BIB_ID
137147
Accession number
MA 364.73
Creator
Smith, Robert, 1732-1801.
Display Date
1796 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 36.6 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 recipient, Rev. William White, was the first Bishop of Pennsylvania and the 1st and 4th Bishop of the United States.
The recipient, Rev. William White, was the first Bishop of Pennsylvania and the 1st and 4th Bishop of the United States.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Enclosing minutes of the meeting of the "Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Churches in this State so far as they relate to the offense committed by Dr. Purcell, complained of by you & the Standing Committee & Council of Advice of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;" explaining the causes for the delays in setting a meeting date.
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