BIB_ID
347453
Accession number
MA 366.165
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1876 Sept. 5.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.0 cm
Notes
Henry Codman Potter would become the Bishop of New York in 1887; he was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter.
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
Certifying the election of Rev. Perry as the Bishop of Iowa with the signature of Henry C. Potter, Secretary of the House of Bishops, attesting to the certification
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