BIB_ID
351587
Accession number
MA 375.163
Creator
Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908.
Display Date
1894 Jan. 20.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
On letterhead stationery.
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
Saying that he is sorry to hear of his sickness; providing biographical details requested by the recipient about the descendants of South Carolina's bishops (Robert Smith, Christopher Edwards Gadsden, etc.); inviting him to contact the bishops' descendants for more information.
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