Record ID:
347027
Accession number:
MA 366.95
Credit:
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: / Joseph Ransom / Johnstown / Fulton County / 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.
Summary:
Expressing dismay at hearing "such bad tidings of your parish;" offering his help and providing a list of parish vacancies where he might find a "more comfortable home."
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
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