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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to an unidentified Bishop, 1880 Feb. 5.

BIB_ID
348857
Accession number
MA 371.58
Creator
Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896.
Display Date
1880 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.4 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
Expressing concern that the recipient thinks his "rules of conduct" are "too rigid"; discussing church business, including an ordination and a letter dimissory.