Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Newbern, to George W. Freeman, 1824 Jan. 27.

BIB_ID
346734
Accession number
MA 366.42
Creator
Ravenscroft, John Stark, 1772-1830.
Display Date
1824 Jan. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "Mr. Geo. W. Freeman / Raleigh, N.C."
Docketed on verso.
George W. Freeman was rector of Christ Church, Raleigh, NC from 1829-1840, Bishop of Arkansas from 1844 and Provisional Bishop of Texas.
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 he will be away another week to fulfill his congregational visiting duties.