BIB_ID
347397
Accession number
MA 366.151
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1866 Aug. 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 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.
The identity of the recipient is taken from the contents of the letter and its reference to previous letters (MA 366.149 and MA 366.150) on the same subject, one of which was addressed to Bishop Hopkins.
The identity of the recipient is taken from the contents of the letter and its reference to previous letters (MA 366.149 and MA 366.150) on the same subject, one of which was addressed to Bishop Hopkins.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning the consecration of his new Assistant Bishop and the decision as to whether the service should be held in St. Paul's or Christ Church.
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