BIB_ID
349275
Accession number
MA 372.58
Creator
Young, J. Freeman (John Freeman), 1820-1885.
Display Date
1867 May 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 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 only identified as "Rt. Rev. Father."
Written from "30 Laight Street."
The recipient is only identified as "Rt. Rev. Father."
Written from "30 Laight Street."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Thanking him for his kind letter; assuring him of his stand on the "contest for conservative or Catholic principles, such as you so valiantly waged almost single-handed in 1862 or such as you left to the devices & disgraces of the House in 1866. What a subject is it for thankfulness to God that so large a proportion of the Bishops recently elected are Catholic minded men. And some of the 28 I learn are heartily ashamed of being of that number........I think of this whole business & may your valuable life be spared to witness the triumphant vindication of the principles you have so ably expounded."
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