BIB_ID
347085
Accession number
MA 367.90
Creator
Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870.
Display Date
1824 Nov. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Rev John H. Hopkins / Pittsburgh / Penna."
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.
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
Discussing the impact of having a bishop visit areas beyond the Allegheny Mountains; commenting on Bishop [James] Kemp and suggesting that someone should accompany him on his travels to consecrate churches; mentioning a minister who is leaving the diocese because "the salary of 400 dollars ... is not sufficient for his support."
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