Autograph letter signed : "Kalorama", to "Mr. Editor", 1854 June 21.

Record ID: 
347308
Accession number: 
MA 366.142
Author: 
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.7 cm
Notes: 

It is unclear to whom Bishop Smith is writing, but it is possible it was to the editor of The Churchman's Monthly (Volume 1, no. 7, July 1854, p. 442), writing in the "Editor's Table" on the charges brought against Bishop Smith by Dr. Waller.
Kalorama was the home of Bishop Smith and his wife and was located outside Louisville, Kentucky.
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.

Summary: 

Concerning the charges brought against him by Dr. Waller and the failure of Dr. Waller to appear to present the charges; enclosing letters of character reference.

Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.