The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . , Dr. HenryCompton, son of the Earl of Northampton, and one of the leadingbishops of his time. It is even now a matter of surprise that this actof the royal governor, practically and eflectually esta1)lishing theChurch in the City of New York against the evident intention and willof the assembly, should have been carried through without eliciting aprotest or even occasioning surprise. By the tacit consent of thegovernor, and evidonlly without questioning on the part of those con-cerned, the church-wardens and vostr3^men to be elected by
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . , Dr. HenryCompton, son of the Earl of Northampton, and one of the leadingbishops of his time. It is even now a matter of surprise that this actof the royal governor, practically and eflectually esta1)lishing theChurch in the City of New York against the evident intention and willof the assembly, should have been carried through without eliciting aprotest or even occasioning surprise. By the tacit consent of thegovernor, and evidonlly without questioning on the part of those con-cerned, the church-wardens and vostr3^men to be elected by the free-holders of the city in accordance with the jirovision of the Act of theAssembly of 1693 were superseded by, and found their powers vested 1 Council Minutes, quoted in Doc. IIi,t. of ^ The Charter of Triuity Church in the city New York, in., p. 410. <.r Xcw York, 1788, pp. 17, 18. BEGINNINGS OF THE CHUKCII IN NEW YOKK. 163 ill, the churcli-wardcns and vestrymen of Trinity Church, elected bythose in communion with the Church of En;huul
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