Autograph letter signed : "Mount Hobart" [Pittsburgh?], to an unidentified Bishop, 1849 Dec. 7.

Record ID: 
347873
Accession number: 
MA 369.7
Author: 
Upfold, George, 1796-1872.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 25.2 cm
Notes: 

On stationery with an engraving of "Christ Church, Madison" by Grosvenor Thompson in the upper right corner.
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.

Summary: 

Giving details of his upcoming consecration as Bishop of Indiana; noting that Bishops [Benjamin B.] Smith, [Charles Pettit] McIlvaine, and [Cicero Stephens] Hawks are to be the consecrating Bishops; commenting on his recent visit to Indianapolis; discussing the church at Madison [Indiana?]; noting that the "designation of Indianapolis for [his] consecration is a sad disappointment to [his] congregation"; complaining that a consecration in Indianapolis is also inconvenient for his aged mother.

Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.