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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Quincy, Illinois, to the Bishop of Iowa, 1879 Nov. 18.

BIB_ID
350549
Accession number
MA 374.80
Creator
Burgess, Alexander, 1819-1901.
Display Date
1879 Nov. 18.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.6 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
Thanking him for his offer of an appointment at Griswold College; saying that he would like to defer his answer until he has visited the College.