BIB_ID
346770
Accession number
MA 367.41
Creator
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit, 1799-1873.
Display Date
1861 Apr. 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
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.
Recipient is based on McIlvaine's mention of Mrs. Smith in the body of the letter.
Recipient is based on McIlvaine's mention of Mrs. Smith in the body of the letter.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Reporting that his son thinks "he had better come home on account of the troubles of the times"; asking for his opinion on the matter.
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