BIB_ID
137728
Accession number
MA 364.74
Creator
Smith, Robert, 1732-1801.
Display Date
1796 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 36.8 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.
These minutes were enclosed in a letter from Bishop Smith to Bishop White (MA 364.73).
These minutes were enclosed in a letter from Bishop Smith to Bishop White (MA 364.73).
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a copy of the minutes of a meeting on October 21, 1796, held at the home of Bishop Robert Smith, relating to an altercation between Henry Purcell and Dr. Andrews which took place the previous year at the General Convention in Philadelphia; including a signed apology from Henry Purcell to the Bishops and the Standing Committee.
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