BIB_ID
132414
Accession number
MA 365.26
Creator
Moore, Benjamin, 1748-1816.
Display Date
1785 Dec. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Revd. Mr. Parker / Boston."
Docketed.
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.
With seal.
Docketed.
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.
With seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Mentioning the Philadelphia convention of 1785; giving details of changes to the Prayer Book; noting that "an entire new service for the 4th July" has been added; discussing a possible American Episcopate; asking after Parker's kittens; reporting on his own family.
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