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of the same to the House of Bishops and their successors, when such gift can be per- 

 fected by all the parties interested therein.* 



"This Memorial was, on motion of the Bishop of Pennsylvania, who 

 had presented it, referred to the Committee on Memorials and Peti- 

 tions, namely, the Bishops of Delaware, Virginia and Western New 

 York, who submitted the following report : 



" The .Standing Committee on Memorials and Petitions, to whom was referred the 

 Memorial of the descendants of the late Right Rev. William White, D. D., Bishop of 

 the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and Presiding Bishop, setting forth that certain papers 

 of much historical interest had been loaned by their venerable ancestor to the late Rev. 

 Francis L. Hawks, D. D., LL. D., and upon the decease of Dr. Hawks had been 

 placed in the custody of the House of Bishops, asking of this House a recognition of 

 their right of property, and permission to put upon record their wish to make a gift 

 of the same to the House of Bishops, when such gift can be perfected by all the parties 

 interested therein, report the following resolutions : 



"Resolved, That the House of Bishops hereby acknowledge that the right of property 

 in the papers loaned by the late Bishop White, of Pennsylvania, to the Rev. Francis L. 

 Hawks, D. D., LL. D., remains m the heirs and descendants of Bishop White. 



''Resolved, That this House highly appreciate the generous proposal of the memo- 

 rialists to present to the Bishops the above-mentioned papers, and return their cordial 

 thanks for the promise of a donation of so much historic value. 



" Which resolutions were on motion adopted. f 



"At the meeting of the House of Bishops, in the General Convention 

 of 1 87 1, 'the Bishop of Pennsylvania presented a communication from 

 the descendants of the late Bishop White, together with a deed convey- 

 ing certain historical documents to the sole custody of the House,' 

 when, on his motion, it was 



"Resolved, That the House of Bishops gratefully acknowledge the reception of the 

 deed of gift by the descendants of Bishop White, conveying to this House the papers 

 mentioned therein, and return to Thomas H. Montgomery, Esq., and through him to 

 all represented by that gift, the thanks of this House for the important trust now con- 

 fided to their sole custody. J 



"In the interesting report of the Special Committee to the House, 

 in 1868, in the papers left by Dr. Hawks reference is first made to the 

 transcripts made in England, at the expense of the General Convention, 

 from original documents, ' in all eighteen folio volumes of historical 

 matter, the value of which cannot be too highly estimated.' The report 

 proceeds to say that, ' besides these important folios, this collection 

 comprises the correspondence of Bishop White, Bishop Hobart and 

 Bishop Ravenscroft, and the Rev. Drs. William Smith and Samuel 

 Peters. II 



* Journal of the General Convention of 1868, pp. 216, 43I. 

 f Ibid., 1868, p. 227. X Ibid., 1871, p. 274. II Ibid., 1868, p. 228. 



