Written while Kip was a missionary bishop to California (1853-1856) or Bishop of California (1856-1893).
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.
Acknowledging receipt of a letter dimissory of Rev. F. L. Mynard from the Bishop of Iowa to the Diocese of California.