BIB_ID
346796
Accession number
MA 366.58
Creator
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Display Date
1832 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "Rev: John H. Hopkins D.D. / Bishop Elect / Cambridge / Mass:"
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.
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Addressing issues relating to the definition of dioceses and church canon from a correspondence between Rev. Hopkins and Bishop White; referring to 2nd canon of 1808 and stating that he believes his election to Bishop of Vermont is valid; discussing the 1st canon of 1817 and the definition of dioceses; discussing the election of Bishop Griswold in Massachusetts; concluding that "both resignations & translations are contrary to sound views, -- & that I hope the General Convention will so legislate on these subjects as that there shall be no future question on either of them."
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