Autograph letter signed : Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Rev. W.S. Langford, 1890 [i.e. 1891] Jan. 7.

Record ID: 
350116
Accession number: 
MA 374.24
Author: 
Gillespie, George DeNormandie, 1819-1909.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes: 

Written from the "Episcopal Residence, / 162 Fountain Street, / Grand Rapids, Michigan;" it appears, from the context of the letter, to be dated incorrectly; it should be 1891.
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: 

Asking for an accounting of monies paid to a Missionary after he withdrew in order that he might determine what credit might be owed to the Diocese.

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