BIB_ID
347446
Accession number
MA 366.160
Creator
Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873.
Display Date
1871 Aug. 7.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (19 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Bishop Smith was the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1868-1884.
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.
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 the work on revisions to the "authorized version of the Sacred Scriptures" by scholars and being considered by the Church in England; suggesting he bring the matter before the General Convention.
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