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Autograph letter signed : St. Mary's Hall [Burlington, N.J.], to "the Chaplain and Head of the Family, the Matrons, and the Principal Teacher of St. Mary's Hall, 18[3]7 May 25.

BIB_ID
346797
Accession number
MA 367.49
Creator
Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859.
Display Date
18[3]7 May 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (9 p.) ; 23 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.
The date is not entirely legible, but St. Mary's Hall was founded in 1837.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Giving instructions for how he expects St. Mary's Hall to be managed, with both a philosophical overview of how he wants the school run and explicit directions for the pricipal teacher, the matrons, and the chaplain.