BIB_ID
349333
Accession number
MA 372.72
Creator
Beckwith, John W. (John Watrous), 1831-1890.
Display Date
1867 June 18.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (7 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
Discussing, at length and in detail, his decision to decline the Episcopate of Georgia and remain with his church in New Orleans.
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