Benjamin Wistar Morris papers, 1854-1876.

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Benjamin Wistar Morris papers, 1854-1876.

Chiefly letters to Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham of Maryland about Morris's book on the apostolic episcopate; drafting of clergymen for military service during the Civil War; the condition of the Church in Pennsylvania and his own diocese (1871); and other matters.

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Episcopal Church. Missionary Jurisdiction of Oregon and Washington Territory

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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...

Morris, Benjamin Wistar, 1819-1906

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Episcopal Bishop of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Oregon and Washington Territory. From the description of Benjamin Wistar Morris papers, 1854-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 662475089 ...

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 ...