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Autograph letter signed : New Orleans, to Rev. [William Bacon] Stevens, 1852 Apr. 23.

BIB_ID
347277
Accession number
MA 367.126
Creator
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.
Display Date
1852 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. Dr. Stevens. / St. Andrews Ch. / Philadephia."
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, canceled stamp, and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Discussing Rev. Dr. Neville, who recently left Christ Church in New Orleans; asking Stevens if he would be interested in the position at Christ Church.