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Autograph letter signed : "Steamboat, Mississippi River," to [William Stevens] Perry, 1862 Apr. 26.

BIB_ID
348384
Accession number
MA 369.142
Creator
Lee, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1815-1874.
Display Date
1862 Apr. 26.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 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
Thanking him for a donation to Griswold College; saying that he does not know when he will be able to see him in Portland; sending kind regards to Mrs. Perry.