BIB_ID
349938
Accession number
MA 373.151
Creator
Welles, Edward Randolph, 1830-1888.
Display Date
1887 Jan. 19.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.2 cm
Notes
On letterhead stationery.
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
Regretfully declining an invitation; extending his "warm congratulations" and "a happy return"; noting that he is leaving for Florida.
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