BIB_ID
351138
Accession number
MA 375.92
Creator
Knight, Cyrus F., 1831-1891.
Display Date
1888 Dec. 22.
Credit line
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.
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
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.
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