OF THE

MISSIONS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

IN THE

North American Colonies,

PREVIOUS TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES:

CHIEFLY FROM THE MS. DOCUMENTS OF THE

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN FOREIGN PARTS.

BY

ERNEST HAWKINS, B.D.

FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE,

PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S, AND SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE
PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.

"She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto
the river."-Ps. LXXX. 11.

LONDON:

B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET.

1845.

TO THE

BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS

OF THAT APOSTOLIC CHURCH

IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

WHICH HAS SO GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HERSELF

TO BE "INDEBTED, UNDER GOD," TO THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

"FOR HER FIRST FOUNDATION, AND A LONG CONTINUANCE OF

NURSING CARE AND PROTECTION,"

These Historical Notices

ARE RESPECTFULLY AND affectionatELY INSCRIBED,

IN THE EARNEST DESIRE

THAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CHURCHES

MAY EVER REMAIN INSEPARABLY KNIT TOGETHER

IN ONE COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP,

TO THE INCREASE OF BROTHERLY LOVE,

AND THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.