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Address of John O'Neill's to the Irish American.

A sketch of the Belle-Air estate, the home of John Rudolph, as it appeared in 1842

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.

History and membership information for the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute.

Letter to Archbishop Martin J. Spalding, from Bishop James F. Wood, the Fort Delaware Prisoners – Basil Duke’s stay at the prison; clergy passes

Letter to Archbishop Ryan, from Aloysius Misteli, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Churchville, PA, assignment to St. Clair, Pennsylvania.

Letter to Archbishop Ryan, from Reverend H.J. McManus, McManus requests a change from Lost Creek parish; describes the winter conditions in general.

Letter to Archbishop Spalding of Baltimore, from Patrick F. Delaney (Tamaqua), Daughter’s problem married to priest’s brother; mentions Bishop Kenrick

Letter to Archbishop Wood from J.F. Shanahan about the Molly Maguires.

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

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Citizens of Towanda, PA, church in Towanda, PA, and Father Toner.

To Archbishop Wood, from D. Wagoner, Port Carbon, debt of $1,600.00 owed to Wagoner by the Church in Port Carbon (St. Stephen) – request that Archbishop Wood pay it.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from D.I. McDermott, financial status – St. Patrick’s, Pottsville; more accusations.

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

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 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.

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

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

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Father Daniel Magorien. Informing Wood that he is not in the best of health and sometimes has people in the room with him in order to help him while he says Mass

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Hugh McKenney (Barclay), Molly Maguires and Towanda, PA

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

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Mr. P. Brady, Wolcott’s Case, Towanda

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Mr. P. Brady, Sale of property in Towanda,

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from P. Brady, (Easton, Pennsylvania), signature for deed for Mr. Phelps, Towanda.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from P. Brady, land of Duchess of Leeds; convent; timber lands in Lycoming County

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from P. Brady, land problems and timber stealing; Duchess of Leeds property

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from P. Brady, land for convent in Towanda.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from P. Brady, Land Sale and mortgage transaction.

Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Reverend Maurus Graetzer, Easton, Pennsylvania, case with Anthony Brekman and St. Joseph’s Church, Tamaqua.

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.

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 Stephen S. Remak, attorney, case of Commonwealth v. Blasius Pistorius.

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

Letter to Basil Duke from Bishop Wood, during Duke's imprisonment in a Union POW camp. Letter references a coat and book on Catholic missions given to Duke by Wood.

Letter to Basil Duke from Bishop Wood, discusses the Mission book given to Duke and his hopes for being exchanged.

Letter to Bishop Wood from Father Moriarty about his resignation of faculties of the Diocese of Philadelphia

Letter to Bishop Wood from Sara Churchman, account of her conversion to Catholicism principally due to doctrine of infallibility

Letter to Bishop Wood, from Father Charles A. McFadden (St. Canicus), the acquisition of property sold by Father McEvoy to a Protestant near church owned-lots.

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

Letter to Bishop Wood, from Father Charles A. McFadden. Difficulties McFadden is encountering building a new Church in Mahanoy City, a report of McEvoy and Julia Purcell, who lives in his rectory in Coarteville.

Letter to Bishop Wood, from McDermott, McDermott is “superceded” as pastor of Centralia.

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

Letter to Bishop Wood, from P. Brady, accounts of the case received by Brady.

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.

Letter to Bishop Wood, from P.W. Sheafer, Pottsville, mix-up in deeds and lots for a Church in Gilberton.

Letter to Bishop Wood, from Reverend Julius Kuenzer, request for his brother, Reverend Rudolph Kuenzer to come to Philadelphia

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 F. Walsh, from Father H. Lane, (St. Teresa’s). McEvoy Case, Father Lane advised him to drop all lawsuits against his calumniators in Mahanoy City.

Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, the suspension of his faculties, if he delivered the speech at the Academy of Music