BIB_ID
346780
Accession number
MA 366.52
Creator
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Display Date
1827 Nov. 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "The Rev: John H. Hopkins / Pittsburgh."
Docketed on verso.
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.
Rev. Onderdonk served as an assistant to Bishop William White of Pennsylvania from 1827-1836.
Docketed on verso.
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.
Rev. Onderdonk served as an assistant to Bishop William White of Pennsylvania from 1827-1836.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Commenting on how he is doing in his new position; saying that "On the whole, this is a more favourable beginning than I had a right to expect;" relating his proposed schedule of visitation of parishes in Pennsylvania; saying he would like to visit him in Pittsburgh but asking if the roads would be passable in late January.
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