The Episcopal Church And Early Ecclesiastical Laws of Connecticut Preceded By
The Episcopal Church And Early Ecclesiastical Laws of Connecticut Preceded By
James Shepard
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Eliphalet Whittlesey preached the Convention sermon in 1768, and on Connecticut matters their friends in England were to IN CONNECTICUT. 79 write to Messrs. Whitman and Wells, and in 1769 to Wells and Mather. In 1769, Connecticut had a majority in the Conven- tion, there being eleven members from Connecticut and only seven from New York and New Jersey. In 1770, Rev. Nathaniel Taylor was president of the Convention and Messrs. Hobart and Ross were appointed to " collect instances of lenity of th...eir government with regard to Episcopal Dissenters therein. " In 1771, Mr. Wells was appointed to canvass Nova Scotia and Mr. Goodrich to canvass Connecticut and report the character of the laws relating to ecclesiastical affairs, and the number of Episcopalians and Non-Episcopalians in these prov- inces. From this we see that no less than nine Congrega- tional ministers of Connecticut were prominent in, and received special honors from this Anti-Episcopal Convention. The General Association of Congregationalists in Connecticut also voted their support and sympathy from time to time, and at Watertown, June 16, 1772, instructed their delegates to "heartily concur with the Southern Gentlemen in counteracting any Motions that have or shall be made for sd.
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