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Mr. East Apthorp/ and Dr Henry Ganer, of 



Massachusetts; Dr. Samuei Johnson, Dr. Sa- 

 muel SeaBury/ Rev. Mr. Hobart, Dr. Welles," 

 and Mr. Beach, of Connecticut; William Liv- 

 ingston, 6 Esq. and Dr. Myles Cooper/ of New- 



came to New-England, became President of Harvard College, and was 

 much celebrated fi r his erudition, and especially for his acquaintance with 

 Oriental literature. His descendant, of whom we are speaking, was also 

 a man of strong mind, and extensive learning, and eminently distin- 

 guished for his firmness and integrity. Besides several things which he 

 wrote on the American Episcopate, he published a treatise on The Bene- 

 vtolence of the Deity. 1724. Five Dissertations on the Fall and its Conse- 

 quences. h'S5. And a work, entitled, The Salvation of all Men. 1/85. 



y The Rev. East Apthorp was, for a considerable time, the Rector 

 of an Episcopal Church in Cambridge, near Boston. He left America in 

 the course of the .revolutionary war. Besides what he published in his 

 own country, he has made at least one publication since he resided in 

 England, on the deisrical controversy, which is an honourable testimony 

 both of his learning and talents. 



z The Rev. Samuel Seabury was Rector of an Episcopal church at 

 New-London, in Connecticut, where he held a station among his clerical 

 brethren of high respectability and influence. He was afterwards Bishop 

 of the Episcopal Church in that State ; and was the first of this order that 

 ever resided in America. Besides smaller tracts, he published, during his 

 life, two volumes oi Sermons, which show him to have possessed a vigor- 

 ous and well informed mind. A supplementary volume of Sermons, se- 

 lected from his manuscripts, was published in 1798, two qr three years 

 after his death. 



a The Rev. Mr. Hobart, and the Rev. Dr. Welles, were Congre- 

 gational ministers of great distinction in Connecticut, the former resid- 

 ing at Fairfield, and the latter at Stamford. They both took an active part 

 in the controversy respecting the American Episcopate, and wrote ably on 

 the subject. The Rev. Mr. Beach was an Episcopal clergyman, and 

 was considered by those who espoused the cause, in support of which he 

 embarked, as a respectable advocate of his Church. 



6 William Livingston, LL. D. was a member of a family which 

 emigrated from North-Britain, and which has, for more than a century, 

 held a respectable and important station in New-York. He was born 

 about the year 1723, and graduated at Yale College in 1741. After sus- 

 taining some important offices in New-York, his native State, he removed 

 into New-Jersey, and was ihe first Governor of that State after the de- 

 claration of Independence. He continued to fill this office with great ho- 

 nour to himself, and with great usefulness to the State, till the time of his 

 death in 1790. Mr. Livingston made a variety of publications, besides 

 those which related to the question of an American Episcopate, all of 

 which indicate genius, taste, and learning. He was possessed of uncom- 

 mon strength, discrimination, and vivacity of mind. Proposals have been 

 lately made for publishing his works in several volumes. 



c The Rev. Myles Cooper was a native of England, and received 

 his education at the University of Oxford. He succeeded Dr. Samuel 

 Johnson, as President of King's College, which office he held a number 

 of years. He maintained a literary character of considerable eminence. 



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