BIB_ID
350767
Accession number
MA 374.109
Creator
Seymour, George F. (George Franklin), 1829-1906.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 15.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 21.3 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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning the unanimous election of Bishop Perry to the Episcopate of Nova Scotia; saying that when he arrived at the Synod meeting, he was called in to "say what I could about the probability of your accepting;" saying that he understood him to say privately that he discouraged the proposal on the grounds that the Bishops of the Church would not release him to a British Church but understanding him to say "distinctly yes you would;" adding that he told the Synod that he disclaimed any responsibility in the matter and saying that he could not represent him in the matter; saying that "You were chosen unanimously. Now my dear Bp as I feel on the subject, you ought to accept."
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