BIB_ID
347393
Accession number
MA 366.150
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1866 Aug. 3.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Identity of recipient inferred from contents and salutation of the previous letter to which he refers (MA 366.149).
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 a postscript, signed with initials, saying he is planning his return to Kentucky to allow him to attend the special meeting of the House of Bishops.
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 a postscript, signed with initials, saying he is planning his return to Kentucky to allow him to attend the special meeting of the House of Bishops.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Acquiescing to a decision made concerning the consecration of [his new Assistant Bishop] Dr. Cummins; saying "...I do not see how you could have decided otherwise. I am only ashamed of myself, that I should have cared enough about so inconsiderable a matter, as to have mentioned it."
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