Journal of the meetings that led to the formation of the diocese, 1784-1790

Journal of the meetings that led to the formation of the diocese, 1784-1790

1784/1790

EpiscopalDiocese.WilliamWhiteJournal

In 1784, members of the vestry of the United Churches of Christ Church and St. Peter's and the vestry of St. Paul's appointed a committee to confer with the clergy of their respective churches, "on the subject of forming a representative Body of the Episcopal Church in this State." They wrote a letter, signed by chairman William White, to all Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania, asking them to send delegates to a meeting at which general principles and a framework of governance would be established.

This bound manuscript includes William White's journals documenting the formation of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1784, as well as the institution of a convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Pennsylvania, and minutes from the first six such conventions, up to 1790.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives

Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives

72 pages

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