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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Rev. J.H. Hopkins, 1866 July 31.

BIB_ID
347387
Accession number
MA 366.149
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1866 July 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.6 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
Saying he would like to be the consecrator of his new Assistant Bishop and would like the consecration to take place in Louisville at St. Paul's Church.