BIB_ID
348021
Accession number
MA 368.95
Creator
Chase, Carlton, 1794-1870.
Display Date
1860 Dec. 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.7 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Recommending that churches be open for services on the 4th of January "being the day proposed by the President of the United States for fasting and prayer in view of the present condition of our Country;" recommending that the services for that day be the same as those in the Book of Common Prayer for Ash Wednesday.
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