BIB_ID
347940
Accession number
MA 369.22
Creator
Payne, John, 1815-1874.
Display Date
1872 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Cavalla was the name of Payne's home in Westmoreland County, Va.
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.
The date appears to read "1832," but it is more likely 1872 since Payne discusses retiring because of ill health from 30 years of missionary work in Africa. Payne resigned as Bishop of Liberia in 1871.
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.
The date appears to read "1832," but it is more likely 1872 since Payne discusses retiring because of ill health from 30 years of missionary work in Africa. Payne resigned as Bishop of Liberia in 1871.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Making excuses for why he was not able to see Wroth while he was at the General Convention; mentioning that he preached at General Theological Seminary; discussing a young lady named Mary who lost her mother; mentioning that his home in Virginia is named for the place in Africa where he lived for thirty years; noting that he has been asked to take charge of Washington Parish, where George Washington was baptized and where members of his family still worship in the parish church; writing "I have four appointments for whites and three for colored people in the Parish"; writing that he believes he has the confidence of Black people because of his experience as an "African missionary" and that he is "glad to minister to them"; commenting on their religious affiliation and morality; inviting Wroth to visit.
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