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APPENDIX.

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IN compliance with a resolution of the Convention of 1842, the
Secretary has collected and embodied in the following brief narratvie
the most important facts, connected with the early history of the
Church in{italices} Louisiana{italics} :

By treaty with France, in April, 1803, Louisiana was ceded to the
United States, and possession was given in the following December.
Among the American residents at that period were a number of
Protestants, who early associated themselves for the purpose of estab-
lishing a church in the city of New Orleans. The earliest record of
their proceedings, is found in the Minutes of Christ Chruch, New
Orleans ; from which it appears that, on the 2nd day of June, 1805,
a number of gentlemen assembled for the purpose "of obtaining as
speedily as possible a Protestant Clergyman to come and reside in
New Orleans to preach the Gospel." A second meeting was held on
the 9th of June in the same year ; when it was resolved to hold a
general meeting on the 15th of the same month, "to determine the
Religious Denominaton of the Clergyman to be invited ;" and at that
general meeeting, it was found that, out of the 53 votes given, 45 were
in favour of an Episcopal clergyman, 7 of a Presbyterian, and 1 of a
Methodist. It was at the same meeting resolved, that the new church
be known by the name of CHRIST CHURCH.

A Committee of Correspondence was immediately appointed to
confer with the Bishops of the Church in the Northern States, which
resulted in the appointment of the Rev. Philander Chase, then a
Presbyter in the Diocese of New York, who entered upon his duties
in November in the same year ; and continued to hold the office of
Rector of the parish till March, 1811, when he removed to Con-
necticut.

On the 3d of July, 1805, the first Protestant Church in Louisiana
was incorporated by the Territorial Government, under the title of
"The Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church, in the
County of Orleans." On the 2nd of May in the following year, the
title was changed to that of "The Rector, Church Wardens, and
Vestrymen of Christ Church, in the County of Orleans, in communion
with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of Ameri-
ca :"---which charter still continues in force.

From the period of the departure of Mr. Chase till 1814, the Church
was without a Rector. During that year, the Rev. James F. Hull was
invited to that office, which he continued to fill till his death, which
occurrred in the spring of 1833.

In the autumn of 1834, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell, of the Diocese
of Connecticut, visited New Orleans on the invitation of the Wardens
and Vestry of Christ Church, and remained through the winter dis-
charging the duties of Rector of the parish. In the month of March,