be thought due. It is, that the habits of his life having exercised him much, on subjects which have bearings on the concerns of the church in doctrine, in discipline, and in worship; and his principles having been formed with deliberation and acted on with perseverance, not without prayer to the Father of lights for his holy guidance; there seems to him nothing unreasonable in the wish, to give the weight of long observation, to what are truth and order in his esteem. He has not the presumption to aspire to, nor the vanity to expect to share in the direction of the concerns of the church, after the very few years, in which there will be a possibility of his being present in her councils: but he commits his opinions, to the issue of what may be thought in reason due to them. On the author's review of his statements and remarks, he had often a painful sensation at the frequent prominence in them of himself. In the way of apology, let it be remarked, 1st, that the apparent fault is in a great degree inseparable from the delivery of the results of personal observation; and 2dly, that he has had more agency than any other person, in the transactions recorded: owing to the circumstances in which he was placed; to a cause for which he cannot be sufficiently thankful, the con tinuance of his health and strength; and to his having attended every general convention, from the beginning to the present time. Under the weight of these considerations, he commits himself to the candour of the reader. Of the papers in the Appendix, a great proportion are what may be read in the printed journals: but they were thought necessary to the series of the events presented. Those papers which were in the private possession of the author, and were designed to have an influence on the concerns of the church, he has thought it due to the object of this work, to perpetuate. The printing of any document which took the shape of a canon, has been judged unne cessary. In regard to letters, let it be noticed, that there are none besides those, which like the papers above referred to, were designed to have public influence. In private letters, there is much to confirm the statements made, and to enlarge them, if that were the design. CONTENTS. The capital letters A, B, C, &c., at the ends of certain para- State of the church before the revolutionary war, and at the conclusion of it, p. 3-Intercourse with Denmark, p. 9— A meeting in New Brunswick, N. J. p. 10-A meeting in New York, p. 11-Convention of 1785, p. 12 of 1786, p. 18-Consecration of bishops White and Provoost, p. 20- Convention of 1789, p. 21-of 1792, p. 24-of 1795, p. 25- of 1799, p. 26-of 1801, p. 27-of 1804, p. 29-of 1808, p. 30 of 1811, p. 31-of 1814, p. 34-of 1817, p. 39. 2. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND REMARKS. A. Question of Episcopacy in the Colonies, p. 47-B. Question of the use of the Liturgy, p. 59-C. Of the meeting in New Brunswick, in May 1784, p. 62-D. Of the meeting in N. York, in October 1784, p. 64-E. Of preparatory proceedings in sundry states, p. 68-F. Of the General Convention in Phi- ladelphia, in September and October 1785, p. 92-Section 1. Of the general ecclesiastical Constitution, p. 92-Section 2. Of the measures taken to obtain the Episcopacy, p. 97— Section 3. Of the alteration of the Book of Common Prayer, p. 102-Section 4. Of relative measures and events, p. 111 -Section 5. Of subsequent proceedings of local conven- tions, p. 117-G. Of the convention in Philadelphia and Wilmington in 1786, p. 122-H. Of personal intercourse 1795, p. 215-M. in 1799, p. 223-N. in 1801, p. 228-0. 3. APPENDIX. No. 1. Communication with Denmark-No. 2. Application to |