Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Bp. Stephens [sic], [1868-1873].

BIB_ID
349377
Accession number
MA 372.86
Creator
Whittle, Francis McNeece, 1823-1902.
Display Date
[1868-1873].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.2 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 letter is not dated, however its placement in the collection suggests it may have been written between 1868 and 1873.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Saying "Sickness prevented me from dining with you on Wednesday night, and I regret not finding you in this morning."