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He delayed this letter hoping Captain ( ) Robinson would give some account of the children. But since there is no answer to this letter he wishes the recipient to go to the Archbishop (John Baptist Purcell), of Cincinnati, Ohio) and find a friend who would hunt them out. This should be done secretly and as soon as possible. He asks a reply sent to Mrs. Hawley. One of the best lawyers in the United States says he can claim the children if they could be found. If they cannot be found it will save a great deal of time and expense. See Will Rowe and tell him all about it. Address Capt. J. Robinson, 120 Garquit Street, between Derbigmy and Roman, New Orleans, (Louisiana).

II-4-d A.L. unsigned 1p. 12mo. 1


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An envelope of newspaper clippings about Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley some from the Catholic Mirror, some from the Herald, others unidentified. The envelope is addressed to Richard H. Clarke from Warren C. Tredwell, and postmarked March 19, 1883.

II-2-n Clippings 3


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"He appeared to have lost himself, a vacant look came into his eyes, his eyes staring straight at the wall, looking vacantly at the whitewashed wall, a preoccupied look in his eye, he will deceive you into taking his part." (Probably in the handwriting of James F. Edwards. Found in the papers of John Gilmary Shea.

II-2-o Fragment 1p. 12mo. 2


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A fragment: "How the Real Presence is to be honored - 1st by Communion - frequent. 2nd by assisting at Mass. 3rd by visits to the B. Sacrament." (In the Monsignor Robert Seton papers).

II-1-a Fragment 1p. 32mo. 1


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A recipe for ointment (found in the Monsignor Robert Seton papers. On the back of the recipe is written) Sister M(ary?) de St. Germain le Guillaume.

II-1-a D. (French) 2pp. 8vo. 2


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John Gilmary Shea, LL.D., a memoir, with bibliography. (Gives details of Shea's life in addition to a bibliography of his published works.)

II-2-o Ditto Copy 5pp. folio 1


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Newspaper article with a portrait of John Gilmary Shea, giving details of his life and work whereby he has dispelled the idea that this was a Protestant country.

II-2-o Newspaper Clipping 1 column 1


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Details of the life of Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer of Green Bay.

I-1-f Manuscript 10pp. folio 1


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to Bishop (James roosevelt) Bayley Newark, (New Jersey)

The funeral of Madame Gebhard, nee Davis, will take place on April 2 in the Church of St. Andrea belle Fratte.

I-1-f Printed Notice (Italian) 2pp. 12mo. 2


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to (Orestes A. Brownson )

In England and Scotland anti-Catholic feelings mostly obtain amongst the "middle classes." It is amongst these that the hatred of Papacy is strongest. It is but to be expected that in American Protestant Society, generally, they should find that hatred of the Church that obtains amongst the middle classes of Great Britain in particular. Whilst he was attributed the outcry against the Irish in the U(nited) States to a "middle class" hatred of Popery rather that to the vices of the Irish, he has always endeavoured to distinguish that spirit which is patriotic. All that many of (Brownson's) sincere friends complain of is that he has been too wholesale in his denunciations and that he has "seemed" to justify the brutal acts of violence against the Irish Catholics.

I-3-d A.L.(Incomplete) 4pp. 8vo. 4


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to (Orestes A. Brownson )

It is difficult to handle the question of Masonry. Whenever an ignorant attack is made on the Masons, it gives them an advantage. (Brownson's attacks do not show the skill he recommends. The organization of the Masons is almost as perfect as that of the Church. Their real principles are known to a few. Such publications as that in the last Catholic World, without knowing or showing the difference between the rite used in Italy and that known in this country, only excite the anger of ordinary Masons who fail to see that their Masonry is the same as that exposed. The Masons might be attacked from their own books. It might be shown that Masonry is dangerous to the state and contrary to sound morality.

I-3-d A.L.(Incomplete) 4pp. 12mo. 3


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to Orestes A. Brownson (Chelsea, Massachusetts)

The letter of July 8 was received. the money arrived at the opportune moment. The writer can not sit long, due to inflammation of bowels and kidneys. Even though the doctor says the writer is improving, nevertheless, no heart or hope. Thanks are not given to God for His many mercies. July the 3rd was the day the writer became bedfast but he was ill before then. It is good news to hear Brownson has recovered. In order to be restored to health the writer must bathe in the sea but he thinks he will not do it.

I-3-d A.L.Unsigned 2pp. 8vo. 1


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to (Father Daniel E.) Hudson, (C.S.C.) (Notre Dame, Indiana)

From the tenor of Hudson's letter, the writer supposes these few paragraphs will be agreeable to Hudson and give him an epoc from which to start. Orval's can be found in July, 1848 Blackwood's Magazine, also in May, 1851, that of Herman relative to the fall of the present emperor of Germany. The others will be copies for Hudson if he desires. The writer will give scraps commencing about 1848 and ending with the great monarch or reestablishment of peace and religion. (There follow) Passages from Vatigrew's prophecy believed to be from St.(?) Cesarie (in Latin) and Passages from that of the Nun of Belley (in French).

X-4-j D. Latin, French, English) 2pp. 4to. 4


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to (Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C.) (Notre Dame, Indiana)

A photostat of a picture of Bishop Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, O.F.M., first bishop of California.

X-4-j Photostat 2pp. 32mo. 2


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to (Father Daniel D. Hudson, C.S.C.) (Notre Dame, Indiana)

Two snapshots of Hudson with two small children and 18 copies of a picture of a small child. Photos are in a bag from Schillings, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, with Father Cavanaugh's name.

X-4-j 20 Photos 32mo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

Page 3 (of a manuscript apparently written for publication. Preceding and succeeding pages missing.) The writer will end his preface and come to the subject. The phrase "contending for mastery" is alien and should not be applicable to the acts of the American people, but there are items in its history that had better be written now, since they may avert general ruin. The Constitution was drawn up by organized parties, "sovereign" states, and after being amended to the satisfaction of all, was adoped by all. Thus a general government was placed over the existing communities by their own consent, and also over all territories to be acquired.

I-2-h L(incomplete) 1p. 8vo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

Page,. 2. (Page 1 is missing) All the members of the New Order are secessionists, having seceded from the Congregational society presided over by a cowardly abolitionist of John Brown persuasion named Walker, whom they loathe but who sticks to them and to his one thousand dollars a year. The Freeman has many readers in (the writer's) town. He was persuaded to read it by a friend, and has found it truly Jeffersonian in its democracy.

I-2-h L.(incomplete) 1p. 8vo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

When novelists write trash and obscenity instead of high ideas of men, when newspapers do not give lessons in patriotism and good goernment, when wealth is the chief good and worldly success the chief criterion of merit, the writer asks that they trample the patent lies and by a pure and blameless life be worthy soldiers of a truly worthy cause. Catholics in heart and action. Opportunities are not wanting; the man who does not avail himself of them will be called to a fearful account therefor. There is a Sunday school connected with every church, a place for him there....

I-2-h (incomplete) 1p. 12mo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

(The speech, or a portion of it) was a very shallow and ridiculous glorification of the seventeenth century. It is to be supposed that the speaker meant the fifteenth or sixteenth; and it appears she did not see very clearly, for in her studies she must have come across the names of Copernicus, Galileo, Gregory XIII, as well as many others who, in the centuries before Lord Bacon, surely had something practical about their knowledge, and knew something about utility and progress. Most of the Ladies are deficient in logic. They did well in description, satire, and invective, and the speeches on the reward-system in education and the theory of government were good. The writer could not follow the German discourse. The remaining (discourses) showed a general lack of exact definition and of close, deep reasoning, and there was not a satisfactory display of historical knowledge.

I-2-h L(incomplete) 1p. 12mo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

Page 8. (Previous pages missing.) Fourth: if an Irishman is vanquished by an Englishman, the latter may take possession of the former's wealth and prevent any testamentary disposition. A law which makes slaves of free men and deprives the church of its rights is unjust. Fifth: The same tribunal as made the ruling met at Kil-Kenny, and with the connivance of some English Bishops under the leadership of the Bishop of Ardmagh -- who is esteemed little after his conduct and less for his learning -- ruled also that all religious communities in that part of Ireland which is dominated by the English are to refuse admittance to any but a native of England under pain of disobedience of the King's orders. This regulation was hardly needed, since all houses of English monks have observed the spirit of it faithfully. Their action is especially shameful, since such houses as the Benedictines and Canons where the Irish are refused admittance, were originally intended by their founders as asylums for the natives. Vice was to be eradicated and virtue sown; but the reformers have done just the opposite, sowing vice and depriving the Irish of virtue. (The writer has quoted this page. He now adds that on page 260 Petrus Lombardus quotes the Pope's reply to this letter.

I-2-h L(incomplete) 1p. 4to. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

Page 3. (Pages 1 and 2 are missing). By its every act, measure and policy the present Cabinet proves itself incapable, vacillating, and weak. Never before in the history of the Republic have a group of men occupied such important positions without having at least one able intellect among them. It is doubtful if another Cabinet so entirely deficient in ability could be formed. This assertion may seem unwarrantable because Secretary Seward, the founder of the party, has always appeared to be a man of considerable ability, but his influence is waning -- perhaps because of the liberal views he entertains regarding the conduct of the war -- and his connection with the Cabinet does little to elevate its reputation. He has achieved some fame as a letterwriter, and has vainly brought his letters before the public. Some incorrigible copperheads insist that Seward's policies of "arbitrary arrest" and the "passport system" impair the efficiency of the Constitution and create dangerous precedents which may in time overthrow it, subverting the liberties of the people, so that in these matters Seward does more harm than he does good by his letterwriting. What is most remarkable about the Cabinet, however, is that it is such an exact reflex of the party, willing to bow to every whim and humor of "public opinion", though it is not "public opinion" but only "party" opinion, however nasty, unreasonable and unjust, to which the Administration bows. It has always been customary for statesmen who ruled the nation to rely somewhat on their own judgement in pursuing lines of policy, since their position gave them success to fuller and more correct information than the public; but the present statesmen bow immediately to the first bursts of clamor from their supporters.....

I-2-h A.L.(incomplete) 2pp. 8vo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

....A committee of men from this city, of which the writer was a member, forwarded to McMaster a list of names to be added to McMaster's list. Now one of the men named on that list desires to bring his total contribution to $5.00, so he is sending McMaster $4.00, to be added to the $1.00 he gave him previously. The rest of the $12.25 enclosed with this letter was contributed by (twenty-two persons, whom the writer names). He reminds McMaster that when he undertook the defense of a committee of young men against the Catholic Telegraph of Cincinnati, he promised to refund the money of those who would demand it back. In this regard he still owes the writer and his group $1.50, which they could refund themselves; but they feel they would not be doing justice to his promises if they did not receive the money directly from him.

I-2-h A.L.(incomplete) 2pp. 12mo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

A Catholic family band of the St. Michael's Association of the Holy Rosary sends $5.40 (for the Indian missions) one year in advance. The prayers will be said.

I-2-h L(incomplete) 1p. 12mo. 1


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to (James Alphonsus McMaster) (New York, New York)

The writer praises McMaster's review on Mr. McGlynn, who has proved himself a Thersites -- unworthy of his title and position.

I-2-h L(incomplete) 1p. 12mo. 1


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to James A(lphonsus) McMaster New York, New York

The writer is pleased with McMaster's strictures regarding Church theatricals, and thinks it well that McMaster is competent and independent enough to demand reform. That the subject will be brought up at the ecumenical Council is welcome news, for when the Church controls the music accompanying the religious services it will be fitting and harmonious instead of discordant as it is now. The Church arranges and guards its ceremonies with care, and the musical accompaniment should be fitting also. It is today as badly in need of reform as it was in the days of Palestrina. The writer is a priest of 25 years experience in American missions, and knows how much irreverence can be occasioned by choirs in the country as well as the city. The misfortune is that the priests can do nothing about it, but must await that dominant element, the choir, which distracts, bores, and outrages. A musical expert cannot teach that Church music must be devotional and unworldly to fit the ritual it accompanies. One of the most remarkable men of the time became a convert to the Church because he had attended services in a country church where the music, which was truly Catholic, moved him profoundly. On the other hand, two visiting priests found the music in a New York church so profane and irreverent that they could hardly control their feelings enough to adore.....

I-2-h A.L.(incomplete) 5pp. 12mo. 1


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A newspaper clipping describing the Church of St. John the Evangelist. Father J(ames) J. Flood, pastor, will open a fair at which he expects to raise a good sum.

I-1-g Clipping 1p. folio 2


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Monsignor Marquis will permit the relic of St. Ann to remain at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste until tomorrow.

I-1-k Newspaper clipping 1 column 1


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Article on the progress of the Missionary Sisters of St. Francis, Peekskill, New York.

I-1-e Newspaper clipping 1 column 16mo. 1