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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Memphis, Tenn., to the Bishop of Iowa [William Stevens Perry], 1888 Mar. 6.

BIB_ID
348952
Accession number
MA 371.79
Creator
Quintard, C. T. (Charles Todd), 1824-1898.
Display Date
1888 Mar. 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
On letterhead with a bishop's mitre and "Tennessee" embossed in black at the top of the page.
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
Asking about his plans to sail to England this summer; saying that if he goes to the Lambeth Conference, he would like to travel with Perry; inquiring whether Mrs. Perry is accompanying him and what a ticket costs.