Identifier: quaintcornersinp00stoc (find matches)
Title: Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Stockton, Louise, 1838-1914 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946 Turner, Eliza Sproat, Mrs., 1826-1903 Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943 Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918
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Publisher: Philadelphia, New York, J. Wanamaker
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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werein no tl:ini;er from the liritish, but it was certain that ifthtv were taken down it would not be easy to hangthrill ;i>-ary, l>ut fii->t an Anieiican l)i>hop hadto b«« secured. Dr. Scabury, of Connecticut, was ac-cordingly sent over before tin tn aty of piace was sii^ned,but political fcclinir wa^ >till >l roller eiiouiih to make theKiijii-h bi>hops refuse to consecrate him. so he wentto Siotland, where the non-jnriiii: bi>;iops, themselves
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rAsprpmA. los under political disabilities, performed the ceremony.There were evident reasons wh)?^ this consecration wasnot altogether satisfactory, and, in 17S6, Dr. Whitewas elected Bishop of Pennsylvania, and going to Eng-land, was consecrated at Lambeth, and among the cler-gymen present again appears an old friend, Mr. Duche. In the meantime a convention of depnties was held inChrist Church to take measures for the organization ofthe church through the country, and the first GeneralConvention, consisting of deputies from seven of thethirteen States, was present. During all these daysand months of anxious planning, Dr. AVhite lived in ahouse at Front and Lombard, where St. Pett-rs Housenow stands, and here all the preliminary steps towardorganizing the American Church and preparing theprayer-book were taken. The story of the churches is now one of progress. St.James was built on Seventh street; the first Sundayschool in the countr)^ was established. Christ ChurchHospital, founded

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