Autograph letter signed : Denver, to Bishop [William Stevens] Perry, 1881 May 14.
Record ID:
349893
Accession number:
MA 373.128
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.6 cm
Notes:
On letterhead stationery with a printed column of "Statistics of Growth" on the left side of p. [1].
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 the amount of time a candidate for orders must be a deacon before he can be ordained as a priest; asking for clarification of church protocol on two other matters.
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
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