BIB_ID
347420
Accession number
MA 366.156
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1868 Feb. 8.
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 letter addresses Rev Perry as the "Sec'y, Lower House, Gen: Con."
The letter addresses Rev Perry as the "Sec'y, Lower House, Gen: Con."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Reporting that Dr. Tying of St. George's and Dr. Dix of Trinity Chapel had offered their churches [most likely for the upcoming General Convention, held in New York City on October, 1868].
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