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Autograph letter signed : Newport [R.I.], to Rev. Samuel Parker, 1800 May 2.

BIB_ID
107705
Accession number
MA 365.80
Creator
Dehon, Theodore, 1776-1817.
Display Date
1800 May 2.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Rev. Samuel Parker D.D. / Rector of Trinity Church / Boston / Massachusetts."
Docketed.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Explaining how Mr. Brunsun came to be chosen for a position rather than Samuel Parker's son.