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1847 July 7 . K[endrick] Metcalf ALS to Benj[amin] Hale; Duanesburg, [New York]

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Abstract:
Returned from a visit to New Hampshire, where he met with Bishop C[arlton] Chase (1794-1870) and preached for him. Comments on other religious happenings in New Hampshire amongst Episcopalians. Despite financial difficulties in N.H., hopes to send a missionary to Orford. Speaks of delegates at a diocese convention at Manchester. Went to Concord to attend a session of the State Legislature, where he encountered [Charles Brickett] Haddock (1796-1861). Asks about Hale's role in the "great transaction of bribery & corruption" between Trinity Church and Geneva College, convincing New York State legislators to refuse petitions requesting an appeal. Hopes Hale "got the grant secured to the college on something more than conditional premises." Mentions Bishop [William Heathcote] De Lancey (1797-1865), the good effect he has had in New York, and his efforts to dissolve the seminary. "I am more & more convinced that if our church in this country is to be saved from schism, it May be by restraining, if not reducing, the power or the general Convention."
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