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Autograph letter signed : Providence, to J.H. Gilliat, 1847 Jan. 20.

BIB_ID
347963
Accession number
MA 368.73
Creator
Henshaw, J. P. K. (John Prentiss Kewley), 1792-1852.
Display Date
1847 Jan. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "John H. Gilliat, Esq. / Newport / R.I."
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 his application to the Standing Committee and the scheduling of his examinations; discussing his license to serve as a Lay Reader.