BIB_ID
348204
Accession number
MA 368.136
Creator
Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865.
Display Date
[1845-1865].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 7.3 x 10.9 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.
Professor Agassiz was appointed as a Professor of Natural History at Harvard in 1848.
The date of writing is not provided, however Rev. Potter issues the invitation as Bishop Potter; he was Bishop from 1845-1865.
Professor Agassiz was appointed as a Professor of Natural History at Harvard in 1848.
The date of writing is not provided, however Rev. Potter issues the invitation as Bishop Potter; he was Bishop from 1845-1865.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Inviting Dr. Stevens to meet Professor Agassiz.
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