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Letters from Archbishop John Hughes of New York, Bishop Michael O'Connor of Pittsburgh, and others; with some letters addressed to Tobias Kirby, Rector of the Irish College, Rome.

Scope and Content Handwritten papers in Latin defending theses concerning church history and theology, probably produced by students at the Irish College circa 1866. Microfilm containing letters from members of the American Catholic hierarchy to the rectors of the Irish College in Rome, who acted as their agents, namely Paul Cullen, later Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin, and Tobias Kirby; pertaining mostly to administrative affairs in the American hierarchy; with letters from Francis Patrick...