| Description | Papers mainly relating to Bishop John Skinner, 1782 - 1823. Including:
Letter to Bishop Skinner from his son, intimating that the members of St Andrew's Chapel had agreed to make Skinner their spiritual director, 4 July 1792.
Letter by the bishop on the visit, to him, by Dr Seabury, Aberdeen, addressed to the Right Reverend Arthur Petrie, Meiklefolla, Aberdeen, 8th November 1782.
Copy (typewritten) of a sermon (probably delivered between 13 November 1715, the date of the battle of Sheriffmuir and 22 December 1715, when Prince James landed at Peterhead), sent from F. Watt, the rectory, Strichen, to the bishop of Aberdeen, with explanatory notes on his reasons for assigning such a date to it.
Address by the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church to be read by the clergy of that church to their congregation after divine service on the first Sunday after they received it, urging their congregation to support the existing constitution at a time of national crisis, Aberdeen, 19th September 1803. Signed John Skinner, Aberdeen, Andrew Macfarlane, Inverness and others.
Copy of a letter from the Bishop of Hobart to Bishop Skinner concerning the achievements of the Scottish Church. "As far as a bishop may be proud, the bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland has in my view cause to be prouder than the bishops in any Church in Christendom". Narrates what he had learned from Dr Seabury of the contribution which the Scottish church had made to the church in America, Asks that now he has come to Scotland, he may be able to visit Skinner. [William Skinner - bishop 1816 - 1857?]
Intimation to the clergy and laity of the Episcopal Church in Scotland that the Protestant bishops of Scotland, having met at Aberdeen on 24 April 1788, had, in hopes of removing all suspicion of disaffection to the government and of obtaining relief from penal laws, made a resolution to testify their loyalty by praying for the King during public worship. Signed by John Skinner among others. |