BIB_ID
351033
Accession number
MA 375.75
Creator
Leonard, Abiel, 1848-1903.
Display Date
1888 Jan. 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 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
Mentioning a degree bestowed on him by the recipient's college; discussing at length his choice of a preacher for his consecration; noting that the House of Bishops needs to address some of the questions about consecrations that keep arising.
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