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Letter from Philip Berrigan to Daniel Berrigan, May(?) 1967
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Letter from Philip Berrigan to Daniel Berrigan, May(?) 1967
View larger version of imageDivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection: Cornell University Library
Date: 1967-05
Date of Digitization: 2004
Source: Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Original Dimensions: ?
Creator: Berrigan, Philip, 1923-2002
Description:
In the letter to his brother Dan, Philip Berrigan reports on his activities with the Peace Mission while living with the Josephite Fathers community in the Bronx and the latest news concerning both of them.

Transcription: 
        ST. PETER CLAVER CATHOLIC  CHURCH
        THE JOSEPHITE  FATHERS
                                                                                                        Thurs. evening
        FREMONT AT PENNSYLVANIA AVE., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21217 - NO 9-9159

Dear Dan - 
     Will have to get this out to you while 
it’s hot, - to supplement what I told 
you the other evening. It was a deadly 
serious and yet hilarious experience. 
Now it is my hope that the Peace 
Mission can continue with renewed 
vigor, in spite of my being out of town. 
With the caliber of person we have, and 
quite a number of them - I don’t see why 
not. They are now talking seriously about 
the Pentagon, with or without CNVA, 
hitting a local draft board and destroying 
records, etc. etc. Not only was a Community 
quiet the other day, but a Community’s ideas 
are now rampant. 
     The address is the Bronx - Josephite 
Fathers, 2850 Marion Ave. Bronx 
10458. The phone is (212) 226-6843. 
Bob Trabold will be in touch with you - 
he’s fine, and very much moved by your 
responsiveness. We had a long talk the other 
day - it was my view that he ought to