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Fair copy of a sermon fragment : Philadelphia, 1865 Oct. 17.

BIB_ID
347216
Accession number
MA 367.114
Creator
McCoskry, Samuel Allen, 1804-1886.
Display Date
1865 Oct. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 31.7 cm
Notes
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.
The sermon is not in McCoskry's hand, but there are annotations in his hand.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
"Order of service for a day of Special Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the restoration of Peace to our Country and Unity to the Church, appointed by the House of Bishops, for Tuesday October 17th in St. Luke's Ch: Philadephia."