Rev. William White, D.D.
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Rev. William White, D.D.

William Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1755-died Philadelphia, PA 1834 · ca. 1830

enameled copper
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

William White (1748-1836) was the first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. He was influential in the development of this new religion and created a constitution for the church similar in its ideas to the Constitution of the United States. White served as bishop from 1787 until his death in 1836.

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