Letter from Gregory Thurston Bedell to Pierre P. Irving
Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.222
Description
Letter from Gregory Thurston Bedell to Pierre P. Irving
Subject
Invitation to act as replacement during absence of Rector (Bedell) at Parish of the Church of the Ascension
Subject Person/Organization
Gregory Thurston Bedell, Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878)
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Apr 15, 1848
Transcription
Transcription
Rev + Dear Brother,
After a good deal of doubt / as [^ to] our last meeting concerning the best / and proper mode of inviting your to / fill the vacancy, the Vestry requested / me to proffer the invitation. They / exprefsed themselves very much pleased / with my selection, and desirous to / make your temporary connection with / the Parish as pleasant as the / circumstances could permit. The / chief difficulty to which I referred / occurs from the impropriety of the Vestry / appointing an Afsistant Minister as / I desired, while their expenses overrun / their income, and an application / for aid is before the Vestry of [?/- trinity?]
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However, I am sure you will / do me the favor almost as readily / as you would the Vestry - and I / hope therefore that you will consent / to perform such Parish duties as / may be convenient for you in the / Parish of the Church of the Ascension / for six months from and after / Easter Day next. The compensation / which certain friends authorize me / to offer is not what I would have / desired, but is I believe as much / as under the circumstances the Church / can afford. It may be of some / service to you. It is five hundred / dollars.
If you will afsent to the / proposal, please send me word by / the bearer. Sincerely Yr friend + Brother
G. T. Bedell
April 15th 1848
Rev. P.P. Irving
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[ADDRESS]
Rev. P. P. Irving
