BIB_ID
348382
Accession number
MA 369.141
Creator
Lee, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1815-1874.
Display Date
1862 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.9 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of $400 and discussing the new Professor of Theology position in Iowa that the money is to fund; informing him that the man they chose for the position has declined to take it; noting that he intends to employ one or both of the resident clergy until someone can be found for the permanent position; asking if Smith has any objection to the appropriation of the money "for theological instruction in Griswold College for one year form April 1st, 1862."
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