BIB_ID
348729
Accession number
MA 370.89
Creator
Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901.
Display Date
1879 July 22.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 cm
Notes
It is likely he is referring to Rev. Samuel Smith Harris who was consecrated as the 2nd Bishop of Michigan in 1879.
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.
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
Expressing his thanks that they will have "Harris with us. He is a noble Christian man and I look with great hope to his Episcopate."
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