Letter from Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk to Pierre Paris Irving

Name/Title

Letter from Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk to Pierre Paris Irving

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.214

Description

Letter from Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk to Pierre Paris Irving

Subject

Onderdonk licenses Pierre to act as Minister at Trinity Church while parish is “destitute” of a minister even though Pierre is still only “lay reader”

Subject Person/Organization

Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk, D.D., Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

New York, Ulster, NY

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Mar 27, 1835

Transcription

Transcription

I hereby license Pierre P. Irving as / candidate for holy orders in the Diocese of New / York, to officiate, as a lay-reader, in the Parish / of Trinty Church, [^Ulster] while the same may be des - / titute of the services of a Minister; he confirm - / ing himself to the provisions of the Cano XI. / of the general Convention of 1832, entitled “if Candidates / for Orders who are Lay Readers.” And agreebaly to the said canon, I / hereby direct that the sermons to be read by / Mr. Irving, in his services as lay-reader, be se - / elected from the printed discourses of the late / Right Reverend Bishops Seabury, Moore, Ho - / bart, [Dehon?], and Ravenscroft, and of the Right / Reverent Bishop Griswold. This license is to continue in force / as long as the said Pierre P. Irving shall be / [END OF PAGE 1] A candidate in this Diocese, unlefs previous - / kly withdrawn. Benj’n T. Onderdonk Bishop of the Diocese of New York New York, March 27. 1836. [END OF PAGE 2] [ADDRESS] Mr Pierre P. Irving Ulster

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

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Number Type

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W 922 B