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Chase briefly discusses his refusal to meet with Bishop Hobart until certain resolutions are made among them.
Date
Fall 10-30-1826
Keywords
Bp. Hobart, meeting of the General Theological Seminary, Trustees, England, Kingston
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Sophia Chase" (1826). Philander Chase Letters. 647.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/647
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P.S. Monday 3 o’clock P.M. 30th Oct. 1826
I have called on Bp. H, not at home, came home and found he had called on me & left a note to dine with him on Wednesday next the day of the meeting of the Trustees of the Gl. T. Semy. But then I shall be away. Till the resolutions giving Bp. H. a power (if such could be given) to persecute [?] in Engd. and approving his conduct after he had done so are expunged from their records I do not meet with that body.
I set off at five for Kingston.
Farewell Dear, Dear Wife:
N.B. Keep the matter of making a [collection] from our own countrymen to your self till you hear from me again