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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Samuel Parker, 1787 June 25.

BIB_ID
345463
Accession number
MA 364.20
Creator
White, William, 1748-1836.
Display Date
1787 June 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Rev Samuel Parker / Rector of Trinity Church / Boston / Rev'd Mr. Bowen."
Docketed on verso.
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 from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa before 1901.
Summary
Introducing him to the man who will be delivering this letter and whom he [Rev. White] has recently ordained; discussing the merits of his ordination and his next parish.