BIB_ID
346679
Accession number
MA 366.31
Creator
Brownell, Thomas Church, 1779-1865.
Display Date
1819 Apr. 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "Mr. Alonzo Potter / 55 Chestnut St. / Philadelphia."
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
Offering him the position of Tutor in the College at a salary of $500 with the expectation "you will doubtless be appointed a professor in the College as soon as your age and success in the teaching will justify it;" asking that he give his answer as soon as possible.
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