MMA.SGM James Alphonsus McMaster Papers Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2005
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English 2007-01-19 MMA.SGM converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030122). MMA James Alphonsus McMaster Papers 1844-1886. McMaster, James Alphonsus, 1820-1886. 3.5 linear feet. University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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James Alphonsus McMaster Papers (MMA), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

 Scope and Content

Correspondence with bishops, priests, prominent Catholics, and relatives, especially his son John; and drafts of a series of articles on prophecies.

Calendared

ms 67-528

 Background

Convert to Catholicism; owner and editor of the New York Freeman's Journal and Catholic Register beginning in 1846; opponent of Protestantism and the policies of Abraham Lincoln. The journal was banned from the mails by the Postmaster General (August 1861 - April 1862) and McMaster was briefly imprisoned.

 McMaster, James Alphonsus, 1820-1886. Freeman's journal. McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932. Press, Catholic -- History. Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Correspondence. Prophecies -- History -- 19th century Letters. CMMAJames Alphonsus McMaster: Manuscripts