BIB_ID
349677
Accession number
MA 372.145
Creator
Littlejohn, Abram Newkirk, 1824-1901.
Display Date
1887 Nov. 4.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 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
Commenting on the state of the church in Dresden under Rev. John P. Peters; relating, confidentially, news of the deposed Bishop of Michigan; saying "...what will surprise you , viz. that Bishop Dudley while in Dresden lately, exchanged calls with the deposed Bishop of Michigan & listened without remonstrance to his abusive language against all the Bishops who took part in the action against him & especially against me for instructing Dr. [illegible] while rector at Dresden not to recognize him in any way as a clergyman of the Church. McCoskry's residence there is a serious danger. In the services he takes the foremost seat & responds in a way to attract every stranger's attention & to cause the inquiry 'who's that?' If Rev. Mr. Peters leaves, some clergyman of private fortune as well as of good character & competent for the work will have to be found to take the place.
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