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Autograph letter signed : Hartford, to [Rev. William B. Stevens], 1853 Aug. 8.

BIB_ID
348286
Accession number
MA 370.3
Creator
Clark, Thomas M. (Thomas March), 1812-1903.
Display Date
1853 Aug. 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.2 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.
The recipient is inferred from the contents of the letter and the reference to a previous correspondence with Rev. Stevens (MA 370.2) on a proposed lecture series in Philadelphia.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Responding to his suggestion that he lecture on Geology; saying that he does not know enough on the topic to discuss it; saying he would like to talk on 'What constitutes Revelation';