Richards, S.J., Father J. Havens President Georgetown College, Washington, D. C., to Maurice, F. Egan, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1889 January 31

He takes pleasure in informing Egan that at an extraordinary session of Faculty of the College, Egan has been unanimously chosen as one to receive the degree of Doctor of Laws. It is their desire to honor Egan thus on the occasion of their Centenary. They are moved to this step by his brilliant career in the field of letters and the lustre he has shed upon Georgetown since he set forth as a Master of Arts. Note: Found among James F. Edwards' papers. :: XI-1-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.