BIB_ID
346864
Accession number
MA 366.74
Creator
Meade, William, 1789-1862.
Display Date
1852 Aug. 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and traces of a seal to "Bishop Chace [sic] / Jubilee College / Peoria Cy / Illinois."
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
Saying he has signed the "new Presentment" and is having it printed in Cincinnati; discussing the issues surrounding the first Presentment [against Bishop Doane]; discussing his concerns with regard to a postponement, the second Presentment and the need to comply with church canons and the advice of their lawyers; discussing the Bishops who have indicated they would not attend the trial.
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