Context

Context of B----n, Dec. 8. 1713. To the Honourable the Society for Propogating [sic] the Gospel in Foreign Parts. : The representation and request of the ministers, church wardens and vestry of the Church of England in B----n. We are informed by the Honourable G-----l N-------n ... that your Honourable Society have laid before Her Majesty, a particular scheme of settlement for bishops in these American parts ..