Letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers

Letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, stating that banks in Ireland are unwilling to provide loans at ‘reasonable rates of interest’ for work being conducted outside of the country. Because of these banking restrictions, the leadership in Ireland authorizes Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., the Superior of their American missions, to raise a loan in the United States.

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Level of description: Item
Date: 7 Oct. 1913
Reference: 37
Extent and medium: 2 pp; manuscript
Scope and content: Letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, stating that banks in Ireland are unwilling to provide loans at ‘reasonable rates of interest’ for work being conducted outside of the country. Because of these banking restrictions, the leadership in Ireland authorizes Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., the Superior of their American missions, to raise a loan in the United States.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Correspondence of Fr. Luke Sheehan

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Mountain(1)
Banks(1)

Places

Rochestown(3)

Sample passages

Given at our Mountain
As the Banks in Island
ROCHESTOWN, CO. CORK.

Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)

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CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN MONASTERY, ROCHESTOWN, CO. CORK. As the Banks in Island are not prepared to advance money at a reasonable rate of willest for work outside Island, we hereby authorise Very Rev. Jr. Luke Suehan CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN MONASTERY, ROCHESTOWN, CO. CORK. two Superiors of our American Missions to raise a loan in America not exceeding $20000. Given at our Mountain of Rochestown at a meeting of the Provincial Segretary M. Aloysius office Oct. 7. 1913 Min Prov.