BIB_ID
120370
Accession number
MA 364.13
Creator
White, William, 1748-1836.
Display Date
1784 Mar. 29.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.3 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.
This meeting was held at Rev. White's home with the vestry men of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia.
This meeting was held at Rev. White's home with the vestry men of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa before 1901.
Summary
Concerning the formation of a "Representative Body of the Episcopal Church in this State" to consider a "Plan of ecclesiastical Government" which would include the "concurrence of ye Episcopalians of ye U. States."
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