BIB_ID
347101
Accession number
MA 366.109
Creator
Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868.
Display Date
1831 June 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "Rev. George Boyd / Rector of St. John's Church / Philadelphia."
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.
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Discussing his call to Boston and what he needs to do before he leaves Pittsburgh; saying that what is drawing him to Boston is the professorship at the Massachusetts Theological Seminary; saying his successor is not yet known and that "There are few parishes more interesting & important."
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