Guide to the Archbishop John B. Purcell Records

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Guide to the Archbishop John B. Purcell Records

1818-1883

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This record group is composed mainly correspondence sent to Archbishop Purcell by parish priests, religious, and lay persons. There is some correspondence sent to Archbishop Purcell from other bishops and from the Roman Curia. There are about ten linear feet of legal records dealing with the financial failure. A small number of letters and writings written by Archbishop Purcell are also included. During the administration of Archbishop William H. Elder (1883-1903), it was decided that the newly established archives at Notre Dame University would insure the preservation, organization, and availability of the records. Consequently, most of the records relating to Archbishop Purcell were sent there. However, correspondence of a local nature remained in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archives.

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Reilly, Marianne, 1804-1897

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