BIB_ID
349315
Accession number
MA 372.70
Creator
Beckwith, John W. (John Watrous), 1831-1890.
Display Date
1867 May 27.
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Explaining his reasons for declining the Episcopate of Georgia; quoting from a letter that he sent to the Bishop of Georgia; saying that he believes he needs to stay in New Orleans; saying that the "Parish of wh. I am Rector, is large & flourishing! but its growth has been very rapid & is mainly due to accessions from a class never before brought into contact with the Ch., it is therefore unsettled & needs organization."
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