William Bacon Stevens papers, 1852-1881.

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William Bacon Stevens papers, 1852-1881.

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Except for minor items, all papers date from Stevens's episcopate and most are correspondence with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham. They cover a wide range, from personal affairs and health to his oversight of the Episcopal churches in Europe. Among many subjects are Stevens's European travels in 1866 and 1872; affairs of the Episcopal church in Florence, Italy, with references to the Reverend Pierce Connelly and the Reverend William Chauncy Langdon; church work in Geneva, Switzerland; canon law respecting the churches in Europe; and work of the Italian Church Reformation Commission of the House of Bishops from 1865. Nearer home are a visit to Hagerstown, Md., in 1864 during the Civil War; Stevens's appeal on behalf of the Freedmans' Commission of the Episcopal Church, and support of it, 1865-1868; involvement with the work of the Mexican Commission of the House of Bishops, 1874-1876; opposition to the Society of St. John the Evangelist (the Cowley Fathers) 1875; and many clergy matters. Among other subjects are relations with the Church of England and comments of Bishop Theodore B. Lyman on Stevens's sermon at the close of the Lambeth Conference, 1873. Also includes seven letters to and from Bishop William Pinkney of Maryland, about the Reverend Alfred G. Mortimer and other matters.

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Episcopal Church. Freedmans' Commission

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania. Bishop (1865-1872 : Stevens)

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Pinkney, William, 1810-1883

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Lyman, Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict), 1815-1893

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Connelly, Pierce, 1804-1883

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Epithet: Reverend; alias ' Pascal the Younger ' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x0002e7 ...

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Langdon, William Chauncy, 1831-1895

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Astronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer. From the description of William Chauncy Langdon papers, 1600-1903 (bulk 1846-1863). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979892 The Reverend William Chauncy Langdon: Episcopal clergyman, who as a layman was one of the co-founders of the Young Men's Christian Association. Before his 1858 ordination he was chief examiner in the US Patent Office. Langdon worked for and wrote extensively on church unity. From the description of W...

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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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Mortimer, Alfred G. (Alfred Garnett), 1848-1924

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Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887

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William Bacon Stevens (1815-1887), physician, historian, and Episcopal bishop, was born in Bath, Maine. He attended the Medical College of South Carolina and studied under Dr. Edward Coppee in Savannah, Georgia. He became interested in the Episcopal ministry and studied under Bishop Stephen Elliott in Savannah. Ordained as a deacon in 1843, he was appointed missionary to Athens, Georgia, where he soon became the rector of the local Episcopal Church. He accepted a call to St. Andrews Church in Ph...

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