Request from Edmund B. Bacon in Edgefield, SC, to William H. W. Barnwell in Charleston to travel to Edgefield to preside over the admission of a new convert in the church. Bacon claims that the local preacher "has little of the unction of the spirit" and that he and other parishioners would like a minister to preach a more "zealous" sermon.
Request from Rev James D. McCabe, rector of St. Thomas' Church, Abingdon, VA, for any funds that the congregation of William H. W. Barnwell can spare to retire a debt that his isolated parish has accrued in building a church. The parish is so distant from any other, McCabe writes, that "it is truly missionary ground."
Rev Edward Neufville writes to William H. W. Barnwell for advice on a "Romanish" priest in Savannah, John Fielding, who wishes to convert to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rev. David McElheran, St. Helena Island, SC, writes to William H. W. Barnwell concerning a mistake in the address of a subscriber to Barnwell's "Episcopal Protestant."
Rev. Edward Neufville from Savannah writes to William H. W. Barnwell concerning the publication of a recent prospectus of Barnwell's. While encouraging Barnwell's effort, Neufville cautions that "there is very little disposition here, however, to take newspapers" and claims an "aversion to any increase in Church periodicals."
Rev. Edward Neufville writes to William H. W. Barnwell inquiring about Rev. John Fielding, who had left Savannah for Charleston shortly after converting from Catholicism to Protestantism.
