CHAPTER IX. THE CONVENTIONS AND THE EPISCOPAL QUESTION, 1766–1775

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