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Hooper, Joseph, intrusions of Bishops Seabury and Provoost considered by, 325-333
How, Thomas Y., appointed assistant minister, IS4
Hudson, Christ Church, grant to, 158; faulty management of, 15S
Ilunter, Governor, burial vault of, and discovery of remains of his wife, 152
Independence of United States acknow- ledged, 2
Induction, form of, for Provoost, 26 Inglis, Dr., resignation of, 2, 24; letter of, to Dr. Provoost, 114
Irving, William, reputed author of A Word in Season, 216, 320
Jarvis, Abraham, Dr., consecrated Bishop of Connecticut, 132
Jones, Cave, elected assistant minister, IS2 ; issues A Solemn Appeal against Dr. Hobart's election as assistant bishop, 212 ; character of, 212 ; nature of disagreement with Dr. Hobart, 213-215 ; views of controversy as ex- pressed in A Word in Season, 216-220 ; action of Vestry, 221 ; position of, sup- ported by St. Paul's congregation, wlio request that they be set off as a separate congregation with Mr. Jones as their rector, 223 ; list of pamphlets issued in the controversy, 320-323
King's Farm and Garden, title to, by Trin- ity Corporation questioned by resolution in Assembly, 1784, and by report of committee appointed, 84, 85, 285-293 ; vote of House of Assembly against title of Corporation to, 91, 292 ; discovery of Lovelace deed, 100; history to title of by Stephen P. Nash, 293-310
Lawrence, John, opposes election of Dr. Moore, 3 ; appointed on committee of Whig Episcopalians, 4 ; sketch of, 6 Leases granted during the war to be renewed, 69
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, votes on behalf of the Corporation, 91
Livingston, R. R., opposes election of Dr. Moore, 3 ; appointed on commit- tee of Whig Episcopalians, 4; sketch of, 5 ; elected churchwarden, 22
Lutheran congregation in New York, offers use of its bell for Trinity Church, 138 ; conforms to the Church, 185
Madison, James, Bishop, return of, from England, 153
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Marriages by clergy of Trinity Parish of notable persons, 148
Memorial of Trinity Corporation, text of, 87 ; presented to Senate, 88
Miller, Samuel, deed to, from Samuel Provoost of a lot at East Camp, 266, 267
Montgomery, Captain, alluded to in Pro- voost's letter, 43 ; monument to, in St. Paul's Chapel, 141
Moore, Benjamin, D.D., birth and par- entage of, 178 ; education of, 179 : ordi- nation of, 179, 319, 320 ; appointment as assistant minister, 179 (and Part I., 362-364) ; marriage of, 179 ; degree of D.D. conferred by Columbia College, 179; elected rector in 1783, 2, 180; marriage to Charity Clarke, 179 ; elec- tion challenged, 3, 180 ; delivers up keys of plate chests, 16 ; informed of the election of Dr. Provoost, 17 ; letter in reply, 17 ; withdraws from rectorship, 19 ; statement of the case by his friends with signatures to various petitions, 245-264 ; petition presented in favor of his appointment as assistant minister, 57; is elected, 58; sermon by, on American independence, 1783, 68 ; street in New York named after, 143 ; elected sixth rector, 170, and second bishop of New York, 171 ; consecration of, 180 ; vacillating action of lIouse of Bishops as to liis Episcopal standing, 171, 180, 181 ; ordains Mr. Ralph Williston, 185 ; is struck by paralysis, 185 ; nominates Dr. Bcach assistant rector, 185, 210 ; calls for an assistant bishop, 210, 211 ; consecrates St. John's Chapel, 189 ; action in Cave Jones con- troversy, 224 ; death of, 237 ; charac- ter and appearance of, 238, 239
Moore, Richard Channing, birth, educa- tion, ordained by Bishop Provoost rec- tor of St. Andrew's Church, Richmond, 125 ; of St. Stephen's Church, New York, of the Monumental Church, Richmond, consecrated Bishop of Vir- ginia, death and character, 126; signa-
ture to petition of the old vestry and their friends for the endowment of sep- arate church, 263
Morice, William, secretary to the S. P. G., letter from, on Fort Hunter lands, 144
Morris, James, ordained priest by Bishop Provoost, 127
Nash, Stephen P., on Bogardus's claim- ants, 93, 101 ; monograph on the title to King's Farm, 293-310
New York Society Library incorporated, 196
Notes on books formerly belonging to Dr. Provoost, lot now in possession of Gen. James Grant Wilson, 317-319
Ogden, Uzal, birth and parentage of, 64 ; education, ordination, appointment by S. P. G. to Sussex County, N. J., let- ter to S. P. G., 64 ; petition in favor of his appointment as assistant minister in Trinity Parish, 57 ; is elected, 58, 64; elected rector of Trinity Church, New- ark, 64 ; receives the thanks of Trinity Corporation, 65 ; elected presiding offi- cer New Jersey Conventions, 65 ; dep- uty to General Conventions, 1785, 1786, 1789, 1792, 1799, ISO1, and 1804, 65 ; Bishop of New Jersey, 65 ; election contested, 65 ; requested to resign rec- torship, which he refuses to do, 66 ; memorial presented by Parish and Gen- eral Convention, 66 ; special conven- tion of New Jersey decides to suspend him, 67; withdraws from the P. E. Church, 67; suspended by Standing Committee, 67 ; author of Antidote to Deism, 67, 144 ; death and character, 67
Ordinance of January 12, 1784, 21
Ordination of Benjamin Moore to the diaconate and priesthood, certified ex- tracts from the registry of the diocese of London, 319
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Ordination of Samuel Provoost to the diaconate and priesthood, certified ex- tracts from the registries of the dioceses of London and Chester, 265
Pamphlets issued in the Cave Jones con- troversy, 320-323
Parishes and congregations aided, 157- 160, 181
Parish roster. 35, 193
Petitions, to Council for the temporary government of the southern parts of the State of New York, 4, 245, 246 ; for confirmation of election of wardens and vestrymen, 22 ; signatures to, 23, 254-257 ; for a separate church, 29 ; in favor of Benjamin Moore and Uzal Ogden for appointment as assistant ministers, 57 ; of Trinity Corporation to House of Senate, 85-87 ; to Cor- poration on behalf of Rev. Joseph Pilmore, 162
Pilmore, Joseph, petition to Corporation in favor of his appointment as assistant minister, 162; life and character of, 163 ; friends of, erect Christ Church for him, 164; resigns Christ Church rec- orship and goes to St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 166
Presbyterians, grant of two lots to, 79
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Provoost, Samuel, birth of, 31 ; baptism, 31 ; ancestry, 31 ; graduates from Co- lumbia, 33 ; Cambridge, 34 ; ordained deacon and priest, 34, 265; learning and attainments, 34 ; marriage, 34 ; elected assistant minister, 34 ; visits England, 35 ; becomes unpopular on his return, 36 ; resigns, 38 ; retires to East Camp, 38, 266, 267 ; correspondence of, 39-55; assists in repelling British attack, 49 ; elected delegate to Provincial Congress, 49 ; declines election, 49 ; appointed to preach before Convention of 1776, but declines, 49 ; elected chaplain by Com- mittee of Safety, which he also declines, 50 ; draws up State Prayers, 50 ; elected rector St. Michael's, Charleston, S. C., 51 ; letter of declination, 52 ; elected
minister of King's Chapel, Boston, 53 ; returns to New York, 17, 25, 54 ; elected as Trinity's fifth rector, 17, 25; action of Whig Episcopalians and the old vestry relating to his election, 1-19, 245-264 ; inducted, 26; letter of, to President of the Senate, 86 ; visits Albany to defend interests of Corporation, 86 ; appointed delegate to General Conventions in Philadelphia, 1785 and 1786, 104; re- fuses to recognize the standing of Bishop Seabury, 105 ; ordains at Narra- gansett at request of clergy of Massa- chusetts, 107; receives remonstrance from Bishop Seabury, 107 ; votes for adoption of Canon VIII. of 1795. 107 ; his intrusion and that of Bishop Sea- bury considered, 325-333 ; receives de- gree of D.D. from University of Penn- sylvania, 108 ; elected Bishop of New York, 108 ; leaves for England, 108; farewell sermon, 108 ; reaches London, 109 ; letter to his wife from London, II0 ; presented to George 11I., 112; consecrated Bishop, 112; documents relating to his consecration, 113, 31I- 317 ; letter of Dr. Inglis to, 114 ; voy- age home and illness, 114 ; lands at New York, 114 ; reasons for believing him to have been consecrated prior to Dr. White, 115 ; disappearance of his papers and manuscripts, 117; love of books, 119 ; bookplate of, 120 ; differ- ence in his signatures and spelling of his name, 120 ; address of Diocesan Convention to, 121 ; his reply, 122 ; his first ordination, 123 ; his first confirma- tion described, 126 ; confirmation at St. George's, Hempstead, 127 ; first ordina- tion in State of New Jersey, 127 ; in- sists that rights of laity in Convention be safeguarded, 12S, 129; refuses to consecrate Dr. Griffith, 130 ; illness of, 130 ; his contentions adopted by Gen- eral Convention of 1789, 131 ; holds service at inauguration of Washing- ton, 131 ; sermon before the General Convention of 1795, 271-279 ; joins
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in consecration of Dr. Claggett to see of Maryland, Dr. Smith to see of South Carolina, Dr. Bass to see of Massachusetts, Dr. Jarvis to see of Connecticut, Dr. Griswold to see of the Eastern Diocesc, and Dr. Hobart as assistant Bishop of New York, 132 ; street in New York named after, 143 ; ordains Mcssrs. Wetmore and Chase, 153 ; nominates John Henry Ilobart assistant minister, 167 ; resigns his rec- torship, 167-170 ; death of his wife, 170 ; resigns Bishopric, 170 ; resignation not accepted by House of Bishops, 171 ; death of, 172; funeral of, 172, 173 ; will of, 174 ; character of, 174-176 ; portrait of, 177; wise administration, 198 ; list of MS. sermons known to be in existence, 268-2844 ; notes on his books now belonging to Gen. James Grant Wilson, 317-319
Provoost, Susanna Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Provoost, marrics, first, George Ka- pelje, and on his death Julien Xavier Chabert, 118
Rectorship, contest for, 1-19, 245-253
"Remarks on the Memorial and Remon- strance of the Corporation of Trinity Church, Some," anonymous pamphlet issued 1785, 91
Remonstrance of Corporation to House of Assembly, 90
Roman Catholics apply for a grant, 195 Ronzone, Count Claudio, letter of Pro- voost to, 45
S. P. G., letter from, offering to convey lands at Fort Ilunter to Corporation, 144
St. George's Church set off as a separate corporation, 193, and endowed, 194
St. John's Chapel, erected, 187, 188 ; consccrated, 189 ; cost of organ, 189 St. Mark's-Church-in-the-Bowery, grant
of land from Mr. Stuyvesant, 160 ; formed into a distinct corporation, 161 ; consecrated by Bishop Provoost, 161 ; grant of lots, 161
St. Michael's, CharIcston, S. C., Vestry of, call Provoost to rectorship, 51
St. Paul's Chapel, used while Trinity Church was in ruins, So ; small bell of, given to St. Mark's Church, 145 ; fire in steeple, 145 ; request of congregation to be set off refused, 223
St. Stephen's Church, New York, en- dowed, 195
St. Stephen's College, Annandale, aided and supported, 183
Seabury, Bishop, regularity of his con- secration questioned, 104-106; in- trudes in New York, 107; complains of Bishop Provoost ordaining at Narra- gansett, 107 ; his intrusion and that of Bishop Provoost considered, 325-333 ; admitted in General Convention of 1789, 132
Seabury, Miss, donation to, IS4
Sermons by Dr. Provoost, list of known MSS., 26S-284
Simmons' Tavern, meeting at, 3, 4, 14, 246-254
Skinner, Abraham, Jr., friend of Hobart, 202 ; correspondence of, 203 ; death of, 203
Skinner, Abraham, Sr., letter of, to Dr. Hobart, 203
Smith, Robert, Dr., consecrated Bishop of South Carolina, 132
Society for advancement of religion and learning instituted, and rules of, IS2 ; lots granted, IS3 ; incorporated as So- ciety for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York, q. v.
Society for Promoting Religion and Learn- ing in the State of New York, 183 ; aids candidates for ministry and sup- ports St. Stephen's College, Annandale. 183
Spieren, George H., ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Provoost, 127
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State Prayers, action of New York Pro- vincial Convention in regard to, July II, 1776, 51
Streets in New York named after rectors and officials of Trinity Parish, 143
Title of Corporation changed by act of Legislature, 82
Todd, Margaret, bequest to Trinity Church for charity school, 75
Trinity Church, destruction by fire in 1776, 80 ; tower and walls still stand- ing pulled down, SI ; resolutions to rebuild passed, 82, 133 ; plans for rais- ing money, 133 ; proposals for taking down old walls and for digging trench for new ones advertised for, 134; for carpenters' and masons' work, 135 ; laying foundation stone of second edi- fice, 135 ; descriptions of the first and second edifices, 136, 137 ; sale of pews, 137 ; terms of purchase, 138; offer of Lutherans of use of their bell accepted, 138; new church consecrated, 139; sounding-board of old pulpit given to St. Peter's Church, Westchester, 139 ; arrival of " Ring of Bells," 140, 144, 145 ; musical performance in, by Rev. Benjamin Blagrove, 151
Trinity Church Parish, new Vestry after the Independence, 56 ; appointment of committees, 56 ; leases given during the war to be renewed, 69; burials in churchyard to be limited, 70; grants a site for a fire-engine house, 70 ; com- pensation fixed for clerk of the Parish, 71 ; losses to the Parish during the war, 71 ; lots sold, 72 ; receives into union the French congregation, 74 ; donates £100 apiece to Messrs. Albert and Barry, 75 ; bequests from Elias Des- . brosses and Margaret Todd, 75 ; grants annuity to Mrs. Barclay, 76 ; commit- tee appointed for erection of rectory and loan sanctioned, 77 ; reports of committees, 77 ; grants of lots to the
Presbyterians, 79 ; walls of old Trinity Church pulled down, 81 ; new church ordered to be built, 82; change in legal title, 82 ; action of Legislature on title to property, 83-85 ; resolution of Corporation and visit of rector to Al- bany in consequence, 84, 85 ; petition and memorial to Senate, 87 ; remon- strance of, addressed to the Lower House, 90 ; final vote of House on title to King's Farm adverse to, 91 ; action against Bogardus claimants, 95- 97 ; presents De Hart with silver tankard, for communicating useful evidence, 99 ; part of, in organization of American Church, 102 ; action of Convention of 1784 ; approved of, 103 ; delegates from, to Convention in Phila- delphia, 1785, 108 ; vote to pay expenses of Dr. Provoost to England for consecra- tion, 108 ; resolution instructing dele- gates to Diocesan Convention to pro- mote the union of the Church in America, 128, 129 ; resolution to safe- guard rights of laity, 129 ; orders money to be solicited for rebuilding parish church, 133 ; pews set apart, 137, and sold, 138 ; purchase of Bible, prayer- books, font, and organ for new church, 138, and of " Ring of Bells," 140, 144 ; distributes Watson's Apology for the Bi- ble and Ogden's Antidote to Deism, 144 ; rewards persons active in extinguish- ing fire in St. Paul's Chapel, issues direc- tions for preventing or extinguishing fires, 145 ; arranges for uniform regula- tion of clocks in eity, 146; orders churches to be put in mourning for Washington, 146; offers reward for discovery of body-snatchers, 150; im- provement in management of, under Dr. Provoost, 155 ; financial prosper- ity of, 156; grants for the promotion of religion and learning, 156; sets off St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery and endows it with thirty lots, 161 ; selects Rev. John Bisset as assistant minister, 162 ; opposes erection of Christ Church by
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Mr. Pilmore's friends, 164, 165 ; reasons for opposition, 165, 166 ; with- draws opposition and endows Christ Church, 166; appoints John Henry Hobart assistant minister, 167; legal- ity of appointment questioned, and ratified, 168; votes to continue Dr. Provoost's salary after his resignation, 169 ; elects Dr. Moore as sixth rector, 170; orders inner doors of Parish church to be elosed during city or State elections, 181 ; appoints Rev. Cave Jones assistant rector, 182 ; establishes Society for Promoting Religion and Learning, 182; grant of lots to, 183; donation to Rev. R. G. Whitmore, 183 ; increases salaries to assistant min- isters, 184 ; distributes Hobart's Com- panion to the Altar, 184; number of communicants in 1804, 184 ; appoints Rev. Nathaniel Bowen assistant min- ister, 184 ; authorizes engagement of Rev. James Chapman for six months, 184 ; appoints Rev. Thomas Y. How as assistant minister, 184 ; grants dona- tion to Miss Seabury, 184 ; confirms appointment of Dr. Beach as assistant rector, 185; the " Mother of Churches," 186-196; erects St. John's Chapel, 187 ; Grace Church founded, 191, and endowed, 192 ; St. George's set off and endowed, 193, 194 ; St. Stephen's Church endowed, 195 ; refuses applica- tion for a grant from Roman Catholics, 195 ; grants two lots to trustees of Free School, 195 ; Christ Church endowed, 195 ; makes further grant to Miss Sea- bury, 195 ; grants books to New York Socicty Library, 196 ; expenditures of, March 24, 1809, to April 14, 1810, 196 ; acts on Dr. Moore's request for an assistant bishop, 211 ; action of, in the Cave Jones controversy, 221-227 ; refuses application of St. Paul's Chapel to be set off, 223 ; recommendations of, to settle the controversy, 223 ; fixes tenure of assistant clergy, 227
Troup, Robert, opposes election of Dr. Moore, 3 ; appointed on committee of Whig Episcopalians, 4 ; sketch of, 6 ; elected vestryman, 22
Trustees of estate of Corporation, ap- pointed by ordinance of 1784, 16, 21 ; receive keys of plate chests, 16 ; pro- test against intimidation by Bogardus claimants, 95
Trustees of Free School, grant of two lots to, 195 Tucker, Thomas, resigns from Vestry, 76
Van Winkle, Ann, marries Abraham Beach, 61 Vestry, names of new, 1784, 22
Washington, George, alluded to in Pro- voost's letter, 43 ; address of General Convention to, 131 ; inaugurated Presi- dent, and attends St. Paul's Chapel, 131 ; churches ordered put in mourning on death of, 146
Whig Episcopalians, oppose election of Dr. Moore, 3; eall a meeting, 3 ; petition Council for the temporary government of the southern parts of the State, 4, II ; appoint a commit- tee to confer with the churchwardens and vestrymen, 4 ; correspondence of, 6-8 ; reject proposition to abolish rec- torship, 15; appointed trustees of estate of Corporation by ordinance of 1784, 16 ; elect Samuel Provoost rec- tor, 17 ; full record of their action with signatures to different petitions, 245-264
White, Bishop, journeys with Provoost to England for consecration, 109; presented to George III., 112 ; conse- erated Bishop, 112 ; voyage home, 114 ; his priority of consecration doubt- ful, 115
Whitmore, R. G., grant to, 183
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Willett, Marinus, opposes election of Dr. Moore, 3 ; appointed on committee of Whig Episcopalians, 4 ; sketch of, 5 ; elected vestryman, 22
Williston, Ralph, minister of Lutheran congregation, conforms, and is or- dained by Bishop Moore, 185
Works referred to, Part II., 333-336 Yellow fever, epidemic of, 151
Zion Lutheran congregation conforms to the Church, and its minister ordained by Bishop Moore, 185
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