BIB_ID
349812
Accession number
MA 373.111
Creator
Lyman, Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict), 1815-1893.
Display Date
1867 May 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.6 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
Giving an account of the activities of Grace Church in Rome over the past two years (during which period he was in charge of the parish); noting that he does not know where they will be able to hold services now that the congregation is growing; informing him that he has "lately received the appointment of American Chaplain for the Anglo-American Church in Paris"; saying that this is a temporary position, and he plans to return to Rome "in the ensuing Autumn."
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