BIB_ID
348895
Accession number
MA 370.129
Creator
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887.
Display Date
1862 Apr. 16.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 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.
Written on stationery embossed with his initials and with "913 Clinton Street, / Philadelphia."
Written on stationery embossed with his initials and with "913 Clinton Street, / Philadelphia."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Providing the details of the election of Bishop White on September 14, 1786; providing names of those clergy and laity who voted, the notification process to the parishes following the election and prior to Rev. White's departure for England for his consecration; adding that he does not have similar information on the election of Bishop Seabury but suggesting that his nephew might be able to provide it.
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