PROVOOST, SAMUEL

prōˈvōst, 1742–1815, first Episcopal bishop of New York, b. New York City, grad. King's College (now Columbia Univ.), 1758. He studied at Cambridge and in 1766 was ordained. He was appointed assistant minister of Trinity parish in New York City. Because of his sympathy with the colonial cause, Provoost was forced (1771) to resign from Trinity but returned as rector in 1784. Created bishop of New York (1786), he was consecrated (1787) in England. He served as chaplain to the Continental Congress (1785) and to the U.S. Senate (1789).

See J. G. Wilson, Samuel Provoost (1887).

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From Loyalist to Founding Father: The Political Odyssey of William Samuel Johnson
Book by Elizabeth P. McCaughey; Columbia University Press, 1980
Subjects: College Presidents--United States--Biography, Columbia University--Presidents--Biography, Connecticut--Politics And Government--To 1775, Johnson, William Samuel--1727-1819, Legislators--United States--Biography, United States--Congress--Senate--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1789
...The Political Odyssey of William Samuel Johnson ELIZABETH P. McCAUGHEY...permission of the publisher. Drawn by Samuel H. Bryant from a Map by Bernard Romans...Includes index. 1. Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819. 2. Connecticut--Politics...
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Horatio Gates: Defender of American Liberties
Book by Samuel White Patterson; Columbia University Press, 1941
Subjects: Gates, Horatio--1728-1806, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
...DEFENDER OF AMERICAN LIBERTIES By Samuel White Patterson NEW YORK COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...distinguished Horatio Gates at his best. SAMUEL WHITE PATTERSON Hunter College, New...Slaves and servants were cheap enough. Samuel Washington, the oft-married brother of...
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Orderly Books of the Fourth New York Regiment, 1778-1780: The Second New York Regiment, 1780-1783
Book by Almon W. Lauber, Samuel Tallmadge, John Barr; University of the State of New York, 1932
Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Regimental Histories--New York (State), United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL TALLMADGE AT BROOKHAVEN, LONG ISLAND From Memoir of...1778-1780 THE SECOND NEW YORK REGIMENT, 1780-1783 BY SAMUEL TALLMADGE AND OTHERS WITH DIARIES OF SAMUEL TALLMADGE, 1780-1782 AND JOHN BARR, 1779-1782 Prepared...
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The Episcopalians
Book by David Hein, Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Episcopal Church
...two (Edward Bass of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Samuel Parker of Boston) were loyalists. In New York, and especially in the lower four counties where Anglicanism was established, only one priest (Samuel Provoost) was a patriot. For mos
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The Uneasy Center: Reformed Christianity in Antebellum America
Book by Paul K. Conkin; University of North Carolina Press, 1995
Subjects: Protestant Churches--United States--History, United States--Church History--18th Century, United States--Church History--19th Century, United States--Church History--To 1775
...Jonathan Edwards, 92 Rationalism and Humanism, 98 Samuel Hopkins, 101 The Hopkinsian System, 105 4. The...
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journal articles on: Provoost Samuel  - 3 results

 
 
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Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682-1763) (Concluded)
Journal article by Leo Hershkowitz; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002
Subjects: American Jews--History, Jews, American--History
...vendue outstanding Debts etc. Belonging to the Estate of Mr. Samuel Levy Deced Viz...31 1 Of Wm. Provoost 10 10 Of John...
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Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682-1763)
Journal article by Leo Hershkowitz; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002
Subjects: American Jewish Historical Society, American Jews--Analysis, American Jews--History, Jews, American--Analysis, Jews, American--History, New York Historical Society, New York. Supreme Court
...90. 27. Jonathan Provoost...29. Samuell Gardner Westchester...47. 121. Benjamin provoost at Esopus...
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By the Light of Providence: the Glory Altarpiece at St. Paul's Chapel, New York City
Journal article by Michael Paul Driskel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Anglican churches, Memorials & monuments, Religion, State laws, Subversive activities
...administrators unanimously chose Samuel Provoost, a fervent supporter...Continental Congress, Provoost became even more closely...bishop from Connecticut, Samuel Seabury, and thwarting...discussed this problem with Provoost and Duane before the...


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Provoost, Samuel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROVOOST, SAMUEL pro vost, 1742 1815, first Episcopal bishop of New York, b. New York...Congress (1785) and to the U.S. Senate (1789). See J. G. Wilson, Samuel Provoost (1887). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Episcopal Church
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Seabury of Connecticut was consecrated bishop in 1784 by bishops of Scotland, and William White of Pennsylvania and Samuel Provoost of New York were consecrated bishops in England in 1787. In 1817, General Theological Seminary was organized, and...


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