BIB_ID
350271
Accession number
MA 374.58
Creator
Brown, J. H. Hobart (John Henry Hobart), 1831-1888.
Display Date
1885 Dec. 15.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.3 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.
The identity of the recipient of the letter is inferred from the contents of the letter; Dr. Charles Reuben Hale went to Trinity Cathedral in Davenport in 1886 and served until 1892.
The identity of the recipient of the letter is inferred from the contents of the letter; Dr. Charles Reuben Hale went to Trinity Cathedral in Davenport in 1886 and served until 1892.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Congratulating him on securing Dr. Hale for his Cathedral; saying "I don't doubt that he will help you in a thousand ways. If he did nothing else than afford you a trustworthy sympathizing friend willing to hear a little of your cares and perplexities he would sustain you greatly."
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