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.  Member of the Third Order of St. Francis. Authored a book on the life of Pius XII.
 
SIG - Signature, accomplished in fountain pen ink on his heraldic-crested notepaper.  This autograph is a 10 on a scale of 10.  Accompanied by a small color reprint image as well as an original pamphlet documenting the 1963 eulogy by Cardinal Cushing.
 
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".