BIB_ID
348047
Accession number
MA 369.47
Creator
Williams, J. (John), 1817-1899.
Display Date
1865 July 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "The Rt. Rev. / J.H. Hopkins, D.D. / & & & / Burlington, / Vermont."
Envelope with postmark, canceled stamp, and docket.
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.
Envelope with postmark, canceled stamp, and docket.
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
Giving his opinion on their "Southern Brethren"; telling him that he thinks the Northern bishops should reach out to the Southern bishops in order to have their "old society restored"; warning that all bishops will not sign any letter to the Southern bishops; stating that he thinks "our Church at the South, as a Church, as well as in her members did do a very great deal to bring on the war"; providing his address in case Hopkins comes to visit him.
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