Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
July 1777
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 22v
Notes:
Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor 1658-1705. The 1694 silver thaler pictured here was minted in Prague.
The donor, the Rev. William White (1748-1836), was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States (1789; 1795-1836), the first bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787-1836), and the second U.S. Senate Chaplain (appointed December 9, 1790). At the time of this donation he was rector of the United Congregations of Christ Church and St. Peters in Philadelphia.
