Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/1/2/17
Title
Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan
Date(s)
- 10 Dec. 1918 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
2 pp; manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(31 March 1873-11 February 1937)
Repository
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., Bend, Oregon, referring to the influenza pandemic. Father Luke reports ‘through some secular source the news that Fr. Chrysostom Sutton had died (from influenza) in November. He reveals that he personally had a ‘touch’ of the flu at the beginning of October but ‘did not know it at the time’, only remaining in bed for a few days. He expresses gratitude that he and his companions ‘all escaped the flu so far’. He writes ‘I suppose now that the war over on the sea I peace it will be an easy matter to send him some help right after Xmas’.