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Autograph letter signed : Burlington, New Jersey, to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1871 Apr. 7.

BIB_ID
348611
Accession number
MA 370.50
Creator
Odenheimer, William Henry, 1817-1879.
Display Date
1871 Apr. 7.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 16.5 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
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.
Written on letterhead embossed with a Bishop's mitre and with "Burlington, New Jersey" printed beneath it.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a character reference for Rev. Samuel Meade who desires to be transferred to the Diocese of Pennsylvania from the Diocese of New Jersey.