BIB_ID
350002
Accession number
MA 373.165
Creator
Wingfield, John Henry Ducachet, 1833-1898.
Display Date
1878 Feb. 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 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
Regarding E.H. Harlow, a minister Perry recently deposed who was Wingfield's roommate when they were in seminary; saying that he heard a rumor that Harlow is "addicted to strong drink"; asking if Perry can send him any news of Harlow.
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