1 Father Burns was escorted to a carriage that waited in front of the old family house on Willard Avenue, and when he arrived at the church, his three little cousins robed in white met him at the entrance. They bore a crown of myrtle which was placed on Father Burns' head, and then they marched to the altar. The Michigan City Evening News, July 24. 1893.
2 Burns to Misses Reid. July 29, 1893. Prov. Arch.
3 Diary of Father Burns, ms. Prov. Arch.
5 Scholastic, LIII, (1919-20), 90.
8 Burns to Superintendent of Public Instruction, June 24, 1920. Presidents' Letters, UNDA.
9 Scholastic, LIV, (1920-21). 395.
10 Ibid., 109-110; 193; 201; 209.
11 The young sapling planted hy De Valera disappeared shortly. Some one of a different political persuasion was suspected as responsible for its disappearance.
12 Scholastic, LIII, (1919-20), 58; 71.