BIB_ID
348896
Accession number
MA 370.130
Creator
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887.
Display Date
1864 May 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.3 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.
The recipient is not identified, but Bishop Stevens is replying to a request for a photograph; similar requests have been made to each Bishop in the collection by Lewis Jacob Cist, therefore, it is possible Mr. Cist was the recipient.
The recipient is not identified, but Bishop Stevens is replying to a request for a photograph; similar requests have been made to each Bishop in the collection by Lewis Jacob Cist, therefore, it is possible Mr. Cist was the recipient.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Replying to his request and sending a photograph.
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