Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908
Variant namesEpiscopalian bishop.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645260286
Bishop of New York.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J.B. Gilder, on the occasion of J.R. Lowell's 70th birthday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618790
From the description of Autograph letters signed (10) : New York, etc., to Dr. Baldwin, 1892 May 25-1902 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860204
Epithet: Bishop of New York
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00034b
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York.
From the description of Henry Codman Potter papers, 1869-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663501396
Bishop.
From the description of Autograph signature to typewritten letter : New York, to Prof. Knight, 1906 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618794
Author and clergyman; Bishop of New York.
From the description of Letters and autograph of H.C. Potter, 1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70716459
Henry Codman Potter (1834-1908) was an American Episcopal bishop. He served as rector of Christ Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1858-1859) and of St John's Church in Troy, New York (1859-1866). He was secretary of the House of Bishops (1866-1883), assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston (1866-1868), rector of Grace Church, New York City (1868-1884), and in 1887 he succeeded his uncle, Horatio Potter, as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Potter was known for his interest in social reform and in politics. In addition to his work assisting missions on the east side of New York City, which continued even after he became a bishop, he frequently assisted in settling labor disputes and was outspoken in his criticism of Mayor Robert Van Wyck for his affiliation with Tammany Hall.
He was also a productive author; among his works are Sisterhoods and Deaconesses at Home and Abroad (New York 1871); The Gates of the East, a Winter in Egypt and Syria (1877); Sermons of the City (1881); Waymarks (1892); The Scholar and the State (1897); Addresses to Women engaged in Church Work (1898); The East of To-day and To-Morrow (1902); The Citizen in his Relation to Industrial Situation (1902); Law and Loyalty (1903); Modern Man and his Fellow Man (1903); and Reminiscences of Bishops and Archbishops (1906).
[Portions of this biographical sketch adapted from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica (online edition).]
From the guide to the Henry Codman Potter Letters, 1870-1906, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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Person
Birth 1834-05-25
Death 1908-07-21
