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Autograph letter signed : Helena, Montana, to Bishop [Perry], 1883 Mar. 28.

BIB_ID
351129
Accession number
MA 374.139
Creator
Brewer, Leigh R. (Leigh Richmond), 1839-1916.
Display Date
1883 Mar. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 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.
The identity of the recipient is derived from the contents of the letter; the Rev. F.T. Webb was at St. Paul's Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa before transferring to Montana in 1883.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Accepting his Letter Dimissory for the Rev. F.T. Webb; thanking him for "giving me one of your best men."