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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Rev. Kingston Goddard, 1842 Feb. 26.

BIB_ID
347035
Accession number
MA 366.97
Creator
Onderdonk, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Tredwell), 1791-1861.
Display Date
1842 Feb. 26.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "The Rev: / Kingston Goddard / Brooklyn / 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.
Rev. Goddard was the rector of Emmanuel Church, Sidney Place, Brooklyn; the church was consecrated on March 3, 1842.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning the arrangements for the consecration of Emmanuel Church and the installation of Rev. Goddard as its rector.