BIB_ID
347891
Accession number
MA 368.56
Creator
Eastburn, Manton, 1801-1872.
Display Date
1845 Feb. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal to "The Rt. Rev'd. / John H. Hopkins, D.D. / Burlington, Vermont."
It is likely that this letter refers to the suspension of Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk, Bishop of New York.
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.
It is likely that this letter refers to the suspension of Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk, Bishop of New York.
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
Concerning the powers of the Standing Committee with regard to a certain Bishop; saying "I must confess that I feel a reluctance to recognize the Stand. Com. in any way; 1st, because the Canons seem to give no sanction to such recognition; 2ndly, because I am unwilling, if it can be avoided, to do any thing which, by carrying on the business of the Diocese, shall enable the Bp. to persist in withholding his resignation....I feel deeply the necessity under which we majority Bishops lie, of maintaining our dignity firmly & manfully. This course, with the sure influence of public moral sense, will assuredly triumph at last--won't it?"
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