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Letter to Editor
May 16, 1771
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
The Commissary at William & Mary College, in a letter dated May 4, 1771, requests a convention of Virginia clergy on June 4, 1771, to discuss the expediency of applying for an American Episcopate, stressing its high importance and urging unity to avoid lay dissatisfaction.
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To the Reverend the CLERGY of VIRGINIA,
Reverend Brethren,
I LATELY took the Liberty, as would appear from the publick Papers of requesting a full Meeting of the Clergy as upon this Day; but as I have been made to understand that Notification was not taken in the Sense I designed it should have been, and therefore has not produced the Effect intended, I find myself obliged to repeat my Solicitation for that Purpose. I therefore now propose, and request of you, that a Convention of the Clergy may be held on the 4th of the next Month, at ten o’Clock in the Forenoon, in the College of William and Mary. And that the express Intention of applying to you for this Convention may not possibly be misapprehended by any Persons whatsoever, I have judged it proper here to mention that the Subject I shall then recommend to your most serious Consideration and Attention will be one that must appear of the highest Importance, namely, the Expediency of an Application to proper Authority for an American Episcopate. I beg Leave to add my most earnest Hopes and Wishes that we may all then meet well disposed to embrace such Sentiments, and enter upon such Resolutions, as shall be most becoming ourselves, and at the same Time give no just Occasion of Dissatisfaction or Uneasiness to the candid, the dispassionate, and unprejudiced Part of the Laity.
I am, with true Regard,
William & Mary College, May 4, 1771.
Your affectionate Brother,
The COMMISSARY.
Reverend Brethren,
I LATELY took the Liberty, as would appear from the publick Papers of requesting a full Meeting of the Clergy as upon this Day; but as I have been made to understand that Notification was not taken in the Sense I designed it should have been, and therefore has not produced the Effect intended, I find myself obliged to repeat my Solicitation for that Purpose. I therefore now propose, and request of you, that a Convention of the Clergy may be held on the 4th of the next Month, at ten o’Clock in the Forenoon, in the College of William and Mary. And that the express Intention of applying to you for this Convention may not possibly be misapprehended by any Persons whatsoever, I have judged it proper here to mention that the Subject I shall then recommend to your most serious Consideration and Attention will be one that must appear of the highest Importance, namely, the Expediency of an Application to proper Authority for an American Episcopate. I beg Leave to add my most earnest Hopes and Wishes that we may all then meet well disposed to embrace such Sentiments, and enter upon such Resolutions, as shall be most becoming ourselves, and at the same Time give no just Occasion of Dissatisfaction or Uneasiness to the candid, the dispassionate, and unprejudiced Part of the Laity.
I am, with true Regard,
William & Mary College, May 4, 1771.
Your affectionate Brother,
The COMMISSARY.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Religious
What themes does it cover?
Religion
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Clergy Convention
American Episcopate
Virginia Clergy
Commissary
William And Mary
Episcopal Authority
What entities or persons were involved?
The Commissary
To The Reverend The Clergy Of Virginia
Letter to Editor Details
Author
The Commissary
Recipient
To The Reverend The Clergy Of Virginia
Main Argument
requests a convention of virginia clergy on june 4, 1771, at william & mary college to seriously consider applying to proper authority for an american episcopate, hoping for unified resolutions that avoid lay dissatisfaction.
Notable Details
References Prior Notification In Public Papers
Emphasizes Highest Importance Of The Subject
Urges Disposition To Embrace Sentiments Becoming To Clergy