Jeremiah McAuley (1839 in County Kerry, Ireland – September 18, 1884), along with his wife, Maria (née Fahy) McAuley, founded the Water Street Mission in Lower Manhattan. A self-described "rogue and street thief" who spent seven years in Sing Sing prison during the 1860s, McAuley's mission became America's first rescue mission and is now known as the New York City Rescue Mission.
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