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The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF EPISCOPAL CONTROL OVER THE COLONIES 1
  5. CHAPTER II. THE POLICY AND WORK OF BISHOP COMPTON, 1675–1714 25
  6. CHAPTER III. THE ROYAL COMMISSION: GIBSON TO SHERLOCK, 1723–1748 52
  7. CHAPTER IV. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE, 1638–1748 88
  8. CHAPTER V. EXPIRATION OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S COMMISSION: SHERLOCK'S POLICY, 1748–1761 113
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE MAYHEW CONTROVERSY, 1763–1765 139
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE CHANDLER–CHAUNCY CONTROVERSY, 1767–1771 161
  11. CHAPTER VIII. THE NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY, 1768–1769 195
  12. CHAPTER IX. THE CONVENTIONS AND THE EPISCOPAL QUESTION, 1766–1775 215
  13. CHAPTER Χ. THE OPPOSITION IN VIRGINIA 226
  14. CHAPTER XI. FROM SHERLOCK’S DEATH TO THE REVOLUTION, 1761–1775 241
  15. CHAPTER XII. AFTER THE REVOLUTION: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE 263
  16. APPENDICES
  17. APPENDIX A. ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS 273
  18. APPENDIX Β. LIST OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY AND BISHOPS OF LONDON DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 349
  19. APPENDIX C. A LIST OF SPECIAL WORKS 350
  20. INDEX 358
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF EPISCOPAL CONTROL OVER THE COLONIES 1
  5. CHAPTER II. THE POLICY AND WORK OF BISHOP COMPTON, 1675–1714 25
  6. CHAPTER III. THE ROYAL COMMISSION: GIBSON TO SHERLOCK, 1723–1748 52
  7. CHAPTER IV. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE, 1638–1748 88
  8. CHAPTER V. EXPIRATION OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S COMMISSION: SHERLOCK'S POLICY, 1748–1761 113
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE MAYHEW CONTROVERSY, 1763–1765 139
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE CHANDLER–CHAUNCY CONTROVERSY, 1767–1771 161
  11. CHAPTER VIII. THE NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY, 1768–1769 195
  12. CHAPTER IX. THE CONVENTIONS AND THE EPISCOPAL QUESTION, 1766–1775 215
  13. CHAPTER Χ. THE OPPOSITION IN VIRGINIA 226
  14. CHAPTER XI. FROM SHERLOCK’S DEATH TO THE REVOLUTION, 1761–1775 241
  15. CHAPTER XII. AFTER THE REVOLUTION: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE 263
  16. APPENDICES
  17. APPENDIX A. ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS 273
  18. APPENDIX Β. LIST OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY AND BISHOPS OF LONDON DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 349
  19. APPENDIX C. A LIST OF SPECIAL WORKS 350
  20. INDEX 358
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