cerning the publication of another volume of his work, now ready for that purpose, and to carry out the provisions of the Joint Committee of 1847, as contained in the Journal of the General Convention of that year, pp. 139, 64, 166, 167, and the address of the Historiographer, prefixed to the Journal, on the History of the Church. "The following persons were appointed the Committee: Rev. William Cooper Mead, D. D., Rev. W. Bacon Stevens, D. D., Messrs. George W. Dobbin, George M. Wharton, R. F. W. Allston, Philip Williams, Francis B. Fogg." It was "THIRTEENTH DAY'S SESSION, Wednesday, Oct. 16th, 1850. [The Report of the Committee is omitted, as unnecessary. accompanied by the following Resolution:] 'Resolved, That it be recommended to the Historiographer of the Church to issue such an edition of the first volume of his Ecclesiastical History which he has now nearly ready for publication, as may meet the demand of Churchmen for the same. And that, in conducting the business operations of the edition issued, so that facilities may be generally given to the members of the Church and others in the United States to be supplied at as early a time as possible with copies of the work, he be advised to associate with himself Messrs. Thomas Belknap, of Hartford, Connecticut, Edward S. Hall, of Millville, and Charles Stimpson, of Boston, Massachusetts, as an Executive Committee for the business operations of the work; and that these gentlemen be especially requested by this House to serve him in that capacity, and to unite with him in informing the next General Convention of the result of his enterprise." The foregoing resolutions were adopted by the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, at the late meeting of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, holden in Cincinnati, Oct., A. D. 1850. A true copy from the Journal. Attest, M. A. DEWOLFE HOWE, Secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK. REFERRING to the Chronological Introduction for fuller information, it is now stated, for the convenience of the reader, that What is commonly called A. D. is here called the Common or Vulgar Æra. The year of the Julian Period is used for all dates before or after 4714, the date of A. D. 1. Hence, A. J. P. means any year from 1 to 1474; and after it, to the second year of Vespasian, with which the fifth period ended: i. e., from the first of July, A. J. P. 4782, to the last of June, 4783, corresponding with what is commonly called A. D. 69–70. B. V. E. means Before the Vulgar Æra. A. U. C. (Anno Urbis Condita) means the year of Rome, beginning April 21, B. V. E. 753. Olymp. 1, 2, 3, 4, means the 1st, 2d, 3d or 4th year of any given Olympiad, the Olympiads having begun at the summer solstice, B. V. Æ. 776. E. N. means the Æra of Nabonassar, beginning with Feb. 27, B. V. Æ. 747. As the years of Nabonassar were 365 days without fractions, 1461 such years are equal to 1460 of our years; and these constitute one Sothic Period. |