Dossier 1 - Temperance Mission Record Book

315 pp; 34 cm x 22 cm; Bound volume; Manuscript

Record book chronicling the work of the National Temperance Crusade undertaken by the Capuchin friars at the request of the Irish Catholic bishops. The volume contains brief accounts of the various missions and the numbers who took the pledge in the various dioceses. The volume is paginated, and the information is arranged alphabetically by diocese name. It appears that the volume was left unused as a large portion of the content is left blank. A two-page manuscript insert by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC refers to the origins of the temperance crusade and to the request from the Catholic bishops to the Irish Capuchins to formally begin their temperance missions in October 1905.

Over-sized storage; The volume is in poor condition. The spine cover is completely detached, and the text block is exposed. There is also some slight rubbing to the cover ends. Careful manual handling is required.