BIB_ID
102755
Accession number
MA 158
Creator
Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748.
Display Date
[1723].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (36 p.) ; 31.7 cm
Notes
Collection consists of one autograph draft of a memorial by Bishop Gibson, four letters by Dr. Isaac Watts to Bishop Gibson and twelve printed questionnaires and their autograph responses. Items in the collection have been described individually in five separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
The memorial is undated but it is possible that it was written in 1723, the year in which the questionnaire was created.
The memorial is undated but it is possible that it was written in 1723, the year in which the questionnaire was created.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1900.
Summary
Concerning the need for Bishops in the colonies; discussing the usefulness of Bishops, the number of Bishops necessary, their maintenance and the objections against "this Design considered."
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