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FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN

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FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1889-1967). Created cardinal (1946); archbishop of NY; named apostolic vicar to US armed forces during World War II. Collection of three assorted autographs referencing Michaelangelo’s The Pietá that was brought from the Vatican to the US in 1964. TLS, 1p, 4to, New York, Jan 7, 1966, to Rev. Greenway. In part, “...I have just returned from Vietnam...I deeply appreciate your generous words about me. I am, of course, pleased to return the photograph of the return of the Pieta with the inscription you suggested...” Plus two b/w 10”x8” images, being an SP of Spellman aboard the barge Challenger in the Hudson River which brought The Pieta up the Hudson to NY, Apr 14, 1964, evidencing a severe vertical crease near right border well away from Spellman’s image and signature; and an ISP of The Pieta as it is being prepared for the return to Italy. Both boldly signed and annotated by the Cardinal. Except as noted, VG.</span></p>