Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-31

mittee to collect and compile for publication
a Documentary History of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Vermont
down to the commencement of the present
episcopate and,
| WHEREAS Said committee has completed
the onerous duty assigned to them, for which
the thanks of this Convention are due and
gratefully returned to the surviving men,
bers of said Committee therefore,
Resolred, That the Rectors, Wardens, and
Vestry of the different Parishes in the Dio-
cese be requested to solicit subscriptions to
a sufficient number of copies of said Docu-
mentnry History to ensure the publication
thereof, and report in regard to the same to
the next meeting of the Conyocation, to be
held at Poultney in September next.
The duty which the aforenamed Committee
have performed could not have been entrusted
to better hands. They were each well suited
for the work and heartily enlisted in the ser
vice.
The Rev c. K. Batchelder served as Chair
man, and spent nearly eighteen months in
the collection and arrangement of the pro-
posed volume, and without remuneration for
his time and expenses, other than the pleas
ing consciousness of having labored to fulfil
an important duty. Cooperating with him
upon the same terms. the Rev. DIR. Manser
labored to the best of his ability until strick-
en- from the roll of the usful living in 1862.
And last, but not least. the Rev. Albert H.
Baisay of Sheldon. enlisted con amore in this
work and employed his talents with earnest
ness in its preparation
1t may not be well known that the annual
Diocesan Convention. by a formal vote in
/ 1858, had appointed the Rev Mr. Bailey as
/ Collector and COnservator of all documents
and manuscripts pertaining to the history
of the Episcopal Church in Vermont. To
the Rev. Mr.. Bailey had been entrusted the la
borious task of preparing, with the aid of the
rectors of the different parishes in the State,
a condensed history of the Episcopal Church
| in Vermont, including detailed historical
account of each parish prepared by their re-
spective pastors. When it is out, it will prove
to be valuable continuation of the Docu-
mentary History which has gotten ready for
publication. Mr.. Bailey was, therefore, a
valuable colleague upon the committee and he
spent his time and energies gratuitously in
the accomplishment of a work which will be
/ found TO be interesting and important
addition to American ecclesiastical literature.
The work has been accomplished with
great sacrifice of time and expense. The
duty deyOlvcd upon the committee has been
performed faithfully, and the work is official
ly announced as being ready for publication.
1t is understood that the committee have
had free access to the large collection of docu-
ments which were obtained in England and
in the United States by the late Rev. Francis
L. Hawks d. ID. and which now are in the
custody of the Rev. William Stevens Perry,
of Litchfed. Conn.-rhev comprise the
:. results of research among old church fami-
lies for original matters relating to our earli-
est history materials gathered from the
archives of Lambeth and Fulham and the
state paper Office in London the unedited
and unpublished letters of the missionaries
of the venerable Society for propagating the
Gospel in foreign parts, and other sources
of rare information respecting those who
We're foremost in laying the foundation Of the
/ Episcopal Church in Vermont.
The Journals of the Eastern Diocese SO far
as they relate T. Vermont. with the pub
lished and unpublished addresses, and pasto-
raj letters of Bishop Griswold and the action
of the General Assembly of Vermont upon
the subject of the grants OF lands for religious
purposes. by the province of New Hampshire,
as indicated in the old Journals. session laws
and law reports all the journals of the Con
ventions Of the Episcopal church, holden in
Vermont. which were never printed but were
preserved simply in manuscript. will consti-
tute the chief part of the materials of this
proposed volume Of Documentary History
accompanied, of course, with important cx-
planatory notes
+ 1t is not our present purpose to give an
cptome of the contents of this valuable work.
We are not we'll enough informed upon this
subject To DO this. Nor is it necessary. \
brief prospectus of this Documentary His
tory will shortly be printed and put into the
hands of the Rector. Wardens and Nestry of
each parish in this Diocese. with the purpose
avowed in the resolution passed by the Dio-
cesar Convention, of stimulating effort To
ensure the early publication thereof. From
what was publicly said, we infer that the
proposed history viii form volume of about
300 pages octave, and probably he afforded
to subscribers mt about three dollars per
copy.
In view of the importance of this propos-
ed publication. feel justified in having
presented in so prolix manner the subject
to our readers We add our wish and hope
that the enterprise will be cordially support
cd and that the labors of this learned Com
mittce of devoted Churchmen may be pre-
sented to the public at an early day, and il
such style and numbers as the character o
the work, and those engaged upon it. and tC
be benefited by it, justly demand