Request for payment and biography of Lewis McDonald, 1827-ca. 1900.

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Request for payment and biography of Lewis McDonald, 1827-ca. 1900.

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Untitled biography (2 p.) of McDonald, a copy (attributed to Henry Sheldon), of which can also be found in the repository's McDonald family papers under the title "Sketch of the life of Rev. Lewis McDonald" and request to Vermont Missionary Society that Rev. Lewis McDonald be paid eight dollars.

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Vermont Missionary Society

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McDonald, Lewis, 1801-1895

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Rev. Lewis McDonald was born in Middlebury, Vt., and served as an Episcopal priest in several Vermont towns. At the age of 43 he was taken to the Retreat at Brattleboro, Vt., because "his mind became clouded." He remained there until his death more than fifty years later, at which time he was, according to this biography, the oldest priest of the Episcopal Church. From the description of Request for payment and biography of Lewis McDonald, 1827-ca. 1900. (Sheldon Museum Research Cent...

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 ...