Copy letter from Fr. Colman Griffin to Fr. Stephen Murtagh

Copy cable message from Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. Provincial Minister, to Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. He informs Fr. Stephen that the ‘Government refuses [to] send money [to] America’. This likely refers to strict currency controls imposed by the Irish government during World War II (referred to in Ireland as ‘The Emergency’).

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Date
12 Sept. 1940
Reference
14
Extent and medium
1 p.; manuscript
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Copy cable message from Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. Provincial Minister, to Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. He informs Fr. Stephen that the ‘Government refuses [to] send money [to] America’. This likely refers to strict currency controls imposed by the Irish government during World War II (referred to in Ireland as ‘The Emergency’).
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Correspondence of Fr. Stephen Murtagh

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  • Stephen, 1541, Golden Gate Avenue
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FRANCISCAN CAPUCHIN FRIARY, CHURCH STREET, DUBLIN. PHONE 21452 Stephen, 1541, Golden Gate Avenue Losangeles californica I own new refuses send money America awaiting your letter to make appointments Wilmington Bohman Copy of cable sent to Fr. Stephen Sept. 12th 1940.