[23] Cheshire, "Autobiography," p. 382.
CHAPTER IV. ELECTION TO THE EPISCOPATE
[24] Cheshire to Nannie C. Hoke, February 16, 1891, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission.
[25] Rev. Robert B. Owens to L. F. London, July 8, 1938. Mr. Owens was a member of the adjourned convention of 1893. This letter contains a description of the proceedings of that convention.
[26] Dr. Stephen B. Weeks was the friend Cheshire referred to. The wedding took place in Randolph County.
[27] Cheshire to Dr. Joseph B. Cheshire, Sr., June 29, 1893, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission.
[28] Cheshire to Sallie Badger Hoke, July 3, 1893, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission.
[29] Rev. Francis J. Murdoch in an open letter to Rev. E. A. Osborne, 1893, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission.
CHAPTER V. FIRST YEARS IN THE EPISCOPACY
[30] Journal of the Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina (1894), p. 64.