Cardinal-archbishop of Boston. Founder of the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle. Friend of the Kennedy family.  Performed the eulogy at the funeral of John F. Kennedy.  Author and highly-successful fundraiser.
 
SIG - Signature, accomplished in fountain pen ink on his heraldic-crested notepaper.  This autograph is a 10 on a scale of 10.  Sufficient room for matting.  Accompanied by a small color reprint image.
 
So successful were Cushing's fundraising activities that it was said he lived on "come on wealth avenue" (Commonwealth Avenue, Boston). No truer words were ever spoken. Remarkably down-to-earth, sometimes abrasive, the "real McCoy".