of August 15, 1835 to Colonel Mercer of Fredericksburg, Virginia, he writes: In regard to the subject of your inquiry, truth requires me to say that General Washington never received the communion in the churches of which I am the parochial minister. Mrs. Washington was an habitual communicant ... I have been written to by many on that point, and have been obliged to answer them as I now do you. This letter is one piece of evidence among many which are frequently cited in support of Washington's deist or even atheist beliefs. Although Washington never received communion there, he attended services at Christ Church regularly for about 25 years. See also List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America List of Episcopal bishops of the United States Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States References The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005). External links William White's works online from Project Canterbury William White's works in his own hand (primary source documents) U.S. Senate Chaplains Bishop White House: Clergyman to the Continental Congress The Bishop White House page at The National Park Service Biography and portraits at the University of Pennsylvania The Magdalen Society of Philadelphia Records, including records of the Society from its formation in 1800 until 1918, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Episcopal Life bulletin insert Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Memoirs of the Life and Services of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1871), 284-285. Comments by Alonzo Potter, Bishop of Pennsylvania, about White on April 4, 1851. 1748 births 1836 deaths Clergy from Philadelphia People of colonial Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania alumni Chaplains of the United States Senate Anglican saints Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America 18th-century Anglican bishops in the United States 19th-century Anglican bishops in the United States British North American Anglicans 19th-century Christian saints Burials at Christ Church, Philadelphia People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution Clergy in the American Revolution Members of the American Philosophical Society Episcopal bishops of Pennsylvania Episcopal bishops of Delaware 18th-century Anglican theologians 19th-century Anglican theologians