Typed letter from + Patrick A. Bray, Saint John. N.B., to Mgr. Patrick J. Walsh, V.G., Glasthule. He is searching for a Congregation of Brothers to take charge of a Home for mentally defective boys. 1 item

Letter from +Patrick Webster, O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of St. George’s. He is seeking priests and financial help. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item Jamaica

Letter from +William Patrick Whelan to +McQuaid seeking financial assistance for his work. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from + William Patrick Whelan to + McQuaid thanking him for his generous response to the appeal to build a modest cathedral. Mentions calvanistic opposition, especially as they are regarded as opponents to apartheid.

Letter from +Morris to +McQuaid providing contact details for Fr. James Holway. Also mentions Fr. Patrick Russell’s wish to be present at a relative’s wedding and hopes the Archbishop can release him. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from Fr Patrick Lennon to +McQuaid inviting him to his Episcopal ordination. Annotation that he is sorry.

Letter from Fr Patrick Lennon to +McQuaid enclosing a formal invitation even though he knows that +McQuaid cannot attend.

February 1946 Copy of note from +McQuaid to the Right Rev. Patrick O’Neill/ He thanks him for the invitation but will not be able to be present.

On 17 March 1452, the feast of St. Patrick, the combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated the Moors in the Battle of Alporchones, close to the city of Lorca. The church of St. Patrick of Lorca is called after St. Patrick to acknowledge the victory. The writer is asking + McQuaid for a relic of St. Patrick on the 500th anniversary of the battle.

Letter from +Cushing to +McQuaid stating Cardinal Dalton has invited him to give the sermon at the 1500 anniversary commemoration of the death of St. Patrick. He cannot accept as he has been given an assignment in the West Indies. He asks for prayers for the National Seminary which is to be built in Boston and also for the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle.