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Description
Bishop Chase asks Mr. Calthrope to deliver one of the enclosed letters to the Lord Bishop of Limerick
Date
5-25-1824
Keywords
Bishop of Limerick
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Hon. Mr. Calthrope" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 287.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/287
Transcript
Dr. Sir
You will see by the inclosed that my Noble & excellent friends the Trustees of the Ohio Fund are endeavouring to secure the cause which bro’t me to this country: And almost every days experience shews their efforts are not in vain. I bless God & take courage.
Will you, Dr. Sir, oblige me by sending one of the included to my Lord Bishop of Limerick?
By handing one to your noble Brother my Lord Calthrope you will confer a favor on
Your most faithful
friend & very Humble
servant.
Philander Chase
25 May 1824