BIB_ID
346538
Accession number
MA 366.13
Creator
Chase, Philander, 1775-1852.
Display Date
1843 July 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Rt. Rev. J.H. Otey / Bishop of Tennessee / Columbia."
Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk (Bishop of New York) presided over the trial (June 30, 1843) of Arthur Carey on charges of Romanism for his support of the Oxford Movement. He was exonerated and subsequently ordained as a deacon (July 8, 1843) over the objections of Revs. Smith and Anthon, who are referred to in this letter.
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.
Written from Jubilee College, founded by Bishop Chase, and located outside Peoria, Illinois.
Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk (Bishop of New York) presided over the trial (June 30, 1843) of Arthur Carey on charges of Romanism for his support of the Oxford Movement. He was exonerated and subsequently ordained as a deacon (July 8, 1843) over the objections of Revs. Smith and Anthon, who are referred to in this letter.
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.
Written from Jubilee College, founded by Bishop Chase, and located outside Peoria, Illinois.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking for his opinion on the ordination of Arthur Carey; expressing his concerns on the influence of Romanism in the church; discussing an application for the position of Bishop of Texas.
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