An Essay on infant baptism. - in which the right of infants to the sacrament of baptism is proved from Scripture, vindicated from the usual objections, and confirmed by the practice of the four first centuries.
Reginald Vanderbilt Harris (1881-1968) was chancellor of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, served as member of the Diocesan Synod for over 60 years and was the first layman ever elected Prolocutor of General Synod. He was also a well-known historian who wrote several books and essays on Nova Scotia history, especially its judicial and church history. He also wrote about Bishop Charles Inglis (1734-1816) and Archbishop Charles Lamb Worrell (1853-1934).
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two typescript drafts of Harris' book "An Historical Introduction to the study of the canon law of the Anglican Church of Canada", published in 1965.
A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. - at the triennial visitation holden in the months of June and August, 1803 ...To which is subjoined an appendix, containing some papers relative to the Reverend Mr. Bourke's late publication
Appendix II contains letters by Lieut.-Governor Sir John Wentworth and Attorney General J.R. Uniacke, Feb. 1804, commenting on the criticism of the Bishop's charge in Edmund Burke's Letter of Instruction.
A farewell sermon preached at St. George's and St. Paul's Chapels in the city of New York. - ... Preached March 9, 1777, October 26, 1783, by Charles Inglis, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, New York
Charles Inglis (1734-1816), was the first Bishop of Nova Scotia (1787-1816) and John Inglis (1777-1850) was the third Bishop of Nova Scotia (1825-1850).
Scope and Content
Microfilm consists of the episcopal Act Books for Charles and John Inglis.
Jack Peter Francis (1918- ) received his B.Com. from the University of Toronto in 1942 and did post-graduate work there in 1944. Shortly after graduation, he entered the Federal Department of Labour and became Director of its Research Branch in 1961. In 1966 he joined the Department of Manpower and Immigration and became the Assistant Deputy Minister (Planning) for the Department of Regional Economic Expansion in 1969. Francis was the Archivist of the Diocese of Ottawa and now serves as a volunteer. He has an interest in church history and has written several papers on the subject.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of personal and official correspondence as well as official documents of the Roe and Jarvis families, arranged chronologically. Included is a file of miscellaneous documents and letters belonging and relating to several different church figures.
Related Fonds
Two original letters from Edward Winslow to Ward Chipman, dated 1785, were transferred to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick in 1980.
Charles Inglis was Bishop of Nova Scotia (First), 1787-1816 and his son, John Inglis, was Bishop of Nova Scotia (Third), 1825-1850.
Scope and Content
Film consists of journals and letterbooks of Charles Inglis (1st Bishop of Nova Scotia) and John Inglis (3rd Bishop of Nova Scotia), also a few printed sermons of Charles Inglis and other documents relating to his episcopate and that of his son.
Reel 1-3 - Charles Inglis Papers, 1785-1814
Reel 4-7 - John Inglis Papers, 1806-1849
Reel 8 - Printed material appended to the Inglis Papers