Committee member the Rev. J.F. Spaulding

28 September 1865

The Committee (Revs. C.W. Swope, Wm. Preston, SG Fuller, JF. Spaulding, JF. Ohl, Wm. Hilton and laity John Schoenberger, Thos. Howe, Geo. Cass, T.J. Brereton, J.R. Dick and Alfred Howell) reports that after sending a circular to every parish and visiting many in the region, they have subscriptions for the Episcopacy Fund of $35,000.  They have prepared the required statistical material for General Convention.  They also vote unanimously to protest the extraordinary requirement that they raise an episcopacy fund before Bishop Stevens would give his approval to the division of the diocese.  

Cornelius J Swope, Chair of the Committee