"The only merit which I can at all lay claim to is that while with you I had a sincere desire to see you and your families advance in virtue, and that, from day to day, as the occasion arose, I was willing to labor with you, in my own poor way, for the advancement of your congregation in religion, in knowledge, and in the doing of works of charity."
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Francis Patrick McFarland
Francis Patrick McFarland (April 16, 1819 – October 1874) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Hartford.
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