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- 1848-1856 (Creation)
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20pp
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Kerby A. Miller, Bruce D. Boling, and David Doyle created the transcriptions of the Catholic Missionary Priests' Letters to All Hallows College, Drumcondra in August 1990 from a microfilm in the Archives of the University of Notre Dame [All Hallows College Letters, Diocese of Vincennes, VIN. 16a].
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Abstracts of letters sent by Catholic missionaries, mainly serving in the United States, to their alma mater All Hallows College in Drumcondra, Dublin, and excerpts from the college's annual report pertaining to emigration and souperism. All Hallows College was a prominent Roman Catholic missionary seminary operating from 1842 to 2016. Founded by Father John Hand to train Irish priests for global missions, the college sent over 1,500 missionaries to English-speaking countries. In 1892, administration shifted to the Vincentian Order.
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The complete set of transcripts and abstracts from these papers is located in P155/49/2.