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 : Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Stevens, [1885-1887] May 1.

BIB_ID
349422
Accession number
MA 372.102
Creator
Bissell, William Henry Augustus, 1814-1893.
Display Date
[1885-1887] May 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item 1 p.) ; 17.7 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 year of writing is not given, however given its placement within the collection the year may be between 1885 and 1887.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Thanking him for the gift of the book on the life of Bishop Selwyn.