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Autograph letter signed : New York City, to the Rev. Dr. Langford, 1887 Nov. 23.

BIB_ID
350285
Accession number
MA 374.61
Creator
Brown, J. H. Hobart (John Henry Hobart), 1831-1888.
Display Date
1887 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.1 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.
Rev. Langford was the Secretary of The Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The letter is written on the letterhead of the Diocese of Fond du Lac but it appears to have been written in New York City.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Saying he had called on Rev. Morgan and told him he would not be able to preach the sermon on December 11th.