BIB_ID
346556
Accession number
MA 366.17
Creator
Chase, Philander, 1775-1852.
Display Date
1844 Feb. 16.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Rt. Rev. Bishop Hopkins / Burlington / Vermont;" with return address "Robins nest, Ill / Feb. 17."
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.
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 before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Enclosing a rough copy of the letter (MA 366.16) he wrote to the Bishop of New York [Benjamin T. Onderdonk]; asking him to read it and let him know what he will do; asking "Will you be one who will act in conformity to Bp. B.T.O.'s request in being one of his 'Presenters;'"adding that "Things are coming to a crisis."
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