Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . bey the abovementioned canons, and recommend to their Standing Committeethe strict observance of them. Voted : that the following be added as an addition to the sixthcanon, to be observed in this State : That no person shall be received by the Standing Committee ofthe Church in this State, as a candidate for Holy Orders, unless heshall produce testimonials that he hath been a regular communi- Major John Handy was oneof many patriots in the Rev-olution, who sacrificed pri-vate interest to the public-good. In the effort to drivethe Briti
Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . bey the abovementioned canons, and recommend to their Standing Committeethe strict observance of them. Voted : that the following be added as an addition to the sixthcanon, to be observed in this State : That no person shall be received by the Standing Committee ofthe Church in this State, as a candidate for Holy Orders, unless heshall produce testimonials that he hath been a regular communi- Major John Handy was oneof many patriots in the Rev-olution, who sacrificed pri-vate interest to the public-good. In the effort to drivethe British from Rhode isl-and, he served under Sullivan and Spencer. On the Fourth of July,1776, he read the Declaration of Independence from the steps of theCourt House in Newport ; and fifty years from that day he read it again,July 4, ic26, from the same place. Major Hand), who was the eldestson of Captain Charles Hands, died March 2, 1828, aged 72 years. Hiswidow, who was Frances Stewart, of New London, attained to the age of92 years, and died March 8, i96 ANNALS OF TRINITY CHURCH, cant for the two years last past, certified by two clergymen, withone or both of whom he has communicated; or, by three or moreother communicants, in case of the vacancy of the Church orChurches of which the candidate is a member. Voted: that this Convention approve of and will recommend totheir respective Churches the use of the revised Book of CommonPrayer, adopted by the late General Convention. Voted: by this Convention, that the Churches in this State beimmediately united under a bishop. Voted : that the Right Rev. Father in God, Samuel Seabury,, Bishop of the Church in Connecticut, be, and he is herebydeclared the Bishop of the Church in this State. That the Badger and William Smith be requested to write to andaddress him on the subject, and that the letter of recognition andEpiscopal acceptance, be entered upon the journals of this Conven-tion ; and, further, that copies of th
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