Autograph letter signed : Oakgrove, Westmoreland Co., Va., to Rev. J. H. Dubbs, 1870 June 11.

Record ID: 
347973
Accession number: 
MA 369.30
Author: 
Payne, John, 1815-1874.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 20 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.

Summary: 

Thanking him for "making efforts to advance the great cause of missions by acquainting others with the missionary work"; giving a history of the Protestant Episcopal Mission at Cape Palmas.

Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.