Letters from Fr Michael J Watson SJ to irish Fr Provincial
- IE IJA MSSN/AUST/246
- File
- 10 April 1873; 4 June 1881; 5 September 1884-4 January 1886; 21 May 1901
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Michael J Watson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter describing the voyage to Australia. Remarks 'I wish you could have seen Fr Nulty, S.J. at the end of our voyage. He allowed his beard to grow, as indeed did Father Hughes and myself but Father Nulty's grew to a surprising degree and presented a bushy and fierce appearance. How imposing he looked as he walked about the deck...' (10 April 1873, 4pp). Includes letters written as a Consultor for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew. Includes a letter remarking that Fr Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) wishes to transfer the Novitiate to Kew (4 January 1886, 4pp).
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest