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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Rev. Samuel C. Stratton, 1824 Nov. 17.

BIB_ID
347082
Accession number
MA 367.89
Creator
Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870.
Display Date
1824 Nov. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Rev. Samuel C. Stratton / Snowhill / Maryland."
Docketed.
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Informing him that Bishop [William] White was injured "by being thrown out of a gig"; answering a letter that Stratton sent to Bishop White; discussing whether diocese boundaries should now be based on factors other than state lines.