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Fragments of an autograph letter signed with initials : New Haven, to an unidentified recipient, 1865 Nov. 27.

BIB_ID
347385
Accession number
MA 366.148
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1865 Nov. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.8 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning an ordination at which he officiated as a replacement for a Bishop who was taken ill.