BIB_ID
346833
Accession number
MA 366.70
Creator
Meade, William, 1789-1862.
Display Date
1838 Jan. 21.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "The Rev'd / Alonzo Potter D.D. / Schenectady / New York."
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.
With a printed fundraising appeal "To the friends of the Theological Seminary of Virginia for the means of increasing its Library" dated January 15, 1838 from Millwood.
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.
With a printed fundraising appeal "To the friends of the Theological Seminary of Virginia for the means of increasing its Library" dated January 15, 1838 from Millwood.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Congratulating him on his election to the Episcopate; referring to the fundraising efforts of the Seminary and hoping that he will still consider a gift; discussing the strengths of the institution.
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