Contents

Foreword—--——---____

Chapter I Beginnings - — _ _ - _ _ II Growth, 1827-1851 - — - - _

III Ministries of William Meek and James Arminius Richey, 1852— 1867 ---------

IV Ministry of Joseph Churchill Cox V Five Pastorates, 1875-1900 — -

VI The Parish in the Present Century - - - - - —

Appendices :

1. Extracts from the Diary of Henry Jones Cundall

2. Biographical Sketches of Clergy - - - — 3. Parish Registers - - - — - _ _ - - _ 4

. Memorials, Gifts, Endowments - - - - -

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A sketch of the present St. Thomas Church appears on

the front cover.

The map used on the end papers is a section from “Map of Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawr- ence . . . By George Wright, Esq., Surveyor General, 1852, with corrections and additions to 1859 by H. J. Cundall,

LS.” Courtesy of Public Archives of Canada

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