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Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Revd. Bishop of Connecticut [i.e. Samuel Seabury], 1788 Jan. 28.

BIB_ID
125236
Accession number
MA 365.41
Creator
Parker, Samuel, 1744-1804.
Display Date
1788 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 30.5 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
Addressing the bishop's refusal to pass Easter at Boston because of changes to the liturgy; giving a detailed history of the changes.