Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924052990672 3 1924 052 990 672 THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROPOSITION FOR AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE, 1767-1774. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBJECT. By WILLIAM NELSON. PATERSON, N. J.: THE PATERSON HISTORY CLUB. 1909. ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED. The excitement aroused In America by the Bishop of LandaH's ser- mon. In 1767, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel In Foreign Parts, In which he urged the advisability and gave excellent reasons In favor of an American Episcopate, was out of all proportion to the Importance or the assumed novelty of the project. Especially was this professed alarm the more singular In view of the fact that the same Idea had been mooted for a generation or two without pro- voking a ripple In American politics. The bitterness and extent of the controversy which followed may rather be ascribed to the fact that the psychological moment had ar- rived for arousing the people of the Colonies to a sense of the dis- position toward making them more and more subject to the Mother Country, even in a matter so near to their hearts and consciences as their religion. The opportunity was eagerly seized upon by such far- seeing patriots as Charles Chauncy, of Boston, eminent as a, clergy- man, and William Livingston, the keen and able lawyer, of New Tork, and a host of other writers in their train, who in pamphlets and in the newspapers of the day sought to show their compatriots that the vic- tory won In the repeal of the Stamp Act In 1766 was destined to be speedily followed by a. new and more Insidious danger than even that abhorred act. In its intended encroachment on American liberties. As John Adams, writing in 1815, says: "The apprehension of Epis- copacy contributed fifty years ago, as much as any other cause, to arouse the attention, not only of the inquiring mind, but of the com- mon people, and urge them to close thinking on the constitutional authority of parliament over the colonies. . . . The objection was not merely to the office of a bishop, though even that was dreaded, but to the authority of parliament, on which it must be founded." iWorles, X., 185-188.) The general subject of an American Episcopacy has been treated In Efforts to Obtain the Episcopate before the Revolution, by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks. In Collections of Protestant Bpisoopal Historical Society for 1851, pp. 136-167. New York, 1861. Svo. The American Jurisdiction of the Bishop of London In Colonial Times, by Simeon B. Baldwin, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court. In Proceedings American Antiquarian So- ciety, New Series, Vol. XTTT, pp. 179-201. Worcester, Mass., 1901. The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies, by A. L. Cross. In Harvard Historical Studies, Vol. IX. New Tork, 1902. Svo. Pp. Ix, 368. Blblio^aphies of the subject, more or less complete, may be found In HistoMcal CoUeotidns relating to the American OolonlaJ Church. Edited by William Stevens Perry, D. D. "Volume III. Massa- chusetts. [Hartford.] 1873. 4to. On pp. 688-690 is a partial list of publications resulting from a discourse on the S. P. G., by East Apthorp, Missionary at Cambridge, Mass., in 1763, ■which provoked "Remarks" by the Rev. Dr. Jonathan May- hew, followed by a spirited controversy waged In pamphlets and newspapers, 1763-1766. The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Tears, as seen in its Literature. With a Bibliographical Appendix. By Henry Martyn Dexter. New York, 1880. 8vo. Bibliographical Appendix, pp. 326. Publications of the Prince Society, Vol. n. Boston, 1897. BibU- ography, by E. F. Slafter, pp. 225-298. Fourteen or fifteen of the titles in the following list are there given with substan- tial accuracy. And see Brinley Catalogue, Nos. 6116-6190. The writer having occasion to compile a list of the works in his own library, growing out of the Bishop of Landaff's Society sermon in 1767, was led to believe that it might be worth while to add such titles re- lating to the subject as could be found in other libraries, with occa- sional notes. In the preparation of this extended list he has had the cordial and painstaking assistance of the Librarians and Bibliographers of the Library of Congress, Harvard University, Massachusetts His- torical Society, Boston Public Library, American Antiquarian Society, New York Historical Society, New York Public Library (Lenox), Gen- eral Theological Seminary (Protestant Episcopal, New York), Columbia University, the Rhode Island Historical Society, the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R. L, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia, Columbia University, and Trinity College, H£|.rtford, Conn., to all of whom the writer's thanks are ex- fended. The British Museum Library has also been consulted. It is not at all likely that this list of separate publications is even yet a complete bibliography of the subject, but it will at least give a fair idea of the character and extent of the discussion provoked by the Bishop's sermon. July i, 1909. BIBLIOGRAPHY The location of copies of the works mentioned Is Indicated by the Initials after each title: A. A. S. — ^American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. B. A. — Boston Athenaeum. C. U. — Columbia University. G. T. S. — General Theological Seminary, New York. H. TJ. — ^Harvard University. H. S. P. — ^Historical Society of Pennsylvania. J. C. B. — John Carter Brown Llbraiy, Providence, R. I. L. — Lenox Library. L. C. — ^Library of Congress. L. C. P. — Library Company of Philadelphia. M. H. S. — ^Massachusetts Historical Society. N. — ^William Nelson. N. Y. H. S.— New York Historical Society. R. I. — ^Rhode Island Historical Society. T. C. — Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (X) HWHR, JOHN. 1767. A I Sermon | Preached before the | Incorporated Society | for the | Propagation of the Gospel in | Foreign Parts; | at their | Anniversary Meeting | in the | Parish Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, | On Friday Feb- ruary 20, 1767. I By the Right Reverend Father in God, | John Lord Bishop of LandafE. i Liondon: | Printed by B. Owen and T. Harrison In I Warwick-Lane. | MDCCLXVn. | Sm. 4to. Pp. 98, 1. 1 Sermon, pp. 26; Abstract of Charter of the Society, Proceedings, Names of the Society's Missionaries in America, Reports from the Missions, etc., pp. 27-77; blank, 1 page; List of Members of the Soci- ety, pp. 79-93; Ladies Annual Subscribers, p. 94; Preachers before the Society, 1701-1767, pp. 96-98; Form of Legacy, p. [99]. In this Sermon the Bishop deplores the heathenism and infldellty prevalent in America, the lack of efforts to convert the Indians, the want of seminaries to train young men for the ministry, and (pp. 20-24) urges the appointment of American Bishops to remedy these evils. N.; L.; H. U.; H. S. P.; G. T. S.; J. C. B.; T. C; B. A. CHAUNCY, CHARLES. 1767. [Half Title:] Dr. Chauncy's | Remarks 1 On certain Passages in | The Bishop of Xandaff's | Society-Sermon. | [Full TiUe:] A | Letter I To a Friend, | Containing | Remarks on certain Passages In a | Ser- mon I Preached, by the Right Reverend Father | in God, John Lord Bishop of LandafE, I before the Incorporated Society for the | Propaga- tion of the Gospel in Foreign | Parts, at their Anniversary Meeting In the I Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, Fe- | bruary 20. 1767. In which the highest | Reproach is undeservedly cast upon the | American Colonies. | By Charles Chauncy, D. D. 1 Pastor of the first Church of Christ In Boston. | Boston: Printed by Kneeland and Adams 1 in Milk-Street, for Thomas Leverett, in Corn-hill. | Mdcclxvh. | 8vo. Pp. 56. 2 Dr. Chauncy claims that the American Colonists, especially In New Eingland, are exceptionally pious and zealous In good works; that they successfully prosecuted missions among the Indians more than six y years before the Society was formed; that there were six seminaries In America, three of them Episcopalian; that of the sixty or seventy Episcopalian churches (thirty In New England), not more than eigni were self-supporting, while in New England alone there were 550 con- gregational and Presbyterian churches. TJie Boston Evenvng-Post, Numb. 1682, December 21, 1767, announces: "This Day Is Published," and gives the title In full as above, and adds: "Sold by Thomas Leverett. at his Shop In CornhlU." The same advertisement also appears In The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal, No. 665, December 28, 1767. N.; L.; L. C; M. H. S.j H. U.; N. Y. H. S.; H. S. P.; L. C. P.; A. A. S.; C. U.; J. C. B.J B. A. CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY. I''*''- An I Appeal to the Public, | in | Behalf | of the | Church of England | In I America. | By Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D. I Rector of St. John's Church, in Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, | and Missionary from the Society for the Propagation of | the Gospel, &c. | "We desire a fair Trial — if we are guilty, punish us; if 1 "we are Innocent, protect us." Justin Martyr. | New-York: 1 Printed by James Parker, at the New- Prln- I ting-Office, in Beaver-Street. | M,DCC,LXVn. | 8vo. Two titles. 2 11.; Dedication, pp. (l)-viil; Advertisement to the Reader, pp. Ix-xl; Contents, p. (1). An Appeal, etc., pp. (1) -127. 3 The Dedication to the Archbishop of Canterbury is dated Elizabeth- Town, In New-Jersey, June 24, 1767. In the Advertisement to the Reader, Dr. Chandler says this Appeal was written primarily at the request of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, Coim., subse- quently supported by the request of a Convention of the Clergy of New York and New Jersey. Advertised as "In the Press, and will shortly be published," in The New-York Gazette; or, the WeeUy Post-Boy, No. 1288, September 10, 1767; and as "Just published ajid to be sold by the Printer hereof. Price 2s. 6d.," In the same newspaper. No. 1293, October 15, 1767. Hlldeburn mentions (No. 2286) a Philadelphia edition, printed by William Goddard, 1767, but as he gives neither lined-ofC title, number of pages, nor location of a copy. It is evident that he never saw the book, and doubtless took the title from an advertisement In The Penn- sylvania Chronicle (Goddard's paper). No. 44, November 23, 1767, an- nouncing the book as "Just published and to be sold by the Printer hereof." (See N. J. Archives, XXV., 490.) It Is not probable that there was such an edition. In a letter to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel In Foreign Taxts, May 6, 1768, the Rev. Dr. William Smith, Pro- vost of the College of Philadelphia, writes: "D*^- Chandler's Pamphlet, tho' too long and sometimes foreign to the purpose In It, Is on the whole such as he can support, and tho' I wish he had not published It yet 'it is well defensible." — Historical Collections relating to the American Colonial Church, edited by William Stevens Perry, D. D. Volume II. Pennsylvania. [Hartford, Conn.l 1871. P. 427. N.; L. C.j L.; N. Y. H. S.; H. S. P.j L. C. P.; G. T. S.; A. A. S.; J. C. B.J T. C; B. A. } LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. • 1768. A I Letter | to the | Right Reverend Father in God, | John, Lord Bishop of I^ndaff ; | Occasioned by | Some Passages In his Lordship's Sermon, on the 20th | of February, 1767, in wliich the American Colonies I are loaded with great and undeserved Reproach. | By William Liv- ingston. I New-York: | Printed for the Author; and to be Sold by Garrat | Noel, near the Coftee-House. | MDCCLXVm. | 8vo. Pp. (4), 26. 4 In this trenchant Letter Mr. Livingston objects to the aspersions on the Colonists as having "abandoned their native manners and re- ligion," and points out the laws in New England requiring lands to be set apart in every new township for the erection of churches ; he claims a more general observance of the Sabbath in America than In London, and shrinks from any further manifestation of England's power, polit- ical or ecclesiastical, in the Colonies. Announced in TJte Heio-Tork Gaaette; or, the Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1317, March 28, 1768, as "Just published and to be sold by Garrat Noel, near the Merchants Coflee-House, and by the n-inter hereof," James Parker. L. C; L.; H. U.; N. Y. H. S.; H. S. P.; A. A. S; J. C. B, EWER, JOHN 1768. A I Sermon | Preached before the | Incorporated Society | for the | Propagation of the Gospel in | Foreign Parts; | at their | Anniversary Meeting | in the | Parish Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, | On Friday Feb- ruary 20, 1767. I By the Right Reverend Father In God, | John Lord Bishop of LandafC. | London Printed: | New-York, Re-printed and Sold by James Parker, | in Beaver-Street. | MDCCLXVin. | 8vo. Pp. 18. B Advertised in TJie Neui-Tork Oaeette; or, the Weekly Poat-Boy, Numb. 1319, Monday, April 11, 1768, as follows: "Just published and sold by the Printer, hereof. Price 6d." Then follows title as above, and this note In brackets: "[This Sermon is printed by Desire, that every dhe may have an opportunity to compare It with Mr. Livingston's Letter to the Bishop, upon it. if they see proper.]" L. C; L.; M. H. 8. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. 1768. A I Letter | to the | Right Reverend Father In God, | John, Lord Bishop of Landaffi; | Occasioned by | Some Passages in his Lordship's Sermon, on the 20th | of February, 1767, in which the American Col- onies I are loaded with great and undeserved Reproach. | By William Livingston. | Boston: | Re-printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, I next to the Treasurer's Office, in Milk-street. | mdcclxviii. | 8vo. Fp. 26. 6 This Boston issue of Ijvingston's I^etter is announced In The Boston- Oazette, and Country Journal, No. 684, May 9, 1768. as "This Day Pub- lished, and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, next to the Treasurer's- Offlce in Milk-Street. [Price Six Pence.3" Hlldeburn mentions (No. 2373) a Philadelphia edition, but the title la taken evidently from a newspaper advertisement, and not from a copy of the book Itself. N.; L.; H. U.; R. I. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. 1768. A I Letter | to | The Right Reverend Father in God, | John, Lord Bishop of JLandaff; | oocEusloned by | Some Passages in his Lordship's Sermon, on the | 20th of February, 1767; in which the Ameri- | can Colonies are loaded with great and unde- | served Keproach. | By William Lavingston. | New-Tork Printed. | London: Reprinted for J. Buckland, in Pater- | noster Row; B. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and I G. Keith, in Graceohurch-street. | M DCC LXVIII. | [Price Six- pence.] I 8vo. Pp. 31. ' L.; H. U.J A. A. S.; J. C. B.J B. A. CHAUNCT, CHARLES, and [FLEMING, CALEB]. 1768. A Letter to a Friend, | Containing Remarks on certain Passages in a Ser- 1 mon, preached by the Right Reverend John, | Lord Bishop of LandafC, before the incorporated | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign | Parts, at the anniversary Meeting, in the Parish I Church of St. Mary Le Bow, London, February 20, | 1767; in which the highest Reproach is unde- 1 servedly cast upon the American Col- onies. I By Charles Chauncy, D, D. | Pastor of the first Church of Christ in Boston. | Boston, in N. E. printed mdcclxvii. | London, re- printed MDccLxviii. I With a supplement, | Containing an Answer to the Plea of T. B. | Chandler, D. D. of New Jersey, for American | Bishops: Wherein his Reasonings are shewn to | be fallacious, and his Claims indefensible. | By a Presbyter in Old England. | London, printed for S. Bladon, in Paternoster-row, | MDCCLXVHE | 8vo. Pp. 79, (1). 8 A Letter, etc., pp. 42; A Supplement, etc., pp. 43-79; Address of the clergy of the Church of England in New-Jersey and New-Tork, to the Chancellor, etc., of the University of Cambridge, p. [80]. In a copy in the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Supplement is attributed, in a contemporary handwriting, to "The Rev'' Caleb Flem- ing." Two copies in Harvard College Library are similarly marked. Announced in London, May 21, 1768, as "This Day was published, pr. Is. 6." See N. J. Archives, XXVI., 239. N.; L.; M. H. S.; H. U.; H. S. P.; A. A. S.; B. A. [INGLIS, CHARLES.] 1768. A I Vindication | of | The Bishop of LandafE's Sermon | from | The gross Misrepresentations, | and | Abusive Reflections, | contained | In Mr. William Livingston's Letter | To his Lordship: | With | Some Addi- tional Observations | On certain Passages in Dr. Chaunoey's Remarks, &c. I By a Lover of Truth ajid Decency. | Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum. | Horace. | Non equidem hoc studeo bullatis ut mihi nugls | Pagina turgeseat, dare pondus idonea fumo. | I Persius. | New-Tork: | Printed by J. Holt, at the Exchange, | M,DCC,LXVin. I 8vo. Pp. viii, 82. 9 By the Rev. Charles Inglis, Rector of Trinity Church, New Tork. See letter from Bishop Lowth to the Rev. Samuel Johnson, President of Columbia College, May 15, 1770, in "The Life of Samuel Johnson, D. D., the first President of King's College, in New Tork," by Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D., London, 1824, p. 205. In the Lenox Library is a copy with title as above; also another copy in which the word "equidem," in the sixth line above, is separated, thus: "equid em." In the John Carter Brown copy the third syllable in "equidem" has been duplicated, thus: equidem em, and the surplus em has been blotted out. In the -copy In the American Antiquarian Society the quotation from Horace reads ut omnia, instead of et omnia. In Holt's The Neie-Yorle Journal; or, the General AdverUaer, Numb. 1329, June 23, 1768, the "Vindication" was advertised as "Just publish' d, and to be sold at the Printing-Offloe at the Exchange," the title being re- produced in extenso, and line for line. Also advertised in James Parker's The Neu>-Torlc Gazette; or, the Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1330, Monday, June 27, 1768, as "Just published, and to be Sold at the Printing Office at the Exchange," Holt's shop. Also in TM Boston Evening Poat, Numb. 1718, August 29, 1768, as "To be Sold at the Heart & Crown in ComhlU." N.; L. C; L.; N. Y. H. S.; H. S. P.; L. C. P.; A. A. S.; C. U.: J. C. B.; B. A. CHAUNCT, CHARLES. 1768. [Half Title:] Dr, Chauncy'a | Answer | To Dr. Chandler's | Appeal to the Public. I [Full Title:] The | Appeal | to the | Public answered, | In Behalf of the Non-Episcopal | Churches In America; | containing | Remarks on what Dr. Thomas Brad- | bury Chandler has advanced, on the I four following Points. { The Original and Nature of the Epis- copal Office. 1 Reasons for sending Bishops to America. | The Plan on which it is proposed to send them. | And the Objections against send- ing them obviated | and refuted. | Wherein the | Reasons for an Amer- ican Episcopate | are shewn to be insufficient, and the Ob- | jeotlons against it in full Force. | By Charles Chauncy, D. D. | And Pastor of the first Church of Christ In Boston. | Boston: N. E. | Printed by ICneeland and Adams, in Milk-Street, for | Thomas Leverett, in Corn- Hill, 1768. I 8vo. Pp. 205. [P. (206), advertisement of books for sale by Thomas Leverett.l 10 Announced in The Boatm-Oaeette, -York Journal, or The General Advertiser, No. 1404, August 22, 1771; a portion of the Letter is given in N. J. Archives, XXVII., 647. A vindication of the House of Burgesses from the criticisms in the Address, appeared in "A letter from a gentleman in the country to his friend In the city" [of Williamsburg, Va.], published in The Penn- sylvania Journal; and the General Advertiser, No. 1528, March 19, 1772. N.; L.; H. U.; L. C. P.; G. T. S.j C. U.; J. C. B. CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY. 1771. The I Appeal | farther defended; | in answer to | the | Farther Misrep- resentations I of I Dr. Chauncy. | By Thomas B. Chandler, D. D. | Not using your Liberty for a Cloak of Maliciousness. | St. Peter. | If the Presbyterian Parity had any Place in the primitive | Times as some do imagine, it must needs have been an 1 intolerable Kind of Government, since all on the sudden it | was universally abolished. | Maurice against Baxter. | New-Tork: | Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book Store and | Printing-Offlce, in Hanover-Square. | M.DCCLXXI. I 8vo. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, Pp. (lll)-vl; EJ-rata, 1 leaf; The Appeal, etc., pp. (l)-240. 23 Announced in The New-York Qaxette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1021, May 20, 1771, as "Just Published, And sold by H. Gaine, In Hanover- Square." N.; L. C; M. H. S.; H. U.; A. A. S.; H. S. P.! L. C. P.; N. Y. H. S.; G. T. S.; C. U.; J. C. B.; B. A. CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY. 1771. The Appeal farther defended, in answer to the Further Misrepre- sentations of Dr. Chauncy. By Thomas B. Chandler, D. D. [Seven lines of quotations.] New-Tork: Printed by Hugh Gaine. London, reprinted. 1771. 24 Title made up from sale catalogue of library of Henry C. Murphy, March 3-8, 1884. The writer has been unable to locate a copy of the book, either in America or In the British Museum. It is doubtless an error of the compiler of the catalogue. CHAUNCY, CHARLES. 1771. A Compleat "View of | Episcopacy, | As exhibited from the Fathers of the Christ!- | an Church, until the Close of the Second | Century: | containing | An Impartial Account of them, of their Writings, | and of what they say concerning Bishops and Pres- | byters; | with observa- tions, and remarks, | Tending to shew, that they esteemed these one and the | same Order of Ecclesiastical Officers. | In answer | To those, who have represented It as a, certain fact, | universally handed down, even from the Apostles Days, that | governing and ordaining Authority was ex- I ercised by such Bishops only, as were of an order supe- | rior to Presbyters. | By Charles Chauncy, D. D. | Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston. | "I hope my Reader will see what weak Proofs are brought for | "this Distinction and Superiority of Order [I. e. between Bishops | "and Presbyters]. No Scripture, no primitive gen- eral Coun- I "oil, no general Consent of primitive Doctors and Fathers, no, I "not one primitive Father of Note, speaking particularly, and I "home, to our purpose." Bishop Croft's Naked Truth, P. 47. I Boston: Printed by Daniel Kneeland, in | Queen-Street, for Thomas Leverett, in Corn-hill. 1 M,DCC,LXXI. | 8vo. Pp. x, xlv, 15-474, (3). 25 Title, 1 1.; Preface, pp. lli-x; Introduction, pp. i-xiv; Text, 15-474: General Contents, pp. (3). The New-York Gazette; or, the Weekly Poat-Boy, No. 1339, August 29, 1768, contained the following advertisement of this work: Boston August 8, 1768, PROPOSALS, For Printing by Subscription, a Book, entitled, Compleat View of Episcopacy, as exhibited by the Fathers of the Christian Church, 'till towards the close of the second Century: Containing an impartial Account of them their WrUings, and what they say concerning Bishops and Presbyters; with Observations and Remarks tending to prove, that they esteemed these one and the same Order of Officers: In answer to those, who have represented it as a certain Fact, universally handed dmon even from the Apostles days, that oovEitNiNa and OBDAiNiNO AUTHOBiTY toas exercised T)y such Bishops okly as were of an Order superior to Presbyters. By CHARLES CHAUNCT, D. D. The "Work will be so managed as that It may be readily understood by vulgar Capacities; and yet, it will not be useless to those among the learned, who, not being able to repair to the original Authors, may be desirous of seeing, not here and there a detached Sentence from one and another of them, but the whole that may be collected from what they have severally wrote. The Volume will contain about thirty Sheets, is intended to be printed on good Paper, and in a, fair Character; and shall be afforded unbound for Five Shillings and four Pence a Book, Beoen Shillings bound in Sheep, or Eight Shillings bound in Calf, and letter'd. If the Book should exceed thirty Sheets, the Price will be in Proportion, Boston Money. Those who are inclined to promote a Work, which has been thought by many to be particularly seasonable at this Time, are desired to send their Names, with the Number of Books, bound or unbound, they will take, tn Thomas Leverett, in ComhiU, Boston. If it shall appear, that the above Design is approved of, and encouraged, the Work will soon be prepared, and sent to the Press. Subscriptions in New York, will be taken in by Mr. Qarhat Noel, and the Printer hereof. y. B. Subscribers are desired to be as speedy as possible in sending in their Names, as very few, if any Copies will be printed but such as are subscribed for. This work has no direct beai-lng on the question of an American Epis- copate, but is part of the literature of the day on the general subject. Moreover, the writer says in the preface that although the materials for the book had been collected mpre than twenty years previously, its publication had not been deemed seasonable until the "episcopal-dis- pute" had been excited, "more especially by the clergy of the church of England, who, not being satisfied with having transmitted petitions to their superiors at home, begging their influence in favor of the set- tlement of an Episcopate in America, deputised one of their number to write an "appeal to the Public," citing objectors to their impartial tri- bunal for tryal of the weight of their objections, if any they had to offer, against the reasonableness of their request." N.; L. C: L.; N. Y. H. S.; M. H. S.; H. U.; A. A. S.; G. T. S.; C. U.; J. C. B.; T. C; B. A. GWATKIN, THOMAS. 1772. A I Letter | to the | Clergy | of | New York and New Jersey, 1 occasioned by | An Address | to the | Episcopalians In Virginia. | By the Reverend Thomas Gwatkin, Professor of | Mathematicks, and Natural Philosophy, In William | and Mary College. | — ^I' the Progress of this Business, | Ere a determinate Resolution, He | (I mean the Bishop) did require a Respite. Shakespeare. | — ^but now the Bishop | Turns Insurrection to Religion. Ibid. | Who art Thou that judgest another Man's Servant? To his | own Master he standeth or falleth. | St. Paul. I Williamsburg: | Printed by Alex, Purdie, and John Dixon. 1772. 1 Sm 4to. Pp. 26, (2). 26 Advertised In The Nete-Tork Journal, or The General Advertiser, No. 1560, November 26, 1772, as "To be sold, At J. Holt's Prlnting-Offlce, Near the Coffee -House," together with other books and stationery. See New Jersey Archives, XXVIII., 341. J. C. B.; L. FORTBUS, BEILBY. 1773. [Half-title:] The | Life | of | Archbishop Seeker; | and | A Defence | of his I Letter to Mr. Walpole, | on | American Bishops. | [Pull title : ] A I Review | of the | Life and Character | of | Archbishop Seeker. 1 By Bellby Porteus, D. D. | Rector of Lambeth, | and | Chaplain In ordinary to His Majesty. | New-Tork: | Re-printed from the London Edition, by Hugh Galne, | at the Bible and Crown in Hanover-Square, | MDCCLXXtn. I 8vo. Titles, 2 11.; Advertisement to the Reader, pp. (I)-(iv); Text, pp. IxvIII. 27 The "Advertisement" contains the following sentence: "But what seems to have been his [Seeker's] most unpardonable Crime, was his Forwardness In promoting the Establishment of Bishops In the Amer- ican Colonies." This Advertisement was not unlikely by the Rev. Dr. Chandler. The Neto-Tork Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1161, January 24, 1774, advertises this work as "This Day is Published, i And to be sold by the Printer hereof | The 1 Ljfe | of | Archbishop Seeker; | and | A Defence | of his | Letter to Mr. Walpole, I on I American Bishops. 1 In Three Parts, as follows, viz. 1 Pakt I. A Review of the Ufe and Oharaeter of Archbishop Seckeb By Beilby Pobteus, D D. Rector of Lambeth, and Chaplain In ordinary to his Majesty. Part II An Appendix to the Americam Edition of the Life of Arch- bishop Secker: Containing his Grace's Letter to the Revd. Mr. Macclanechan, on the Irregularity of his Conduct; with an Introductory Ifarrative. Part III. A Free Examination of the Critical Commentary on Archbishop Secker's Letter to Mr. Walpole : To which Is added, by Way of Appendim, a Copy of Bishop Sherlock's Memorial. By Thomas B. Chandler, D. D. Price 58. From this advertisement, and from the next two titles, It appears that the Three Parts were printed with distinct title pages, and were separately paged. N.; G. T. S.; A. A. S.; J. C. B.; H. S. P. [CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY.] 1774. An I Appendix | to the | American Edition | of the | Life of Arch- bishop Secker: | Containing | His Grace's Letter | to | The Revd. Mr. Macclanechan, | on | The Irregularity of his Conduct; | with | An Intro- ductory Narrative. | New-Tork: | Printed by H. Galne, at his Book- Store and I Printing- OiP.ce. at the Bible and Crown, In | Hanover- Square, MDCCLXXrV. I 8vo. Pp. XX, 28. 28 N. B., p. ill, states: • Till the Americam Edition of the Archbishop's Life was entirely printed off, the Editor was not in Possession of all the Pages relating to the Affair of Mr. Macclanechan, nor certain of his publishing this Appendix; tor which Reason no Notice of it is taken In the Title Page or Advertisement preHxed to the Life. L.; N. Y. H. s.; G. T. s.; H. S. p. CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY. 1774. A I Free Examination | of the | Critical Commentary | on | Arch- bishop Seeker's Letter | to | Mr. Walpole: | To which is added, | By Way of Appendix, | a copy of | Bishop Sherlock's Memorial. | By Thomas B. Chandler, D. D. | Surely, no great Matters can be depended on, from the Tolerating | Spirit of those Persons, were We upon Terms of supplicating it, who | can allow themselves In all the Arts of Mis- representation, in Order | to blacken the Reputations of those Advo- cates for our Faith (and | Discipline) while living, and their Memo- ries when dead, who had set | them Examples of a real Moderation in every Respect, the Force of | their Reasonings only excepted. 1 Dr. G. Fothergill. | New-Tork: | Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in 1 Hanover-Square, | mdcci,xxiv | 8vo. Pp. xil, 122, Errata, 1; Ad- vertisement of four of the preceding works (No. 15, price 2/6; No. 16, Iirice 5/0; No. 21, price 4/6; No. 20, price 1/6), for sale by Hugh Gaine), (1). 29 N.; L.; H. U.; H. S. P.; L. C. P.; G. T, S.J A. A. S.; C. U. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. 1774. Brief ! aan den | Recht Eerwaardigen Vader in God| John, Lord Bisschop van LandafC. | Veroirzaakt | Door eenlge gezegden in zyne Lordschap's Leer- | reeden, op den 20sten Februarii 1767. | uitges- prooken, | waar in de | Americaansche Colonien | Met eene aanmer- kelyke en onverdiende sehande | beswaard worden. | Door | William Livingston. | Ult het Engelsch Vertaald. | Te Utrecht | By Abraham van Paddenburg, | Akademle-drukker MDCCLXXIV. | 8vo. Pp. (4), 34. SO A Dutch translation of No. 5. The Library of Congress acquired a copy in 1906. No other copy has been located. Sabin gives an abbreviated title, probably from a sale catalogue. It is unknown to the leading antiquarian booksellers of Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. Mr. W. G. C. Byvanck, Chief Librarian of the Royal library of the Netherlands rKoninklyke Bibliotheek) , at The Hague, writes (May 28, 1907): "1 regret to state that neither in our library nor in any of the Dutch libraries I consulted a, copy of the Brief aan den Lord B. etc. 1774 was to be found." L. C.