Letter from Philip Berrigan to Daniel Berrigan, August 1968 (?)

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Collection: Cornell University Library Date: 1968-08 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:
Another letter of Philip Berrigan from prison to his brother, Daniel.

Transcription:

                     Sun. morning

Dear Dan - 
	Still a little punchy after 
breakfast, but will try to get down 
a few coherent thoughts for you.
	Yesterday, the gang showed up in 
force - O’Connor, Pappas, Whitman, the 
Walshes, many Lewises, Pat Rusk from 
the Catholic Worker, etc. Had a solid 
two hr. “go-at-it” with all of them, 
and it seemed to charge up every one. 
Dave Eberhardt also appeared - I 
was happy to see him cheerful and 
pretty much with it, having gotten 
reports that he was finding these 
months quite difficult. He says that 
he knows nothing of the appeal, and 
whether it is being pursued at all.
	Fred seems to avoid us quite 
totally. (I may have to take that 
back, since there is today and 
however long we have here). But 
there has been no word, and I sus-
pect that seeing the show in other 
hands has quite undone him. 
Buchman should be around today, 
and we’ll see if it’s possible to 
slip him gracefully or ungracefully,