BIB_ID
346784
Accession number
MA 366.53
Creator
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Display Date
[1827 Oct. 9].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "Rev: George Boyd / Fifth Street / above Callowhill / Phila."
Date and place of writing from postmark; Onderdonk dates the letter "Tuesday morning," the postmark is October 9; October 9th fell on a Tuesday in 1827.
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. Boyd was rector of St. John's Church in Philadelphia from 1815-1851.
Date and place of writing from postmark; Onderdonk dates the letter "Tuesday morning," the postmark is October 9; October 9th fell on a Tuesday in 1827.
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. Boyd was rector of St. John's Church in Philadelphia from 1815-1851.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking to reschedule their appointment for the following afternoon.
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