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Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to George Boyd, 1820 Nov. 29.

BIB_ID
346495
Accession number
MA 366.4
Creator
Chase, Philander, 1775-1852.
Display Date
1820 Nov. 29.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Address panel to "The Rev. Geo. Boyd / Philadelphia / Pen."
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.
Rev. George Boyd was the rector of St. John's Church in Philadelphia.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking for his help in recruiting a young clergyman who is working in Hartford and working for the Missionary Society; describing the monies he has raised to support such a person and asking if the Missionary Society might also contribute to his support.