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Autograph certificate of ordination of John S. Ravenscroft : Fredericksburg [Va.], 1817 May 6.

BIB_ID
132540
Accession number
MA 365.88
Creator
Moore, Richard Channing, 1762-1841.
Display Date
1817 May 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso: "Certificate of Priestly Orders for Jn. S. Ravenscroft from Bishop Moore 6th May 1817."
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.