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Autograph copy of an address signed : [Beaufort, South Carolina], to Rev. William B. Stevens, [1844 May 26].

BIB_ID
347544
Accession number
MA 368.7
Creator
Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866.
Display Date
[1844 May 26].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (19 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "Rev. Wm. B. Stevens / Professor &c University of Georgia / Athens / Georgia."
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 address is not dated and the place of writing not provided, however, the postmark appears to be "Beaufort, S.C." and the date is May 26.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being the Bishops Address delivered by Bishop Elliott on May 3, 1844 at St. Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia to the Annual Convention of the Diocese of Georgia.