Onahan, William J.: Chicago, Illinois to Archbishops and Bishops, 1889 September 6

The committee on organization of the Catholic Congress to be held in Baltimore Nov. 11 and 12 has been instructed to communicate with the bishop of the country in regard to attendance of the laity at the Congress. In order to be certain that leading Catholics will be notified, it is requested that their names and addresses be transmitted by the respective dioceses to the undersigned, or to any member of the committee. Also, reduced railway fares will be granted. Onahan signs the names of himself,H(enry) J. Spaunhorst, St. Louis;Dan(iel) H. Rudd, Cincinnati;John D. Keiley, Jr. Brooklyn;John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey;Henry Brownson, Detroit, Mich.;Peter L. Foy, St. Louis, Missouri;M. J. Harson, Providence, R. I., for the committee.