BIB_ID
131471
Accession number
MA 364.9
Creator
Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796.
Display Date
1789 Aug. 26.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.8 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.
The identity of the recipient is from the published letter.
The identity of the recipient is from the published letter.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa before 1901.
Summary
Asking if he has had any word on the consecration of Mr. Bass; saying that Dr. Moore of New York told him that the application had been sent to the Convention and then referred by them to the English Archbishops "for their opinion. These steps, to me, look queer, & show a degree of thraldom, both to the Convention & Eng. Abps, that ought not to be;" wondering if he should go to Philadelphia without an official invitation; adding that the Post had just brought him an invitation to Philadelphia and that he would be going and would hope to see him there.
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