Samuel Provoost collection, 1786-1831.

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Samuel Provoost collection, 1786-1831.

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A collection of miscellaneous items relating to Bishop Provoost; there are no papers by the Bishop in the collection. Papers relate to his consecration, 1787; his part in the consecration of Bishop Edward Bass; his poor health and incapacitation; difficulties concerning his authority and relations with Bishop Benjamin Moore; his attempt to resume charge of the Diocese of New York, 1812-1814; and negotiations concerning the consecration of Bishop James Kemp, of Maryland, 1814-1815; and minor matters. There is also a pamphlet by "Omicron" (the Reverend Benjamin P. Aydelott) about the case of Bishop Provoost and resignation of his diocesan jurisdiction, 1831, together with a book of English manuscript sermons, author unknown, 1683-1735, which belonged to Provoost, and a pamphlet of 1785 from his library, bearing his signature. Provoost's signature also appears on the certificate of consecration of Bishop Thomas John Claggett as Bishop of Maryland, 1792.

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Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

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Aydelott, B. P. (Benjamin Parham), 1795-1880

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Claggett, Thomas John

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First Episcopal Bishop of Maryland; b. 1742; d. 1816. From the description of Thomas John Claggett papers, 1767-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 652677209 ...

Provoost, Samuel, 1742-1815

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Moore, Benjamin, 1748-1816

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Episcopal bishop of New York. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1774]-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155475167 Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1805-1815); subsequently served as bishop, 1815-1816. From the description of Benjamin Moore papers, 1793-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 662448545 ...

Bass, Edward, 1726-1803

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n29xs9 (person)

First Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts. From the description of Edward Bass papers, 1759-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 654373132 Edward Bass was Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, 1797-1803. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886194 Born in Dorchester. Graduated from Harvard 1747. Ordained to Episcopalian priesthood 1752. ...

Kemp, James, 1764-1827

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Second Episcopal Bishop of Maryland. From the description of James Kemp papers, 1784-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 652681588 ...

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 New York

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