BIB_ID
348119
Accession number
MA 368.123
Creator
Potter, Horatio, 1802-1887.
Display Date
1830 July 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
At the time of writing, Horatio Potter was a professor of mathematics at Washington College (now Trinity College) in Hartford, Connecticut and Alonzo Potter was the rector of St. Paul's Church, Boston.
Horatio and Alonzo Potter were brothers; Alonzo Potter was the Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1845-1865.
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.
With address panel with postmark to "The Rev. / Alonzo Potter / Rector of St. Pauls / 56 Chestnut Street / Boston."
Horatio and Alonzo Potter were brothers; Alonzo Potter was the Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1845-1865.
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.
With address panel with postmark to "The Rev. / Alonzo Potter / Rector of St. Pauls / 56 Chestnut Street / Boston."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking if he will be able to honor the request of the Church Scholarship Society to preach at Commencement; relating news of the financial circumstances of the African Mission School and asking if his three churches in Boston might be able to contribute $50 towards the $200 they need to raise.
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