BIB_ID
349547
Accession number
MA 373.44
Creator
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1809-1895.
Display Date
[18--] June 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.9 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.
Written on "Tues. Morning, June 28th."
Written on "Tues. Morning, June 28th."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Reluctantly agreeing to prepare a sermon on the "Evidences of Christianty," but wondering whether someone else more suitable can do it instead; "sincerely hoping that [he] may be relieved from this appalling duty."
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