Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 2 December 1915

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Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 2 December 1915

1 Mendota Minn Dec 2nd, 1915 Dear Sir: With the report of last Easter collection, I am enclosâ€”
ing the little envelope for the Fall collection which ought to come
in next Sunday. This Fall collection serves to meet two of the
largest Parish outlays, the Seminary assessment and the Fuel, both
of which used to be, and are yet in many places two distinct collâ€”
ections, sometimes kept up for several Sundays. What an awful
punishment it would be of my desire to spare people that unpleasant
music, if one were to confine himself for this one Fall collectâ€”
ion to only such an offering as he felt bound to make for each
of these old style levies. This is a good occasion for a worthy
thanksoffering to the Lord for the bounties of this year. Sincerely, Martin Mahoney. 2 Easter 1915 Collection $5.00 James Scott 3.00 D. Tousignant. 2.00 J.J Beaudette, Arhtur Bernier, Ed Dupuis, Jos Fee, Mrs Pat
Fee, James McCarthy & Family, Wm Perron. 1.50 Nick Welch, J & Mrs Shields. 1.00 Alex , Fred , M. Barry, L. P. caudet, einier,
Frank Bouthilet, Fred. Bouthilet, Mrs Anne Burns, Chas Burns
Geo Burns, Hugh Burns, James Burns, M. Burns, Wm Callahan
Alex Chandelain. Desire Chaudelain, Louis Chaudelain,
D. Coffee, Thos. Connolly, Jno Cunningham, N. Cunningham,
Jas Fee, Wm Fee, Mrs T. Fisher L. Gosselin, M. Haggerty,
Jno Kearns, . Kester, Jos, Labbey, Thos Labbey, J.H. Liebel
Eug Lemay, J. Lemay, J. . Lemay, J.J. Lemay, Rbr Levendre,
J. . Levendre, F. McCarthy, M. O'Connor, W.W. O'Neill, Adolard
Perron, Perron, Jos Quigley,
N. Ried, H. Shields, Lillian Shields, M/ Shields, Jas Slator
Chas Small, Small, Mrs L. St Chas Sodersrom,
Felix , Matt Walsh, T. Walsh, Gus Weber, L. Weber,
Mrs Weber. .75 T.F. Eagan, Mrs Fred Leclure .50 Matt D , James Burns, Julia , E. Clemens,
Felix Deslandier, M. Downin, Ed Dunns Jr., Stet Dunuis
F. Fournier, Louis Fisher, P. Hurley, Mrs F Kaufhold,
M. Leuer, Emmanuel Letencre, K. Lonendre, Mrs. Miller,
P. Mooney, O'Neill, Xy Perron, Omar Perron, R. Reid,
,Mrs Thos Ryan, (R.I.P.), Shields, J.J. Slater,
Thomas Slater, V. Tousinant, Vainencourt, Emily Weber,
Mary Weber, J. Williams P. Williams. .25 Jos. , Paul , Francis Dean, Carroll Callahan,
Hugh Callahan, Omar Desleurier, Joe Fec , . Leahey,
Chas , Jno Slater. Plate $4.02 Total $120.27

Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman. The letter refers to debt collection to meet parish outlays.Mahoney, a parish priest in Minnesota, edited the Catholic weekly 'Manifestos'. John Sweetman (1844-1936) was a member of Sinn Féin and patron to Arthur Griffith. Sweetman was a founding member of the Sinn Féin party in 1904, its first vice-president (1906–7), and second president (1908–10). Sweetman's clericalist Catholicism and his political and social conservatism led him to denounce any form of ‘class politics’, for him nationalism would make Ireland prosperous, by cultivating ‘national feeling’. This line of thought left him open to criticism from the more left-wing and republican members of the Sinn Féin movement.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1309.html)