Box 1

Scope and Contents Contains letters from Rev. Frederick William Faber (1841-1845); Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ (1850); his father Francis Welch (1859); his brother-in-law Howard P. Arnold on Francis Welch's estate (1895); and Maria C. (Carroll) Hooper on the death of her brother (Daniel Carroll) in the Civil War (1898). Also includes letters from his brother Charles A. Welch and Charles E. Hatfield and on Welch genealogy (1898) as well as Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1901). Of note is correspondence from Charles...

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University and College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts).

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Woodstock College.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while Woodstock College and Georgetown University.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University.

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Personal journal of Fr. Welch that describes daily activities; letters written and recieved; visitors and travels; and weather conditions while at Georgetown University.

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Letters from friends and colleagues, including Fr. Patrick Healy and Abp. James Gibbons, on the celebration of his Golden Jubilee. Also contains two pieces from the Georgetown College Journal for the occasion and a small cloth banner with a painted inscription: "1851 A. M. D. G. 1901."

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Wills of Francis Welch (1866) and Fr. Edward Welch (1873, 1879, 1896, 1901).

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Two carte de visite photographs of Fr. Welch, likely taken while stationed in Boston between 1863 and 1886.

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Letter of approval signed by Cardinal Alessandro Barnabò, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propaganda of the Faith, granting Fr. Welch particular resources while on mission as a priest of the Diocese of Boston (1850). Also two further documents giving Fr. Welch the authority to hear the confessions and absolve sins of Carmelite nuns (1863, 1896).