1899 Sep. 12
Colton, G. Woolworth:
New York, (New York)
to Librarian:
Notre Dame, Ind(iana)
Since donating a set of Swendenborg's Theological Writings, they have completed the translation of the series They will be glad to give these as before if so desired.
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1899 Sep. 12
(Myers), D(orrance):
Dubuque, Iowa
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
He is real sore at having to return to Notre Dame. He blames Edwards for it. He asks that Edwards have Father (James) Ready, (C.S.C.) fix his room in Sorin. It is not his fault he is returning and it may not last long.
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1899 Nov. 3
Rhodius, M(arie):
Indianapolis, Ind(iana)
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
G(eorge Rhodius) is home and treats her worse than ever. He never saw Prof. Sneider and does not want to see him. Whatever is to be done is a mystery to her. She is pleased to hear that Charles is doing well.
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1899 Nov. 3
Albrinck, Father J(ohn) C.:
Cin(cinnati, Ohio)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
After looking over his old vestments he finds that all will answer the purpose for some time. In order to get new ones he gives half worn vestments to poor country churches so there is nothing laid aside
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1899 Nov. 4
Guillaume, O.S.B., Father G(ermanus):
Shawnee, O(klahoma) T(erritory)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Having heard on many occasions of Edwards kindness to the poor and more particularly his generosity in donating to the Church, he appeals to him for aid to build a church in Shawnee for the poor Indians among whom he has labored for the past fifteen years. They have been holding Mass in the school-house but it is inconvenient now that the congregation is increasing.
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1899 Nov. 4
O'Byrne, J. J.:
Winstead, Conn(ecticut)
to Henry F. Brownson:
Detroit, Michigan
Brownson is to ship a set of Brownson's Works in cloth to Father Charles J. McElroy, Derby, Conn., by express if the charges do not exceed $1.50 or by freight if it will not take more than a week. The bill is to go to O'Byrne, who encloses 4 Internal Revenue stamps, which he did not send before because of his ignorance of the new law.
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1899 Nov. 6
Edes, Ella B.:
Rome, (Italy)
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Edes thanks Hudson for "Psychology of the Saints" which arrived by the last mail. She hopes the bundle of encyclicals will arrive safely at Notre Dame. Edes sends a portion of a letter from Clara Frith, now Sister Mary of St. Hildegarde, in the Dominican convent at Saratoga Springs. She has mistaken the sense of Edes' letter to Hudson. Edes cannot understand how the letter got into her hands. (Herbert) Cardinal Vaughan begged Edes to send the "Tablet" at least two articles monthly. She has done this and it has proven satisfactory. Edes cannot give the address or whereabouts of (Alice Worthington?) Winthrop. She must have left Rome where her object was to remove her aunt Mrs. ( ) Green from the clutches of the so-called Benedictine Dames of whom "Lady Abbess Pynsent", now on begging tour in America, is foundress and superioress. She has no sense of discretion in money matters and has squandered numerous sums. She was originally Abbess of Tynemouth, but she was forced to leave that monastery. One of the wealthy nuns, a Miss ( ) Watson attempted to run away. Is it true, as stated that Hudson no longer has editorial control of the Ave Maria? That would explain many of its recent vagaries which have caused it to fall greatly in the estimation of the powers that be in Rome.
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(1899) Nov. 6
Russell, S.J., Father M(atthew):
Dublin, (Ireland)
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Russell is sorry for his ungrateful oversight. In his preface he would have given full credit to the Ave Maria. Father (Patrick A.) Sheehan's "Triumph of Failure" will reach Hudson soon.
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1899 Nov. 6
Stoeckley, Dr. J(ohn) A.:
South Bend, Indiana
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Edwards' with the money order for $50 received this afternoon. He encloses a receipt.
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189(9) Nov. 8
S(toddard), C(harles) W(arren):
(Washington, District of Columbia)
to Father (Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Stoddard finds "The Two Randolphs" pathetically amusing. He has become so interested in his past that the memory of it haunts him. "Troubled Heart" is one of the most attractive volumes he ever saw. Stoddard is not very well.
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1899 Nov. 8
Glorieux, Bishop A(lphonse) J(oseph):
Boise, Idaho
to J(ames) F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana
He sends the bull for the erection of the vicariate apostolic of Idaho which is now extinct.
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1899 Nov. 9
Allen, Father Edward P.:
Mobile, Ala(bama)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
He has not forgotten his promise to send some episcopal momentoes of deceased bishops of Mobile and will soon do so. He does not care to duplicate any articles Edwards already has. The photograph he will send.
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1899 Nov. 9
Thomson, John:
Philadelphia, P(ennsylvani)a
to J(ames) F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana
He encloses a circular letter in relation to a projected list of Incunabula in the United States. He will be glad to have Edwards' assistance as far as his library is concerned. Miss Ahern has informed him that there are a considerable number of Fifteenth Century books in Edwards' collection. (Note: the circular is attached).
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1899 Nov. 10
F(oley), Charlie E.:
Washington, D. C.
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
For the past two days he has been in the city of cities. He hasn't seen one tenth part of Washington yet. Joe Corby who is there has shown him a great deal. Boyle is there at Georgetown. They had supper together.
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1899 Nov. 11
Fox, John:
Mil(waukee, Wisconsin)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Edwards was very kind to take so much trouble on his account and print his letter. Phil is going to Rush Medical College and Alexander is at the Medical College there. Fox is at St. John's Cathedral school in the fourth grade. Father Keogh has charge of the school. His mother is not feeling well.
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1899 Nov. 11
Monarch, Jr., M(artin) V.:
Owensboro, K(entuck)y
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
He often thinks of Notre Dame and of the pleasant times he had there. The visits to St. Mary's and the Cresent Club concerts were always a source of pleasure. He is secretary and treasurer of M. V. Monarch & Co., a firm doing a whiskey commission business. Lamar (Monarch) has charge of the Monarch firm in Cincinnati. Dan (Monarch) has charge of a wholesale liquor house in Owensboro owned by his father. Benita is coming to school at St. Mary's.
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1899 Nov. 13
Hogan, Father J(ohn B.):
Brighton, Mass(achusetts)
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
A distinguished graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, a convert is compelled to give up his position and would be glad to find one in the United States. He would admirably suit such a place at Notre Dame. Hogan is sending his last communication and the accompanying document for Hudson to submit. He fears Hudson will be disappointed with his little book.
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1899 Nov. 14
Gauvreau, Father E. B.:
Beardsley, (Minnesota)
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
He just arrived from Europe which explains his delay in answering Edwards' letter. He has no old vestments but if the occasion presents itself he will be happy to oblige. He has at hand 200 volumes by Canadian clergy and many photographs for the Canadian department (of Bishops' Memorial Hall). (P.S.) In addition he has many relics of bishops and episcopal autographs.
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1899 Nov. 16
Fraser, Mary Crawford:
Sant Agnello di Sorrento, Italy
to (Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Fraser sends lines for the Ave Maria. She desires no payment. Some of her work may be known to Hudson.
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1899 Nov. 17
Darling, H(arry) B. Editor "The Catholic American",:
LaPorte, Ind(iana)
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
He is working earnestly to provide himself with type to set his paper. He asks for a years subscription assuring Edwards that if publication of the paper is not continued the money will be refunded. The November issue is about ready for the press.
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1899 Nov. 17
Frieden, S.J., Father J(ohn) P.:
San Francisco, (California)
to (Henry F.) Brownson:
(Detroit, Michigan)
Father Frieden thanks Brownson for his pamphlet on "The Proof of Miracles, " which he will read with great pleasure. He inquires about the health of Brownson and his family.
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1899 Nov. 18
Milbury, Emma:
Chicago, (Illinois)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
She regrets that her recent visit to Notre Dame should have fallen upon a day when Edwards was absent. She has long wished for an opportunity to convey her thanks for the care of her portrait of Mrs. Seymour and to make some slight contribution to the school in recognition of it. Brother William has doubtless told Edwards the detail of her visit.
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1899 Nov. 18
O'Sullivan, Father T(imothy):
Chicago, Ill(inois)
to Father (Stanislaus) Fitte, C.S.C.:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
He asks what Fitte thinks of the enclosed - of the numerous zealous clergymen who are striving after Cheltenham which they think a soft snap and turn up their sacerdotal probosces at poor Ivondale.
1899 Nov. 17
Leydon, Father Thomas F.:
Apple River, Ill(inois)
to Father Timothy O'Sullivan:
(Chicago, Illinois)
During his interview with the Archbishop he was encouraged that there would be no objection for him to take charge of Cheltenham if O'Sullivan contemplated resigning charge of that mission. The Archbishop informed him that O'Sullivan had not yet given up that mission. He is going to preach the dedication sermon for Father O'Neill in his new church at Richmond one of the missions attached to McHenry.
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(18)99 Nov. 18
Sheehan, Father P(atrick) A.:
Doneraile, Ireland
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Sheehan is opening a new series in the "American Ecclesiastical Review" for January. He thinks much of our Catholic neglect of literature is traceable to want of literary training of taste in their colleges.
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1899 Nov. 19
Delone, Frank X.:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
Because of his studies he is pushed for time to devote to his correspondence. He is glad his brother Louis is progressing so nicely. Fehr is getting along very well in his course and finds the work more thorough than at Notre Dame. However few can surpass Prof. Barker in physics. They find that English is taught better at Notre Dame (University). Delone thinks Edwards is a little severe in his remarks concerning Catholic students in non-Catholic institutions. He has not found what Edwards says to be the case at the University of Pennsylvania. The Catholic students there are just as attentive to their religious duties as at Notre Dame. He has always found a fair representation of Catholics in whatever the subject may be, especially in his history. The Newman Club has 300 to 400 members and is an organization that the university is proud of as the provost has said on several occasions. Archbishop (Patrick J.) Ryan presides over their meetings at times. Pennsylvania is proud of her Catholic students.
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1899 Nov. 19
Tabler, Eliza A.:
New Albany, Ind(iana)
to Father D(aniel) E. Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Tabler would like to know where she could find something to enlighten her on why we believe in the Bible.
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1899 Nov. 20
Henry, W. E.:
Indianapolis, Indiana
to Librarian:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
He has been appointed a sub-committeeman for Indiana to collect information for the Handbook of American Libraries. He asks him to fill out the enclosed blank.
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1899 Nov. 20
Peyton, Father James J.:
Albany, N(ew) Y(ork)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
He is very thankful for the scapulars. What an amount of time the good Sisters must have spent on them. He has not forgotten the vestments.
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1899 Nov. 20
Richardson, Marion M(uir):
Richardson, Utah
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
The action of the Catholics in endorsing (Brigham Henry) Roberts and the Mormons tacitly will cost more than the Maine in the end. (William) McKinley has turned the postal service over to the Mormons. The U. S. is paying more than $100,000 yearly to polygamists.
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1899 Nov. 21
Kehoe, John:
Brooklyn, N(ew) Y(ork)
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
They have a Bible which his father bought as a rere book 35 years ago. He will be glad to have an offer from Edwards. (An enclosed note describes the Bible.)
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1899 Nov. 23
Doyle, W(illia)m T.:
Milwaukee, Wis(consin)
to (Henry F. Brownson):
(Detroit, Michigan)
Brownson will have read the letters of (John Henry Cardinal) Newman published in the late Contemporary Review and will see that he had not in 1873 abandoned his doctrine of development. Doyle calls his attention to Note 2 on page 496 of the "Grammar of Assent", and asks whether he has read George Tyrrell, S.J.'s "External Religion, Its Use and Abuse." The quotation from it in the Ave Maria seems to hit at the favorite devotion of Jesuits, the nine First Fridays, but page 38 indicates that Tyrrell thinks that the Church has progressed in its understanding the deposit of faith. Doyle will read the book again, as it is worthy of it. Tyrrell seems to make the sacraments efficacious only ex opere recipientis, not ex opere operato.
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1899 Nov. 23
Harson, M.J.:
Providence, R(hode) I(sland)
to (Henry F.) Brownson:
(Detroit, Michigan)
It is a great satisfaction to Harson that the matter he set out to accomplish over 13 years ago is near completion. S(amuel) J. Kitson of Boston has executed an admirable and most imposing bust of (Orestes A. Brownson), and the Municipal Art Commission of New York passed upon it favorably on the 22nd. The next step will be the selection of a site, and the unveiling ceremonies will probably take place in May or June, 1900. Whatever Brownson, having thought out the matter, may suggest in regard to the inscription on the granite pedestal will be most suitable. The Committee will invite him to come to New York as its guest for the ceremony. The eight or ten million Catholics in this country indeed are chicken-hearted; for Harson has been meeting representative lay and clerical men for some years, who scarcely without exception have been convinced that he never could secure favorable action or acceptance, feeling that the opposition raised to the matter on account of its Catholicity would be insurmountable. But Harson did not believe any opposition worthy of notice would be shown, though he was repeatedly urged to agree to turn the funds over to the Catholic University and avoid sure defeat. He always replied that if it was true that so influential a sentiment existed that could hinder a great number of citizens from giving proper honor to a distinguished citizen simply because he was a Catholic, then the matter of honoring the man sank into insignificance beside the question of routing and exposing this unknown and intangible opposition which Catholics feared. Harson was determined to meet the issue, if it had to be met, alone, and had not doubt that he would win. Of course, it did not exist. The Brownson model has been on exhibit at the New York Catholic Club and has been greatly admired. It has already done a great deal for the memory of Dr. Brownson, for nine out of ten who have seen it have asked who he was and why the monument, and have been enlightened.
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1899 Nov. 23
McQuaid, Bishop B(ernard) J(oseph):
Rochester, N(ew) Y(ork)
to Archbishop (Michael Augustine Corrigan:
New York, New York)
McQuaid could not go to Utica to see (Francis) Kernan, so he sent him (Corrigan)'s letter. There is a scheme to put all state supported institutions under a State organization, excluding parochial, private, and sectarian institutions. If carried out, it would be disastrous. Governor (Theodore Roosevelt) may be seeking to escape the plotting of (Charles Rufus) Skinner, who is the devil in the case. It is better that their examinations should not be apart from those of public schools. There is a deal of deviltry that does not appear on the surface. (Corrigan), Bishops (Charles) McDonnell and (Thomas M.) Burke are near the scene of action and will have to keep posted. All necessary expenses ought to be met by the bishops of the state.
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1899 Nov. 23
O'Donnell, Father J(ames) H.:
Watertown, C(onnecticu)t
to J(ames) F. Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
The picture of Bishop Tyler which Edwards loaned him is at the office for publishers in Philadelphia. He will send for it and return it at once.
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1899 Nov. 23
S(toddard), C(harles) W(arren):
(Washington, District of Columbia)
to (Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Stoddard is sending the last installment of El Dorado. Is Hudson reading Stevenson's letters. Stoddard didn't send to Colvins(?) a poem which Stevenson addressed to him.
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1899 Nov. 24
Gibbons, Arthur M. J.:
Dayton, O(hio)
to James F. (Edwards):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
As he is contemplating a trip north to visit Notre Dame and his lady friend near by, he thought he would drop Edward a note so that he might see him and have a chat at dear old Notre Dame. He is now stock keeper at the store, a very hard position to fill but he was always more inclined to work of that kind than to school books.
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1899 Nov. 26
Tiernan, Frances C(hristine):
Salisbury, N(orth) C(arolina)
to Father (Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.):
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
Tiernan asks for a final settlement with regard to "Weighed in the Balance". She has received $300. There is therefore due her $150. She wishes Hudson could see his way to taking hold of her story for publication. Catholicity does handicap any book in which it appears. If we had a Catholic reading and book-buying public! A Catholic writer wishing to make money must exclude religion from his or her books.
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1899 Nov. 28
Hayes, Harold V.:
Chicago, (Illinois)
to James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Ind(iana)
He mails a couple of photos which are better than the one he send Edwards. He asks to be remembered to Father Hudson.
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1899 Nov. 29
Ellwanger, Mrs. John:
Dubuque, Iowa
to (James F.) Edwards:
(Notre Dame, Indiana)
She has not forgotten her promise to send Edwards the doll dressed as a nun and will do so when she hears from him in regard to the size. She will send one dressed as a Presentation Sister if he has none of that order.
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(1899) Dec.)
Witts, Francesco L.:
Naples, Italy
to (James F. Edwards:
Notre Dame, Indiana)
He has the honour to send Edwards a number specimen of the "Riforma Sociale." It is not a speculation of the editors or public opinion: it is a bond between the most remarkable writers in Europe. Edwards' library has nearly none of the Italian reviews.
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