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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Rev. John H. Hopkins, 1827 June 23.

BIB_ID
347088
Accession number
MA 367.92
Creator
Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870.
Display Date
1827 June 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.6 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Explaining the delay in sending some Convention documents Hopkins requested; discussing church politics related to the General Convention and other church business.