BIB_ID
126111
Accession number
MA 366.51
Creator
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Display Date
1827 May 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal and a dated return address to "Rev: John H. Hopkins / of Pittsburgh / care of Rev: J. B. Clemson / Harrisburgh / Penn:"
Docketed on verso.
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.
Rev. Hopkins was the first Bishop of Vermont from 1832-1868.
Docketed on verso.
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.
Rev. Hopkins was the first Bishop of Vermont from 1832-1868.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Discussing the role and importance of missionaries; commenting on the effectiveness of Bishop Hobart, on the propriety of the House of Bishops in defining missionary services and on the legislative structure of the House of Bishops.
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