BIB_ID
345447
Accession number
MA 364.14
Creator
White, William, 1748-1836.
Display Date
1784 Mar. 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan,, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.3 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.
This meeting was held at Christ Church with the vestry men of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia; Rev. White signs the minutes as Chairman.
This meeting was held at Christ Church with the vestry men of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia; Rev. White signs the minutes as Chairman.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa before 1901.
Summary
Resolving that a circular be sent to all church wardens and vestry men in Pennsylvania asking each congregation to send one or more delegates to a meeting on May 24 for the purpose of discussing a plan of ecclesiastical government in the Episcopal Church.
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