1873 July 1
(Cusack Frances Clare, Sister Mary:
Kenmare, Ireland
to James Alphonsus McMaster):
New York, New York
Sister M. Frances Clare has been advised to write to McMaster and explain to him the manner in which she was treated by an American publisher, Wm. Sadlier, and who defrauded the convent out of approximately 2,0001. through the sale of, "The Life of O'Connell". Sadlier cleverly yet legally tricked her out of this money and she asks McMaster if he would make an expose in his paper without mentioning any names. The worry and anxiety of this affair has caused her much ill health and almost caused her death. She is getting up a lottery in America to make up for the loss of her books in the Boston fire, and she asks McMaster to advertise it in his paper. To those who buy $20 worth of tickets she will give her picture. Prizes will range from 50 pounds to 200 pounds
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1873 July 9
O'Neill, Father M(ichael):
Holy Angles, (Cincinnati, Ohio)
to Archbishop (John Baptist Purcell):
(of Cincinnati, Ohio)
He received a letter from Mrs. Fergus concerning a communication from Father (Thomas) Byrne in regard to her proposed donation to the Seminary. She was displeased with it and requests him to say that "the Rev. Gentleman is released from any further trouble about the matter", to quote her own words. Byrne evidently offended her by saying that real estate did not come under his line of business and his entire time was occupied in teaching. He thinks the best thing to do is to accept her proposal and get a deed of the property. The title is good and a few hundred dollars can be realized for the Seminary. He thinks it can be sold for at least $1400 and in this way she will be satisfied and the Seminary benefited.
P.S.—He has exposed the contents of her letter to Purcell in confidence in order to help the Seminary.
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1873 July 10
Catholic Telegraph:
of Cincinnati, (Ohio)
A clipping quoting the Cincinnati Commercial on the opinions of Judges Tilden and Yaple on the question of the taxation of Church property. The case of John B. Purcell vs. the Auditor and Treasurer of Hamilton County. St. Xavier College v.s the same.
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1873 July 11
Old and Constant Friend:
to Orestes (A.) Brownson:
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
He saw with great pleasure (Brownson's Quarterly) Review revived. It has been easy to recognize the vigor of thought and the soundness of principle which have from 1844 characterized the Review. Merit was added by the Christian humility of Brownson in acknowledging some errors. He questions Brownson on his remarks about the procession of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps there is a want of distinction between the processiones ad intra and the missiones ad estra. The Review speaks of the revival of faith in France. But Brownson is wrong in thinking those pious demonstrations have a political color. The 1'Univers has given unqualified praise to the Review. Brownson ought to return the praise.
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1873 Jul. 13
Simeoni, Father John, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda:
Rome, (Italy)
to (Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché) of:
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Perché asks a dispensation for a marriage between Hippolyte Salvemes, a Jew, and Marie Leman, a Catholic, who were married civilly, so that the woman can receive the sacraments. The Jew agrees to the marriage by the Church. Their children have been raised Catholics. In the audience of July 13, 1873 the Pope, Pius IX, asked the secretary, Simeoni, to convey this message to Perché. The Jew is to be urged to conversion and if he is converted the law would be kept. But if he refuses conversion, for the sake of the Catholic woman, if she will approach the sacraments and the Jew agrees to the marriage, the Holy Father grants the dispensation from disparity of cult and decrees that the children already born and those to be born be made legitimate. All dangers to the faith of the Catholic party are to be removed, and the children born of this union of both sexes are to be raised Catholic.
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1873 Jul. 15
Cauvin, Father A(nthony):
Hoboken, (New Jersey)
to Archbishop (Napoleon Joseph Perché:
New Orleans, Louisiana)
In reply to (Perché's) letter enclosing the five notes, Cauvin declares that the agreement signed by him is a guarantee against any demand for immediate payment. He thought that Father (E.J.) Foltier had explained to (Perché) that the reason for that same agreement on the occasion of the loan on his church was that the law permits only interest at 8% in currency. It is only on (Perché's) promise to pay 9% in gold that the loan could be made. In case (Perché's) successors should refuse to pay it on the grounds of illegality, then immediate payment of the notes could be demanded. He is planning to go to Europe next month. If he goes he will so advise (Perché), giving him his address.
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1873 July 15
(Melchers) Paul, Archbishop of:
Cologne, (Germany)
to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell:
of Cincinnati, (Ohio)
In the matrimonial case of Margaret Fischer, nee Kohlenbeck whose husband John Mathias Fischer left her in 1852, at (Melchers') request Purcell had Father (John) H. Schoenfeld interview her father John, her sister, Mary Schoenberg, her aunt, Anna Catharine Kern, who lives at 219 Sinn Street, Cincinnati, and send on the information to Melchers. For this (Melchers) is grateful but at the request of the Sacred Congregation through Cardinal Patrizi on June 15 of this year, he must obtain further depositions from the son of Catharine Kern. This son claims that during the Civil War in America he saw Fischer by chance among a group of soldiers. Purcell is requested to send some ecclesiastical person to this son to get his deposition for (Melchers) so that the Sacred Congregation can more fully decide on the certainty of the death or survival of this Fischer.
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1873 Jul. 15
New York Archdiocese:
(New York, New York)
Eulogistic editorial upon the death of Father William Starrs.
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1873 Jul. 15
New York Archdiocese:
(New York, New York)
Obsequies of the late Vicar-General (William) Starrs. Speech of Archbishop (John) McCloskey.
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1873 Jul. 15
Starrs, Father William:
(New York, New York)
Funeral arrangements for Msgr. Starrs. The remains of the Vicar General to be brought to the Cathedral today.
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1873 July 17
(Brownson), Orestes (A.) (Jr.):
Dubuque, Iowa
to (Henry F. Brownson):
(Detroit, Michigan)
Orestes is happy to learn his third of the $2000 loan will be here this week. He trusts Henry will have like good fortune with other matters and speedily arrange all the rest. Sarah (M. Brownson) does not like Henry's proposition that Orestes receive $1000 first and then to divide the rest of the money between the three, but wrote Orestes a fearful letter. She says she wants a third of everything, and Orestes is satisfied if Henry is willing, or with Henry's plan, if she is willing. Orestes may need Henry's legal assistance. If a citizen of Missouri owes Orestes must he sue in a U.S. District Court, and if so where, in Iowa, or in Missouri? He asks if Henry knows if the mining laws of Iowa are the same as the mining laws of any other other state. P.S. Henry is to excuse the hasty scrawl, as Orestes is working very hard in the mines, with hammer, pickaxe, etc., and is lifting heavy rocks, until his hands are to stiff and swollen, that he can hardly use his fingers. They are now blasting through a heavy galena limestone. Henry sold his Chess Journal to some parties in Missouri; and they now owe $250, and do not comply with the agreement made. That is why Orestes asked in what kind of court to bring on a suit.
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1873 July 17
Wood, James F., Bishop of Philadelphia:
Saratoga, (New York)
to Archbishop J(ohn) B(aptist) Purcell:
(of Cincinnati, Ohio)
He has not sent the interest of Purcell's burses to Rome. He should be very happy to send it to Purcell but has no authority to do so. If Purcell would get Archbishop (James Roosevelt Bayley) of Baltimore to authorize him to send it he will do so without delay. The affairs of the College are not prosperous. The expenses exceed the income. The endowment fund is in their own securities and amounts to nearly $100,000. Mr. Springer is with him and although they just arrived they felt already the effects of the air and water. He would like to visit Cincinnati this year, but cannot make it. He asks to be remembered to Father Edward (Purcell).
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1873 July 18
Tobbe, A(ugustin) M., Bishop of Covington:
Phil(adelphi)a, (Pennsylvania)
to Archbishop (John Baptist Purcell):
(of Cincinnati, Ohio)
He has been in this city for six weeks through the kindness of Bishop (James F.) Wood (of Philadelphia) collecting for his diocese' debts and if Purcell will permit, would like to remain for another month or two. He has no pressing duties at home and while not a pleasant duty, the collecting is necessary. He is glad Purcell won the lawsuit over taxation of Church and property. He made a retreat at St. Charles Borr(omeo) Seminary a few weeks ago. If Purcell is to have a retreat for his clergy, Tobbe would like to have his priests attend it. The Pope has allowed a triduum to be held preceding the Assumption but no official notice has come and he does not know what to do. Will Purcell order it for the Archdiocese? Wood went to Saratoga last Tuesday and Tobbe would like to have gone, but it would not do for a beggar to go to such costly places. His regards to Father Edward (Purcell) and all the family.
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1873 July 26
Walworth, E. Hardin:
New York, New York
to (James Alphonsus McMaster):
New York, New York
He wants to talk to McMaster about Frank and asks him to call Sunday. He takes McMaster at his word and does not hesitate to ask a favor, even during the hot weather when a shaded room would be a haven of rest for a business man.
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1873 Jul. 26
White, J(ames) D.:
New Orleans, L(ouisiana)
to Archbishop N(apoleon) J(oseph) Perché:
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
White has been ill since he wrote last. Captain (John H.) Miller is home and also sick. He regrets that the money Perché loaned to his office of the Southern Life Insurance Company has not been returned. Miller says he will sacrifice his personal honor before he will let Perché suffer. Perché may expect to receive the money back within a week.
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1873 Jun. 27
Desprez, Julian Florian Felix, Archbishop of:
Toulouse and Narbon, France
to (Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché of:
New Orleans, Louisiana)
A testimony that the Bishop has given relics of the bones of St. Saturninus, Bishop and Martyr, in an oval silver vessel in a cloth of red. The document is sealed by the Vicar General C. Caujolle and counter signed by C. Moulin as secretary.
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1873 July 28
Brownson, O(restes) A.:
Eliz(abeth), (New Jersey)
to H(enry) F. Brownson:
Detroit, Mich(igan)
Brownson has been intending to write Henry for months, but exhaustion, indolence or a horror of writing more than he is actually obliged to has prevented him from doing so. As Henry has never written an encouraging word about his Review, Brownson presumes Henry is disappointed in it. Its permanent sale will be about 1000 copies He has been unfortunate in his printers and publishers both. He is promised a better proof-reader hereafter. His health has been pretty good thus far, though his strength and memory gradually fail, and he feels that he is really growing old. July 29. Sarah (M. Brownson) has taken another house and is about moving. Of course Brownson must decamp till she gets moved. He goes to Bridgeport for a couple of weeks. Their new house is more convenient, is in a healthier position, corner of 1st Avenue and 4th Street in St. Patrick's parish. He is very glad to get out of the mudhole and Dutch neighborhood where he no vegetates. He hopes Henry, Fifine and the grandchildren are well, but Father (Ernest) Vandyke told Brownson that his namesake is a very delicate child. He hopes Henry's business prospers and that he meets expenses. He dreads nothing so much as debt. Brownson loves them all and wants to see them very much. He is lonely since Henry's dear mother died. But it is only a just penalty. Sarah does as well as she can, but she is no companion for her father. Her health is really improved for she works and has her own way in everything. He is to be remembered to all his friends in Detroit. Fifine is to kiss all the children for their grandfather who dearly loves them.
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1873 July 28
Gaunder, Joseph E.:
Syracuse, N(ew) Y(ork)
to (Orestes A.) Brownson:
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Gaunder is a stranger to Brownson. He wants to talk over the interests of the Holy Church. Gaunder possesscs a library containing books by converts. The service from Catholic booksellers is below par. The seller does not advertise, hence few will buy. Gaunder has read the articles in the Catholic World but prefers the articles of the Review; also an article in the Philadelphia Catholic Standard on "Catholic Books" was not satisfactory. Gaunder wishes Brownson to write an article on what a Catholic is or what a man should be to bear the name worthily. The notice in the Review of Father (Michael) Muller's book was very good. Father Muller is now writing an article on the mass. If Brownson comes near or through Syracuse, he has an invitation to make Gaunder's home a stopping place.
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1873 July 28
Brownson, O(restes) A.:
Eliz(abeth), (New Jersey)
to H(enry) F. Brownson:
Detroit, Mich(igan)
Brownson has been intending to write Henry for months, but exhaustion, indolence or a horror of writing more than he is actually obliged to has prevented him from doing so. As Henry has never written an encouraging word about his Review, Brownson presumes Henry is disappointed in it. Its permanent sale will be about 1000 copies. He has been unfortunate in his printers and publishers both. He is promised a better proof-reader hereafter. His health has been pretty good thus far, though his strength and memory gradually fail, and he feels that he is really growing old. July 29. Sarah (M. Brownson) has taken another house and is about moving. Of course Brownson must decamp till she gets moved. He goes to Bridgeport for a couple of weeks. Their new house is more convenient, is in a healthier position, corner of 1st Avenue and 4th Street in St. Patrick's parish. He is very glad to get out of the mudhole and Dutch neighborhood where he now vegetates. He hopes Henry, Fifine and the grandchildren are well, but Father (Ernest) Vandyke told Brownson that his namesake is a very delicate child. He hopes Henry's business prospers and that he meets expenses. He dreads nothing so much as debt. Brownson loves them all and wants to see them very much. He is lonely since Henry's dear mother died. But it is only a just penalty. Sarah does as well as she can, but she is no companion for her father. Her health is really improved for she works and has her own way in everything. He is to be remembered to all his friends in Detroit. Fifine is to kiss all the children for their grandfather who dearly loves them.
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