BIB_ID
125124
Accession number
MA 366.57
Creator
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Display Date
1833 May 21.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 25.3 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Reporting on business of the Diocese and the services he performed in the Diocese since the last Convention; summarizing the sermons he has preached, baptisms and confirmations performed, churches he has consecrated; detailing churches under construction and ordinations he has held; reporting on the financial needs of the missionary work under the auspices of the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania; proposing a subscription plan to raise the funds; providing the names and parishes of the eleven missionaries now receiving support; reminding the members of the needs of the parishes that have "decayed, & are perhaps on the verge of extinction."
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