BIB_ID
347969
Accession number
MA 368.77
Creator
Chase, Carlton, 1794-1870.
Display Date
1820 Mar. 14.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
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.
Rev. Chase was ordained priest on September 27, 1820 by Bishop Griswold in Newport, Rhode Island.
Rev. Chase was ordained priest on September 27, 1820 by Bishop Griswold in Newport, Rhode Island.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking for clarification on the requirements for the "necessary testimonials for Priest's Orders."
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