BIB_ID
348409
Accession number
MA 370.28
Creator
Bowman, Samuel, 1800-1861.
Display Date
1861 May 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 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 simply identified as "My dear Bp.", however, it appears likely that it was addressed to Bishop Alonzo Potter, Bishop of Pennsylvania, under whom Bishop Bowman served.
Written from "Joanna Furnace near Morgantown."
The recipient is simply identified as "My dear Bp.", however, it appears likely that it was addressed to Bishop Alonzo Potter, Bishop of Pennsylvania, under whom Bishop Bowman served.
Written from "Joanna Furnace near Morgantown."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Discussing the schedule of his visitations.
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