21 - Letter from James F. Judge

21

Letter from James F. Judge

2 pp; manuscript

Letter from James J. Judge, secretary of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The letter is addressed to an Irish Capuchin friar. Judge explains that plans for the priest’s upcoming missionary visit to the diocese have been delayed due to competing local financial drives. He specifically details a fundraiser by the Right Reverend Bishop for the new St. Thomas of Aquinas College, alongside fundraising efforts by Rev. P. J. McManus for a ‘Father Mathew Chair Endowment’. Despite these setbacks and a lack of local media support from Philadelphia publications, Judge expresses hope for a future series of temperance meetings and wishes the recipient success on his travels to Boston and Brooklyn.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition