BIB_ID
120305
Accession number
MA 364.29
Creator
White, William, 1748-1836.
Display Date
1821 July 19.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Brownell / Bp. of ye Prot. Ep. Ch. Conn. / at / New Haven."
Docketed on verso "Bp. White / July 20."
Jacob Sherred was a Vestryman at Trinity Church, New York City; he died in March 1821.
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.
Docketed on verso "Bp. White / July 20."
Jacob Sherred was a Vestryman at Trinity Church, New York City; he died in March 1821.
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
Notifying him of a special meeting of the General Convention, October 30th, for the purpose of discussing the last will and testament of Jacob Shered [sic] which called for the creation of an institution for the "Purpose of educating Candidates for Holy Orders."
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