BIB_ID
346685
Accession number
MA 366.34
Creator
Brownell, Thomas Church, 1779-1865.
Display Date
1823 Aug. 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "The Rt. Rev'd / Bishop White / Philadelphia / Penn."
Bishop White was the first Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1787-1836.
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.
Bishop White was the first Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1787-1836.
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
Informing him that the State Legislature has granted a charter "for the establishment of an Episcopal College;" informing him of the amounts raised to date; informing him that Nathaniel Wheaton will travel to England "for the purpose of soliciting donations of Books for the establishment of a Library;" asking if the Bishop would provide him the necessary credentials for the trip and also any letters of introduction that he deems appropriate; apologizing for being absent at the examination of the students at the Theological Seminary in New York; suggesting that the Seminary might attract more students if it were located in a country town, "less expensive, easily accessible and of less extravagant habits."
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