BIB_ID
347109
Accession number
MA 367.95
Creator
Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870.
Display Date
1828 May 3.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Revd. 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
Reminding him of the impending Convention and how important his attendance is; noting that the "desire ... of all [their] friends is that of peace -- to forget the past -- & if possible to secure the church against future & madder agitations by the adoption of some salutary laws"; reporting that some "hot-headed" men are already congregating in the city and may "excite one another to some bold efforts"; discussing Bishop [Henry U.] O[nderdonk's] visit to Pittsburgh; mentioning the Committee on Canons.
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