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Autograph letter signed : Bristol, to Bishop Griswold, 1819 Sept. 3.

BIB_ID
347217
Accession number
MA 366.131
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1819 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and traces of a seal to "Rt. Rev. Alex. V. Griswold / Claremont, N.H. / care of Rev. / Mr. Howe."
Docketed on verso.
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
Referring to a "rather gloomy communication received yesterday from James" asking if he would take over the duties of his parish in Lebanon Springs; asking for his advice on how he should proceed.