BIB_ID
347019
Accession number
MA 367.79
Creator
Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863.
Display Date
1835 Nov. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Mentioning possible situations for Smith's young friend who is seeking a teaching position; discussing Dr. [Francis L.] Hawk's nomination; informing him that he will be traveling to "the southwest" [Arkansas or Mississippi?] this winter even though this will mean "making a sacrifice of every personal & domestic comfort and convenience"; lamenting that Mr. Connelly in Natchez is contemplating giving up his post and going over to "Romanism."
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