BIB_ID
347305
Accession number
MA 366.141
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1850 Dec. 18.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.3 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.
Rev. Rooker was the rector of St. Paul's Church in Louisville; Rev. Newton was ordained in Trinity Church, Covington, Kentucky.
Rev. Rooker was the rector of St. Paul's Church in Louisville; Rev. Newton was ordained in Trinity Church, Covington, Kentucky.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Discussing [William Y.] Rooker's low churchmanship but saying he is the only person who might be able to attract [William] Newton to lead a fourth church; referring to the rapid growth of the city and the need for another church.
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