BIB_ID
348727
Accession number
MA 370.88
Creator
Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901.
Display Date
1879 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.5 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
Saying it would be a "great pleasure to meet with my brethren west of the Mississippi at any and all times...;" saying that he feels that they have so much in common and that he hopes they can work together rather than as rivals within the Church; saying "We can easily arrange our work so that instead of seeming to be rivals our whole work is a part of one whole and be real helpers of each other."
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