BIB_ID
348979
Accession number
MA 370.145
Creator
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887.
Display Date
1886 Aug. 2.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 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.
Rev. Ozi William Whitaker became the 5th Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1887.
Rev. Ozi William Whitaker became the 5th Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1887.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Commenting on Bishop Whitaker's acceptance "for which I am glad;" relating his plans for his visit to Chicago for the General Convention; discussing his memories of his [Bishop Perry's] consecration on his visit to Geneva.
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