Papers, 1738-1811.

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Papers, 1738-1811.

Chiefly letters relating to family affairs, religion, life in Nova Scotia, and Viets's struggles to sell his property in Granby, as well as other financial problems.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8066734

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Viets, Abner

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Viets, Roger, 1738-1811

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Anglican clergyman, of Simsbury and Granby, Conn.; suspected of being a loyalist during the American Revolution and fined and sentenced to a year in jail for allegedly feeding loyalists who had escaped from Newgate Prison; after the war, left for Digby, Nova Scotia in 1787. From the description of Papers, 1738-1811. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70978959 ...