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Autograph draft of a report signed, [1874].

BIB_ID
348375
Accession number
MA 370.20
Creator
Clark, Thomas M. (Thomas March), 1812-1903.
Display Date
[1874].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 31.5 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 manuscript is not dated, however it was delivered on the 15th day of the General Convention which was held in New York from October 7 -November 3, 1874.
With the additional signatures of committee members Gregory T. Bedell, A. Cleveland Coxe, Frederic D. Huntington, M.A. DeWolfe Howe and Henry E. Pierrepont.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a report of the Joint Committee on the Hymnal to the General Convention of 1874; concerning revisions to the Hymnal.