BIB_ID
347701
Accession number
MA 368.32
Creator
Lee, Alfred, 1807-1887.
Display Date
1884 June 19.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.6 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.
The word "Confidential" has been written at the top of the letter and "June" written above a crossed-out and printed July in the date.
The word "Confidential" has been written at the top of the letter and "June" written above a crossed-out and printed July in the date.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a printed form letter that contains "copies of communications received from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; informing the Bishops in America that if they were "not ordained by Bishops in England, [they] are required to obtain permission to officiate and preach in England; being signed by Bishop Lee in his capacity as Presiding Bishop.
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