burington, N.J., where he became a principal promoter of the missionary movement in the Episcopal Church and of Episcopal schools, founding St. Mary's Hall for girls in Burlington in 1837 and Burlington College for men in 1846. Doane was also known for his substantial hymn-writing ability and his leadership of the High Church Party in America. From the description of Papers, 1841-1856. (Historical Society of ...

Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884

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Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. From the description of Benjamin Bosworth Smith papers, 1825-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664136572 Bishop, Educator. Born in Rhode Island, Smith received a degree from Brown University in 1816. After his ordination into the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he served in parishes in Massachusetts, Virginia, Vermont, and Pennsylvania before h...