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

Autograph letter signed : Parkersburgh, West Virginia, to Dr. Langford, 1890 June 16.

BIB_ID
350735
Accession number
MA 374.102
Creator
Peterkin, Geo. W. (George William), 1841-1916.
Display Date
1890 June 16.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.8 cm
Notes
Dr. Langford was the Secretary of The Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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 that the $100 stipend for a former minister be transferred to a new clergyman who will be in charge of Mercer County; detailing the towns that are part of Mercer County; adding that if "I thought you had the money I would ask for $200."