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Autograph marriage certificate signed : Richmond, 1830 Jan. 15.

BIB_ID
132660
Accession number
MA 365.95
Creator
Moore, Richard Channing, 1762-1841.
Display Date
1830 Jan. 15.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 9.5 x 16.5 cm
Notes
Enclosed in autograph letter signed dated Jan. 15, 1830, addressed to Sherman Croswell (cataloged separately as MA 365.94).
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
Certifying that he married Jeremiah Bishop and Maria Turner on Dec. 14, 1811 at St. Stephens Church in New York.