BIB_ID
349782
Accession number
MA 372.169
Creator
Huntington, F. D. (Frederic Dan), 1819-1904.
Display Date
1875 Nov. 13.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 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 recipient is not identified in the salutation, however in the closing, Bishop Huntington refers to "Mrs. P" making it likely this letter was written to Bishop Perry.
The recipient is not identified in the salutation, however in the closing, Bishop Huntington refers to "Mrs. P" making it likely this letter was written to Bishop Perry.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Referring to the Greek alphabet, English parts of speech and the "large literary class in the country do such [illegible]--they do it well--& leave the Bishops to change it--in their own line."
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