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Autograph letter signed : Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the Rt. Rev. Alexander B. Griswold, 1813 Apr. 28.

BIB_ID
347937
Accession number
MA 368.68
Creator
Henshaw, J. P. K. (John Prentiss Kewley), 1792-1852.
Display Date
1813 Apr. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 32.4 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Right Rev: Alexander B. Griswold D.D. / Bristol / Rhode Island."
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
Asking for his "Fatherly advice;" saying that his father opposes his wish to work in Vermont and that his "only wish, I trust, is to be faithful to my duty--but in this case, I find it very difficult to decide what is duty;"asking him to let him know when he expects him in Bristol.