BIB_ID
349785
Accession number
MA 372.171
Creator
Huntington, F. D. (Frederic Dan), 1819-1904.
Display Date
1878 Nov. 21.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 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, but in the closing Bishop Huntington refers to "Mrs. P" making it likely that the recipient is Bishop Perry.
The recipient is not identified in the salutation, but in the closing Bishop Huntington refers to "Mrs. P" making it likely that the recipient is Bishop Perry.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Providing character references for 5 clergymen; saying "Probably any one of these c'd be had on a fair offer."
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