BIB_ID
349492
Accession number
MA 372.116
Creator
Robertson, C. F. (Charles Franklin), 1835-1886.
Display Date
1879 July 19.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 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
Concerning contributions to and returns from the "Increase Soc." [Society for the Increase of the Ministry] and his frustrations with the changes in its administration; saying he has withdrawn his support as a patron; concluding that the "Society is largely for the benefit of Berkeley & Family."
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