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RECORD GROUP 7.1 Rev. James Fitton Papers Biography & Photograph
BOX FOLDER TITLE 1 1 Correspondence, Rev. Fitton to Margery O’Brien, 10 items, 1838-42
1 2 Correspondence, John and Edward O’Brien to their mother, Margery O’Brien, 12 items, 1838-42
1 3 Correspondence, 6 items, 1838-1840; 1874; 1875
1 4 Diploma of Eugene J. Reardon from the Church of Our Holy Redeemer signed by Rev. James Fitton, 1871
1 5 Address to Rev. Fitton on the 50th Anniversary of his Ordination, 27 Dec. 1877
1 6 Obituaries and description of funeral, 1881
1 7 Rev. L.P. McCarthy "Sketch of the Life and Missionary Labors of Rev. James Fitton" from Publication of the New England Catholic Historical Society No. 8, 1908
1 8 Biographical notes, typescripts, from the Golden Jubilee Souvenir, St. John’s Parish, 1896
1 9 "Father James Fitton: Missionary Catholic Priest In Early 19th Century New England," paper by Tom Kelleher, May, 1997
1 10 Biographical notes, handwritten, undated, author unknown
1 11 Newspaper clippings
1 12 Miscellaneous items
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BOOKSHELF
Fitton, James. Familiar discourses to the young : preceded by an address to parents / by a Catholic priest ; published with the approbation of His Eminence Cardinal Cullen. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1871.
Fitton, James, Catholic writers by the Rev. Joseph Curr; Revised and corrected for the youth of America Familiar instructions in the faith and morality of the Catholic Church : adapted to the use both of children and adults / Compiled from the works of the most approved. Boston: P. Donohoe, [n.d.].
Fitton., James: Familiar instructions in the faith and morality of the Catholic Church : adapted to the use both of children and adults / Compiled from the works of the most approved Catholic writers by the Rev. Joseph Curr; Revised and corrected for the youth of America. Boston: Thomas Noonan & Co., [ca. 1880]
See also: Handwritten eulogy of Rev. James Fitton, 19 January 1881 in the Bishop James A. Healy Papers
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