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Reference code
IE CA WA/1/8/8
Title
Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan
Date(s)
- 31 Mar. 1930 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; typescript
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(12 March 1875-23 October 1950)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Definitor General, to Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. Father Sylvester notes that the Father Provincial of the Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Province refused to reconsider his opposition to an Irish foundation in Baltimore. The Capuchin Father General has therefore advised that the Irish friars should withdraw from Baltimore as soon as ‘prudently’ possible. He emphasizes that the withdrawal should be handled with ‘charity’ to preserve good relations with their religious brethren, acting ‘as if nothing had happened’.