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Letter - Request to conduct a special religious service | McCord Museum
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Demande d'un pasteur de la ville de Bath qui désire faire un service dans son église inachevée pour Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim

Letter

Request to conduct a special religious service
Date August 19, 1801
Dimensions1 textual record ; 31.6 x 20.1 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents
Origin Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C3.6,2.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentThis 1801 letter is a request to a clergyman from an unidentified relative of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim (1762-1850), wife of the former lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806). She will shortly be returning to the city of Bath. The service is to be held in the unfinished chapel commissioned by the letter’s addressee. The writer speaks at some length about the religious significance of the event, and makes several detailed requests concerning the content of the ceremony. The addressee is not identified.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.
Status
Not on view

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