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Memorial of the Diocese of Texas : manuscript document signed, 1871 Oct.

BIB_ID
348440
Accession number
MA 370.33
Creator
Gregg, Alexander, 1819-1893.
Display Date
1871 Oct.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.9 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.
With the additional signatures of the Diocesan Deputies and the Lay Deputy.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Petitioning the General Convention for its consent for an Assistant Bishop in recognition of the size of the territory in the Diocese of Texas.