BIB_ID
347449
Accession number
MA 366.162
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
[1875] Dec. 30.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 7.1 x 12.6 cm + with envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark to "Rev. Dr. Perry / Geneva, N.Y."
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.
Rev. Perry would become the 2nd Bishop of Iowa (1876-1898).
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.
Rev. Perry would become the 2nd Bishop of Iowa (1876-1898).
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Saying he would be very gratified if he will "accept the important post just offered, to have you so much nearer to us..."
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