BIB_ID
350065
Accession number
MA 374.12
Creator
Gillespie, George DeNormandie, 1819-1909.
Display Date
1874 Dec. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.1 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
Referring to his election as an "honor unsought" and his suitability for the tasks ahead; complimenting him on the publication of the Journals of the General Convention; adding that he is "sorry to hear that the Seymour matter is likely to come up again."
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