BIB_ID
351577
Accession number
MA 375.157
Creator
Wells, Lemuel H. (Lemuel Henry), 1841-1936.
Display Date
[189-?] Jan. 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.4 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 letter may be about Bishop Benjamin H. Paddock, but John A. Paddock is more likely since he was in Washington State and Wells discusses Bishop Paddock's "going to California."
The letter may be about Bishop Benjamin H. Paddock, but John A. Paddock is more likely since he was in Washington State and Wells discusses Bishop Paddock's "going to California."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Answering his questions about the failing health of Bishop [John A.?] Paddock.
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