PHILLIPS BROOKS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/16/1887 - HFSID 3707
Sale Price $221.00
Reg. $260.00
PHILLIPS BROOKS
Instructions on where to send his robe
Autograph Letter signed: "Phillips Brooks", 1 page, 4½x3½. Boston,
1887 May 16. On personal letterhead to "Dear Mr. Chester". In
full: "Will you please send my gown today to Mr. Whitman's Studio &
leave it there through this week. Yours truly". A 1/16x4 inch newspaper
clipping affixed to bottom (not affecting signature). Phillips Brooks
(1835-1893) was ordained an Episcopal minister in 1859. He was Rector of
Philadelphia's Church of the Holy Trinity (1862-1869) and then of Trinity Church
in Boston, until he was consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891. An
inspiring preacher who drew large crowds, he wrote "O Little Town of
Bethlehem" (1867), inspired by a visit to the Holy Land. Many of his
sermons and lectures were published, including his Lectures on Preaching
at Yale (1877). Phillips Brooks House at his alma mater, Harvard University,is named after him. After the great Boston fire of 1872, Brooks
supervised reconstruction of Trinity Church, an architectural marvel designed by
Henry Hobhouse Richardson which still graces Boston's Copley Square. Edges
slightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.
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