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Autograph letter signed : "Mount Hobart" [Pittsburgh?], to an unidentified Bishop, 1849 Oct. 2.

Record ID: 
347845
Accession number: 
MA 369.5
Author: 
Upfold, George, 1796-1872.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 25.4 cm
Notes: 

Includes small sketches on p. 3.
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: 

Discussing a disagreement with Bishop [Philander] Chase; emphasizing that he does not like "tattling and gossip" or "speaking evil of [his] brothers"; explaining how important the parish of Indianapolis is to the Episcopal Church; mentioning Trinity Church [in Pittsburgh?] and alterations made to it after a fire; sending him a sermon on filial duty.

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