Papers, 1718-1814, 1770-1796 (bulk)

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Papers, 1718-1814, 1770-1796 (bulk)

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Correspondence and miscellaneous other material concerning Seabury's involvement in church affairs and politics as well as personal business. Includes material relating to efforts to acquire an American bishop for the Anglican Church before the American Revolution; Seabury's activities as a loyalist during the American Revolution; reorganization of the Episcopal Church following independence; development of church doctrine and liturgy; relations of the American church with Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and the English church; the consecration of Seabury as Bishop of Connecticut and the controversy surrounding it; relations with the Methodist Church and other churches; efforts to establish an ecclesiastical library, and other matters; and correspondence with Seabury's son, Charles, concerning Seabury's estate. Also includes manuscript and printed sermons by Seabury, his father Samuel, Sr., and son Charles, 1730-1814; Lord Lansdowne's speech against occasional conformity, 1718; copybook with letters and minutes of the Convention of New York Clergy, 1766-1767; diary, 1791-1795; manuscript on occasional prayers and offices; manuscript lectures on the church catechism; and letter book, 1785-1801.

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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 ...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Connecticut

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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 ...

Seabury, Charles, 1770-1844

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Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735

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Henry Grey, Duke of Kent was the Lord Chamberlain in 1706. From the description of Autograph letter signed from George Granville, Baron Lansdowne, to the Lord Chamberlain? [manuscript], 1706? February?. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 430229570 ...

Seabury, Samuel, 1706-1764

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Samuel Seabury, a signer, was the father of Samuel Seabury, first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. He graduated Harvard in 1724, and served as clergyman at New London, Conn., and Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. From the description of Petition, 1748 May 2, of several clergymen against justices of the peace joining persons in matrimony. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844676 ...

Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)

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The Society was founded in 1701 to provide orthodox clergy to the British colonies. From the description of Records, 1701-1786. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489525 From the guide to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) records, 1701-1786, 1701-1786, (American Philosophical Society) In 1965, merged with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa to form the United Society for the Propagati...