BIB_ID
349651
Accession number
MA 372.143
Creator
Littlejohn, Abram Newkirk, 1824-1901.
Display Date
1885 May 26.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 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
Fearing that he might not arrive in time; inviting him to come the night before and spend the night at See House; saying he has "set my heart on your coming. Several Bishops have already failed me for (to them) unexpected reasons. It will be humiliating if the neighboring Bishops fail to honor by their presence an occasion that will witness the transfer to the Church of at last a million & a half of property. My connection with it will be transient, soon forgotten--but the Church of God will be enriched for all time. I do hope & trust you will not fail to be present."
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