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Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to Rev. Thomas M. Smith, 1850 Oct. 22.

BIB_ID
346657
Accession number
MA 367.22
Creator
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit, 1799-1873.
Display Date
1850 Oct. 22.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Rev. Thomas M. Smith / Gambier / Ohio."
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Mentioning a recent convention and candidates for presiding bishop; talking about the theological seminary at Kenyon; giving Smith teaching advice; discussing money issues.