BIB_ID
348189
Accession number
MA 368.130
Creator
Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865.
Display Date
1853 June 13.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.0 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.
There is a running tally of responses to this letter on the verso with 7 Bishops and 31 Ministers responding Yes; there is also a printed list of topics on the verso and the name of the clergyman who has chosen that topic written to the left of it.
There is a running tally of responses to this letter on the verso with 7 Bishops and 31 Ministers responding Yes; there is also a printed list of topics on the verso and the name of the clergyman who has chosen that topic written to the left of it.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Proposing a "series of Discourses delivered in one of the Churches of this city during the approaching Autumn and Winter, in which the Evidences of Religion shall be discussed with special reference to the objections now most current and influential;" asking that they review the list of topics and choose one and indicate the time they would like to deliver their address; saying that "It is desired that the discussions should be conducted by the ablest minds of the Church, and that in a printed form they should contribute permanently to the honour of religion and the welfare of men. We desire especially that the wants of young men of cultivated and thoughtful habits should be kept in view in the preparation of these Discourses."
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