Autograph letter signed : Lancaster, Pa., to the Bishop of Iowa [William Stevens Perry], 1888 Dec. 22.

Record ID: 
351138
Accession number: 
MA 375.92
Author: 
Knight, Cyrus F., 1831-1891.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.1 cm
Notes: 

On letterhead stationery of "St. James' Rectory, / Lancaster, Penn."
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.

Summary: 

Thanking him for his kind words; commenting on the experience of deciding whether to accept a position as Bishop; noting that if he accepts the position of Bishop of Milwaukee, they will be "almost neighbors"; mentioning that he thinks he may have already written to Perry to thank him.

Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.