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Letter to Wood, from Daniel O’Connor. Father O’Connor’s objection to Father Walsh having established a new parish and collecting money from the people, etc., without his knowledge. There is also a request for the redistribution of families for the…

Letter to Wood, from Martin P. Walsh, there is mentioned the following: the first masses celebrated at Lost Creek; the number of people attending the Masses; the number of confessions heard (in Gaelic and in English); and the first steps toward the…

Letter to Wood, from H. O’Reilly of Annunciation Church, Shenandoah, arguments against the establishment of Lost Creek Parish

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel O’Connor, about a Father Walsh, who states he is pastor of a new parish in Lost Creek, This is also a letter of protest on the split of the parish in Shenandoah.

To Bishop Wood, from Father Charles A. McFadden, reporting to Wood about money problems, the people, and the dishonesty of Father McEvoy

To Bishop Wood, from Nick Mauron, C.SS.R. St. Boniface Church – debt of $175,000.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel O’Connor, Girardville, account of pew collections.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel O’Connor, Girardville, financial matters of St. Mary’s Church, Mahanoy City.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from John Miller, Tamaqua, financial matters.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Anthony Brenken and John Miller, Tamaqua, request for Wood to assist them in paying their debts

Letter to Bishop Wood, from P. Joseph Wissel, C.SS.R., St. Theresa, a letter of introduction for Elizabeth Dickey, whose husband cannot be found. She is pregnant by another man.

Questions concerning the state of the Diocesan Church in Philadelphia; St. Joseph’s church in Tamaqua; Holy Family Church in Shenandoah; Spiritual and Temporal matters

Letter to Edward Brady, Sr., from Archbishop Wood, reply to Mr. Brady’s letter of November 18, about his son’s conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism assuring him his son is not obligated to believe his father is doomed to perdition.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel Kennedy, report that he has seen Father Barry being overly friendly with another woman of the parish, Mrs. Passmore

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel Kennedy accusing Father Barry of Being “too familiar” with Mrs. Donahue

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Thomas Barry, Church of the Visitation, defending himself against the accusations of Father Kennedy.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Daniel Kennedy, accusing Father Barry of being intimate with a woman who lived in his parish, Mrs. Donahue

Letter to Reverend D.A. Kennedy, from Mrs. Donohue, letter begging mercy for her actions, admitting she has done wrong.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Richard Kinahan, et al., report to Archbishop Wood from the investigative committee concerning Father Barry. This item is the testimony of Mary Donohue.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Richard Kinahan, et al., report to Archbishop Wood, from the investigative committee concerning Father Barry. This item is the testimony of Father Kennedy.

To Monsignor l’Abbe Nicolaus Mauron, Gen., C.SS.R., on financial trouble at St. Boniface Church.

Hand-painted photograph portrait of Francis A. Drexel. Oval shape. Note on back reads "Presented by Walter G. [i.e., George] Smith". Title taken from verso.

Photograph of sanctuary and altar of Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, with catafalque (possibly of Archbishop Wood). Photographer's signature appears on verso.