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Fitzgerald, R.S.M., Sister Angela M.J., New Haven, Connecticut, to Richard Henry Clarke, New York, New York, 1884 December

 Item
Identifier: CRCL I-2-n

Scope and Contents

Sister can find no letters of Bishop Francis P. McFarland of use to Clarke. She had sent many of McFarland's letters and some of those to him from other Bishops, to a lady who undertook to write his life, but failed. The letters were never returned. She had a short sketch of the Bishop's life. Sister tells of the Bishop's kindnesses to the Sisters of Mercy . Their parent house is the convent McFarland built for the Sisters while Mother Pauline Xavier Maher was Superior. Bishop Thomas Galberry seemed to resemble McFarland's saintly life. Sister encloses no enclosure a sketch of Galberry's life. Father Michael Tierney knew Bishop McFarland well and could tell Clarke much. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1884 December

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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