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Autograph letter signed : Fargo, to Bishop [William Stevens Perry], 1891 Mar. 1.

BIB_ID
350424
Accession number
MA 375.6
Creator
Walker, William D., 1839-1917.
Display Date
1891 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Asking him to establish "a prize of $20 each year for a period of five years to be competed for in St. Catherine's School"; expressing his gratitude for the "honor conferred on [him] by Griswold College in the year 1889 at the annual Commencement."