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Hartley wishes to be ordained in Brooklyn by Bishop Potter. Fiske wants Grace church consecrated - free and clear. Will do it if you and I can clear dates.
ISBN
KMcI 640314a
Date
3-14-1864
Keywords
letter, McIlvaine, Bedell, Hartley, Fiske, church
Recommended Citation
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit, "Letter to Bishop Bedell" (1864). Charles Pettit McIlvaine Letters. 80.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/mcilvaine_letters/80
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return the enclosed
Cinc. March 14
Dear Bishop:
Read the enclosed from Mr. Newton + let me know your thoughts before I answer it.
Hartley has written for permission to be ordained in Brooklyn by Bp. Potter - I have answered that I am to be there the first week in May, if he does not wish to part sooner. F[?] writes for the [?] of Grace Ch. saying the Ch. is free from debt - 4000 raised in cash + 6000 given by Mr. Carter is debt to him. He wants it done on E. Sunday, which cannot be. B[?] I have written that I will try between you + me to [?] on a day. HOw will ti be with your arrangement as to do [?] it? Answer as soon as you can
Yours affly,
C.P.M.
I have concluded to hope any letter to the Pres. has not been put in [?] + should telegraph to you as soon as I can go to town today.