BIB_ID
347786
Accession number
MA 369.3
Creator
Upfold, George, 1796-1872.
Display Date
1845 May 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. Alonzo Potter, DD / Union College / Schenectady -- N.Y."
Docketed.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Docketed.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Telling Potter that even though he did not vote for him (Upfold voted for Dr. [Samuel] Bowman instead), he hopes Potter will accept his election to the Diocese of Pennsylvania; assuring him that the others who did not vote for him also wish him well; listing reasons why Potter should accept the position as Bishop of Pennsylvania.
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