Thomas Alfred Starkey papers, 1869-1877.

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Thomas Alfred Starkey papers, 1869-1877.

All items consist of correspondence with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham while Starkey was rector of Epiphany Parish, Washington, D.C. Among subjects mentioned are Starkey's sorrow at leaving St. Paul's Church, Cleveland, Ohio; his admiration for Bishop Whittingham; parish affairs in Washington and affairs of St. Mary's Church there; the need for church work among Blacks; other Washington clergy, especially John M.E. McKee, John Vaughan Lewis, and Custis P. Jones; Starkey's founding of Epiphany Church home for women and orphans; his views regarding the importance of sisterhoods and work of women in the Church; Whittingham's proposals to transfer his great library to Washington, 1870; affairs of the Convocation of Washington; Starkey's physical sufferings; and his acceptance of a call to St. Paul's Church, Paterson, N.J..

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Starkey, Thomas Alfred, 1818-1903

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Episcopal Bishop of Northern New Jersey. From the description of Thomas Alfred Starkey papers, 1869-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664246015 ...

St. Mary's Church (Washington, D.C.)

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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...

Jones, Custis P., Reverend.

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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 ...

St. Paul's Church (Paterson, N.J.)

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McKee, John M. E., Reverend.

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Lewis, John Vaughan, Reverend.

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Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (East Cleveland, Ohio)

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Church of the Epiphany (Washington, D.C.)

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