BIB_ID
349893
Accession number
MA 373.128
Creator
Spalding, John Franklin, 1828-1902.
Display Date
1881 May 14.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.6 cm
Notes
On letterhead stationery with a printed column of "Statistics of Growth" on the left side of p. [1].
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.
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
Discussing the amount of time a candidate for orders must be a deacon before he can be ordained as a priest; asking for clarification of church protocol on two other matters.
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