Henry Champlin Lay papers, 1847-1886.

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Henry Champlin Lay papers, 1847-1886.

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The bulk of collection this begins after the division of the Diocese of Maryland, 1868, when Lay became the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Easton, comprising the Eastern Shore of Maryland. There are, however, eighteen items from earlier years, plus later correspondence showing his continued interest in the Diocese of the Southwest. These describe his marriage to Elizabeth Atkinson, with remarks on the Atkinson and allied families of Virginia, 1847, and thereafter concern his first episcopate, 1860-1868. Most of the correspondence is with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham. Subjects include systems of record-keeping in Arkansas, modelled on methods used by Whittingham; clergy matters; Lay's resignation of part of his jurisdiction because of the secession of the Confederate states, 1861; business and diocesan affairs at the end of the Civil War; Lay's wish to found a cathedral in Little Rock; and his proposal for ordination of less scholarly men and Blacks to the diaconate, in order to bring the Church to "men of the soil", 1866. Papers concerning Lay's election and consecration as Bishop of Easton, 1869, are followed by many letters about affairs of that diocese and the rest of Maryland. Subjects include organization of the new diocese; Lay's collaboration and admiration for Whittingham; episcopal services performed for Whittingham in the Diocese of Maryland; Lay's interest in Church work for Blacks; and his founding of Trinity Cathedral in Easton. Among broader interests in these papers are affairs of the General Conventions; Lay's proposals for organization of the Episcopal Church on the provincial system; relations with the Old Catholic Churches in Europe; dealings with the Church of England; proposals for vesting the patriarchate in the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lambeth Conferences; conduct of the General Theological Seminary in New York; affairs of the Episcopal Church in Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky and elsewhere; and the schism of Bishop George D. Cummins, 1873.

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Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

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William Rollinson Whittingham was born in New York City, N.Y., and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1825. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1829 and became rector of Saint Mark's Church in Orange, N.J. Whittingham later served as rector of Saint Luke's Church in New York City, and in 1835 became a professor of ecclesiastical history at the General Theological Seminary. In 1840, he was elected Episcopal bishop of Maryland, the youngest American bishop to date, and served...

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Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885

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Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary District of the Southwest (which embraced the states of Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Republic of Texas, as well as the Indian Territory), and first Bishop of Easton. From the description of Henry Champlin Lay papers, 1847-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659543395 Henry Champlin Lay (1823-1885) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay was an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859;...

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Cummins, George D. (George David), 1822-1876

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Lay, Elizabeth Atkinson, -1909

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