BIB_ID
127124
Accession number
MA 364.53
Creator
Provoost, Samuel, 1742-1815.
Display Date
1789 May 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (20 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
A note on the last page indicates this Order of Service was used for the consecration of St. Peter's Church, Westchester, December 9, 1795.
According to the "Commentary on the American Prayer Book" by Marion J. Hatchett (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995), p. 542, this form used by Bishop Prevoost, was a "revision of the 1712 Convocation form" and was "probably the first consecration of a church according to this form in this country."
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
According to the "Commentary on the American Prayer Book" by Marion J. Hatchett (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995), p. 542, this form used by Bishop Prevoost, was a "revision of the 1712 Convocation form" and was "probably the first consecration of a church according to this form in this country."
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Manuscript of an Order of Service used for the consecration of At. Ann's Church, Brooklyn; also used on August 25, 1793 by Bishop Prevoost for the consecration of Christ Church, Duanesburgh, New York.
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