BIB_ID
348958
Accession number
MA 370.139
Creator
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887.
Display Date
[1871-1878] June 29.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 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 letter does not provide the year of writing, however, Bishop Perry published his 5-volume History of the American Colonial Church between 1871 and 1878.
Written on stationery of the "Episcopal Residence, / 1633 Spruce Street."
The letter does not provide the year of writing, however, Bishop Perry published his 5-volume History of the American Colonial Church between 1871 and 1878.
Written on stationery of the "Episcopal Residence, / 1633 Spruce Street."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Praising him for his work on the history of the American Church and speaking specifically about the two volumes he had just received; commenting on the review in the NY Post and discussing the difference between an artisan and an artist with respect to being an historian; discussing church matters and his summer schedule.
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