BIB_ID
120232
Accession number
MA 364.17
Creator
White, William, 1748-1836.
Display Date
1785 June.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa before 1901.
Summary
Apologizing for his delay in writing but wanting to include an account of the proceedings with his letter; referring to a stipulation that a senior Bishop should preside at meetings of the convention and questioning the merits of such a stipulation; suggesting that he [Parker] might be questioning whether they have appointed too many Lay Gentlemen to the convention but explaining that it was felt by the Clergy that it "would expedite ye removing of any Prejudices that may be remaining. As it is preparatory to ye forming a Const'n, it will not be a Precedent under it."
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