which dispensed with the use of the Book of Common Prayer, and which the Convention authorized for use.
    Thus the Episcopal parishes in Connecticut operated as best they could during the Revolution and at its close with the victory of the American patriots, had further problems to face. Much of the state's clergy had received financial support from England's Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands, but this money had ceased during the Revolution, and the parishes were hard-pressed to support themselves. A number of Episcopal families and some clergy fled to the British provinces of Canada. Mansfield was one of ten who remained and met in secret in Woodbury in the last week of March to plan for the future of the Church in Connecticut. The group elected the Rev. Samuel Seabury to become Bishop. For this purpose, Seabury was persuaded to travel to England to seek proper consecration. Through the efforts of Mansfield and the other clergy who remained in Connecticut the tide of migration was stemmed. Mansfield came to be recognized as one of the leaders of the Connecticut Episcopal clergy.
    In February, 1787, the clergy met in Wallingford and sought to send someone to Scotland for consecration as co-adjutor Bishop to Seabury. The first choice was the Rev. Leaming who was unable to accept. The second choice was the "guileless and Godly Mansfield," who shrank from the task, pleading his advanced age. Finally the Rev. Abraham Jarvis was elected.
    The continuing stature of Mansfield is shown by the action of the Episcopal Convocation held in Newtown, where a College of Doctors of Divinity was established by the Bishop and clergy of Connecticut. Mansfield was one of the first four Doctors named to the council. The council was to serve as the Bishop's council of advice in any emergencies that might arise. Beardsley notes that "Three of the 'first four Doctors,' had the honor confirmed, or rather conferred upon them at later dates, by the corporation of Yale College; and the remaining one, Mr. Dibble, was doctorated by Columbia College, New York."
    "Dr Mansfield was obliged to cease preaching some twenty years before his death on account of the failure of his voice. and from that time he could only make the attempt occasionally, when extreme necessity required it. His