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- 1967 December (date approximate) (Creation)
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2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
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Biographical history
Philip Berrigan was a social activist and writer whose acts of civil disobedience during the Vietnam War made him a household name in the peace movement. Younger brother of Daniel Berrigan, he became a priest like his brother, but with the Josephites instead of the Jesuits. He would later marry and would be excommunicated. Throughout his life, he continued to protest nuclear proliferation in the United States and was often imprisoned for his actions.
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First lines: "Apologies for not having kept you better informed. Since getting out of jail, there has been much"... Contents index: mentions members of his group, not including Philip, who will be handcuffing themselves together to block entry into draft room at the Customs House / trial in February - charges by federal government of conspiracy to destruction of government property with up to 23 years in jail / Daniel's work at Cornell.
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- English