Address panel with postmarks and traces of a seal to "The Rev John H. Hopkins / Pittsburgh / Penn;" Pittsburgh, Penn. has been crossed through and "Boston / Massachusetts" written over it.
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.
Thanking him for his congratulations, his support and his encouragement; saying "Whatever the world may think of this business, I am confident that you, my bro, know me too well not to believe that my acceptance of the Bishoprick of N.C. has cost me & my family a mighty effort at self denial. I do not pride myself upon high attainments in this christian grace--but in the present instance I have been called upon to take a long & most difficult step in its rugged path;" congratulating him in his "new and important relation to the church. The position you are about to occupy is one of high & almost unparalleled importance to the welfare of our Zion in these parts and you will not think me [illegible] when I say that you appear to me to be the well-selected soldier for that..."