Hugh Miller Thompson papers, 1857-1875.

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Hugh Miller Thompson papers, 1857-1875.

There are six items of correspondence between Thompson and Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham of Maryland. These chiefly concern affairs of Nashotah House (theological seminary), Nashotah, Wis.; Thompson's professorship of ecclesiastical history there; family matters; and an appeal for aid to sufferers from the Chicago fire, 1871. Letters by other correspondents, including the Reverend William Adams of Nashotah, describe his character, writings, and activities. All papers date before his election as Bishop in 1883.

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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 ...

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Thompson, Hugh Miller, 1830-1902

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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...

Adams, William, Reverend

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