Henry Washington Lee papers, 1854-1874.

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Henry Washington Lee papers, 1854-1874.

Correspondence is chiefly with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham and the Reverend William E. Wyatt, of Maryland. Subjects include Lee's consecration as bishop, 1854; his visit to Baltimore and fund-raising in Maryland for western missions, 1855-1858; transfer of the Reverend Joseph Trapnell, Jr., to Maryland; Civil War prayers; declaration concerning ritual, 1866; support for the Freedmans' Commission, to help ex-slaves; and Lee's death.

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Whittingham, William Rollinson, 1805-1879

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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...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Iowa. Bishop (1854-1874 : Lee)

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Trapnell, Joseph

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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 ...

Wyatt, William Edward, 1789-1864

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Lee, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1815-1874

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Iowa. From the description of Henry Washington Lee papers, 1854-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659744470 First bishop of the Episcopal Church in Iowa. From the description of Henry W. Lee papers, 1838-1874. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70295445 ...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Iowa

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Episcopal Church. Freedmans' Commission

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