William Rollinson Whittingham letters, 1857-1867.

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William Rollinson Whittingham letters, 1857-1867.

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The collection consists of five letters written during the period surrounding the Civil War by Whittingham to Charles H. Hall, rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. In the letters, Whittingham discussed matters of the church, including his disapproval of the military occupation of church buildings.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Maryland. Bishop (1840-1879 : Whittingham)

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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...

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 ...