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Autograph letter signed : Augusta, Georgia, to L.J. Cist, 1865 Aug. 17.

BIB_ID
347607
Accession number
MA 368.10
Creator
Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866.
Display Date
1865 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
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
In response to his request, providing him with the details of his consecration in 1841; saying he has no photograph of himself on a card to send, but should one be taken, he will send it to him.