Scope and Contents Item 1: Rev. J. H. Wingfield, Portsmouth, Virginia, to Rt. Rev. William Meade, Millwood, Virginia, 1847 January 5 or 6 Begs apology for attributing a phrase to Meade which he never used in referring to the disgruntled vestryman of W's church; asks that the charges these members have sent to Meade be sent to W. expresses surprise that five vestrymen registered dissatisfaction.Item 2: William Meade, Millwood, to Rev. J. H. Wingfield, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1847 January...

Scope and Contents Item 1: William Meade, Alexandria, to Rev. James Craik, Louisville, Kentucky, 1850 May 9Expresses pleasure over Craik's recent work on baptismal regeneration and notes that Craik's position is that of the Reformers; takes exception with Craik's restricted use of the word "regeneration;" reports that Meade has sent a copy of his review of Wilberforces's work on the incarnation which Meade attacks as "unscriptural and unprotestant."Item 2: William Meade, Millwood, to...

Scope and Contents Item 1: Henry I. Whitehouse Bishop of Illinois, Bloomington, Illinois, to William Meade, 1857 April 30 Reports that one of the Virginia clergymen had moved into Whitehouse's district and that he had not reported to Bp. Whitehouse; asks Meade's advice.Item 2: William Meade to the Reverends John Grammar, John Black, William W. Pendleton, and Blair Dabury and Edward Taylor, circa 1857 June-JulyAppoints these men as a court of inquiry in the case of the Rev....

Scope and Contents Item 1: William Meade, Norfolk, to Thomas Nelson, Richmond, Virginia, March 29Requests that he [Nelson] find a certain portrait painter who "took a picture of my wife some years ago" and who retained possession; asks him to send the picture down by the first boat.Item 2: William Meade, Alexandria, to Mary Meade (sister), Shepherdstown, Virginia, April 24Expresses concern that "Lucy" should be at Battletown before the Clerk of the County; notes that Lucy...

Scope and Contents Item 1: William Meade, 1852 JuneDeclares that he was brought up in the Episcopal Church and that he had never had any design of entering the Presbyterian ministry.Item 2: Rt. Rev. C. P. Mcilvaine, Paris, France, to William Meade, 1853 May 28Relates his journeys through England and the occasion to speak from different pulpits which it afforded him; made the case for evangelicalism wherever he went; noted that the High Church there was high and dry; warns...