. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . sister Church, these clergymen of Maryland, less than a score innumber, laid broad and deep in this comprehensive and yet conserva- five document the foundations of the Ecclesiastical Constitution of theAmerican Church. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. While these important measures were occupying the attention ofthe churchmen of Maryland, a correspondence had been opened by theRev. Abraham Beach, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, with the William White, of Philadelphia, in which the hope was expressed that the members of
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . sister Church, these clergymen of Maryland, less than a score innumber, laid broad and deep in this comprehensive and yet conserva- five document the foundations of the Ecclesiastical Constitution of theAmerican Church. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. While these important measures were occupying the attention ofthe churchmen of Maryland, a correspondence had been opened by theRev. Abraham Beach, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, with the William White, of Philadelphia, in which the hope was expressed that the members of the Episcopal Church in this country would in-terest themselves in its behalf, would endeavour to introduce Order anduniformity into it, and provide for a succession in the Ministry. Themeeting of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Orphansof the Clergy, which had been organized prior to the war, was madethe occasion of an informal gathering at New Brunswick of clergyand laity from the States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, r^^S^-. r^^ on the 11th of May, 1784, and a committee of correspondence wasappointed for the purpose of forming a continental representation ofthe Episcopal Church and for the better management of the concernsof the said Church. There were present at the conference, theRev. Drs. White and Magaw, the Rev. Messrs. Beach, Bloomer,Frazer, Ogden, Blackwell, Bowden, Benjamin Moore and ThomasMoore, and Messrs. James Parker, John Stevens, Richard Stevens,John Dennis, Esquire, and Colonels Hoyt and Furman. This con-fei-ence appointed a committee, consisting of the Rev. Messrs. AbrahamBeach, Joshua Bloomer and Benjamin Moore, to attend the Trinityconvocation of the Connecticut clergy, for the purpose of solicitingtheir concuiTence ... in such measures as may be deemed con-ducive to the union and prosperity of the Episcopal Church in theStates of America. On the 24th of May, 1784, there met at Christ Church, Philadel-phia, under the chairmanshi
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