BIB_ID
347901
Accession number
MA 368.59
Creator
Eastburn, Manton, 1801-1872.
Display Date
1857 Jan. 30.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
It is likely that this letter refers to the ordination of William Stevens Perry who would later serve as Bishop of Iowa.
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.
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
Regretting that he cannot accommodate Mr. Perry; explaining that he cannot be absent from Trinity Church on Easter Sunday; adding that he cannot commit to a precise date yet for the ordination of Mr. Perry.
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