Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to the Bishop of Iowa [William Stevens Perry], 1885 Feb. 20.

Record ID: 
350110
Accession number: 
MA 373.191
Author: 
Dudley, T. U. (Thomas Underwood), 1837-1904.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.4 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.

Summary: 

Telling Perry that the Rev. Richard Page's license has been withdrawn because Dudley was "miserably deceived in ordaining him"; reporting that he was going to try him for immorality when Page was "placed in a private asylum"; noting that the physician at the asylum certified that Page was not "capable of making answer to charges."

Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.