. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. a bishops son,the transfer of Governor WilHam Burnet from NewYork to Massachusetts was not received with theenthusiasm with which the Church of England inBoston had greeted Lord Bellomont. That no address of con-gratulation was presented to him may indeed have been due tothe fact that Mr. Myless recent death had left the Kings Chapelwithout its head; while Mr. Harris could do nothing, in thedivided state of feeling, and Dr. Cutler was too hostile, politi-cally, to take the initiative. Yet in any less heated time
. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. a bishops son,the transfer of Governor WilHam Burnet from NewYork to Massachusetts was not received with theenthusiasm with which the Church of England inBoston had greeted Lord Bellomont. That no address of con-gratulation was presented to him may indeed have been due tothe fact that Mr. Myless recent death had left the Kings Chapelwithout its head; while Mr. Harris could do nothing, in thedivided state of feeling, and Dr. Cutler was too hostile, politi-cally, to take the initiative. Yet in any less heated time thearrival of a person so distinguished by birth and breeding, tofill a place at the head of the Vestry which Governor Shute Dummer had left void so long, would havebeen marked with triumph. The strongest proof of the height to which political and party ;76 ANNALS OF KINGS CHAPEL. passion had risen within the church may be found in the factthat the matters in dispute were not submitted with one accordto the new Governor. The son of Bishop Burnet might have \. >* •.., ^
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