BIB_ID
124655
Accession number
MA 364.62
Creator
Madison, James, 1749-1812.
Display Date
1803 Mar. 5.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Address panel to "John Nivison, Esq / Norfolk."
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.
The recipient, John Nivison (ca. 1757-1820), was an attorney and landowner in Norfolk, Virginia.
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.
The recipient, John Nivison (ca. 1757-1820), was an attorney and landowner in Norfolk, Virginia.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Reporting on the academic progress of "our little Friend William;" detailing his course of study and assuring him of "our attention to him in every Respect; & that nothing should be wanting, either to his Improvement or his Happiness."
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