BIB_ID
348462
Accession number
MA 369.157
Creator
Potter, Horatio, 1802-1887.
Display Date
1828 Dec. 19.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. / Alonzo Potter / 56 Chestnut Street / Boston."
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 trace of a seal.
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 trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Commending the bearer, a member of the senior class at Washington College named Park Benjamin, to his brother's "hospitality and kindness"; speaking highly of Benjamin's manners and intelligence.
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