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O'Brien, Thomas, Wheeling, West Virginia, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1884 January 4

 Item
Identifier: CMMA I-2-e

Scope and Contents

O'Brien has just read McMaster's article, "Why the Irish Should Not Emigrate" and agrees with the opinions expressed in it. He has just returned from a trip in the South. While in Arkansas he found a town wherein people by the names of O'Brien, Welsh, and McCaffney, were Presbyterians instead of Catholics. In one place a Methodist Conference was held listing members by the names of Flanagan, Reilly, Ryan, and Hughes. In Hot Springs, Arkansas there are 5 newspaper establishments, one of them in the Arlington Hotel being conducted by a certain Murphy, but none of them offer a single Catholic newspaper for sale except the Irish World. This Murphy along with others, is from Memphis, Tennessee but none of them are Catholics. O'Brien joins readily in exhorting the priests of Ireland to keep the Irish at home. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1884 January 4

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

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