BIB_ID
350110
Accession number
MA 373.191
Creator
Dudley, T. U. (Thomas Underwood), 1837-1904.
Display Date
1885 Feb. 20.
Credit line
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.
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
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 Richard Page's license has been withdrawn because Dudley was "miserably deceived in ordaining him"; reporting that he was going to try him for immorality when Page was "placed in a private asylum";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."
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