BIB_ID
347224
Accession number
MA 366.132
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1828 Jan. 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "Rev. Alonzo Potter, / Boston, Mss."
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.
Rev. Smith created the Episcopal Register as a forum from which to advocate for the separation of Vermont from the Eastern Diocese.
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.
Rev. Smith created the Episcopal Register as a forum from which to advocate for the separation of Vermont from the Eastern Diocese.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning the Episcopal Register and the reasons for its creation with respect to the Gospel Advocate; discussing its circulation and costs; discussing his plans for future contributions; concluding by saying "By whatever means it can be best moulded to subserve these precious interests in the most effectual manner, makes little odds to me. Let the cause go on: the mode to me is very indifferent."
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