1To James Madison from Frederick Dalcho, 13 August 1819 (Madison Papers)
...During the American Revolution he became rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, a position he held until his death. He drafted the constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and collaborated on the American revision of the Book of Common Prayer. In 1787 he was consecrated first Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania, and after
2Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
The litany of The Book of Common Prayer (London, 1662, and other eds.;
3From James Madison to Edward Everett, 19 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
...and arguing for a state-supported school in which all Protestants had an equal share. Though Livingston was unsuccessful, prospective students were assured that in college services, the prayers would be drawn directly from the Bible and not from the Book of Common Prayer (Robert A. McCaughey,