BIB_ID
349821
Accession number
MA 372.179
Creator
Whitaker, Ozi William, 1830-1911.
Display Date
1869 Sept. 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 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
Replying to his inquiry; saying that he has never been to Oregon but believes that the German population there is not large; saying "In Nevada there are a good many Germans; some in almost every town. In Virginia City there are I presume as many as a hundred German citizens many of whom have families. Many of these do not attend any religious service, though nearly all speak English. Quite a number attend the Episcopal Church, and some the Methodist & Presbyterian Churches. I am not aware that religious services in the German language are held in any place in Nevada."
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