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Autograph letter signed : Bellows Falls, to the Rt. Rev. J. H. Hopkins, 1833 Dec. 9.

BIB_ID
347983
Accession number
MA 368.83
Creator
Chase, Carlton, 1794-1870.
Display Date
1833 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Rt. Rev. John H. Hopkins D.D. / Burlington / Vermont"
Bishop Hopkins published "Christianity Vindicated in Seven Discourses on the External Evidences of the New Testament" in 1833; published in Burlington, Vermont by Edward Smith.
Docketed on verso.
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
Commenting, at length and in detail, on his book "Christianity Vindicated;" providing specific editorial suggestions.