Record ID:
347567
Accession number:
MA 367.155
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description:
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Wm Meade Addison Esq / Baltimore / Md."
Docketed.
With seal.
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.
Summary:
Expressing regret that he was not able to perform the funeral service for Addison's father; explaining that his wife's poor health kept him from attending; speaking highly of Addison's father and offering condolences on his death.
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
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