BIB_ID
349351
Accession number
MA 372.80
Creator
Beckwith, John W. (John Watrous), 1831-1890.
Display Date
1883 June 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 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
Replying to his letter which included a letter from "young Hubert;" saying I cannot advise in favour of Mr. H. Something is wrong about him. Carelessness about money matters is his trouble. He has acted so strangely that I have feared he cannot be altogether right mentally."
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