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Autograph letter signed : Newbern, to Rev. John Henry Hobart, 1827 May 22.

Record ID: 
346745
Accession number: 
MA 366.44
Author: 
Ravenscroft, John Stark, 1772-1830.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes: 

Rev. Hobart was the 3rd Bishop of New York.
Address panel to "Right Rev. Jn. H. Hobart, D.D. / New York / Mr. Francis S. Hawkes."
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: 

Introducing him to Francis Hawkes, an acquaintance, a former lawyer and a candidate for the Ministry; discussing the arrears owed by his Diocese to the General Seminary and his desire to pay the debt particularly because he realizes the importance of the Seminary in training future ministers for the States.

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