Puech, James
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
To Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.)
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Puech accepts (Odin's) offer to take charge of a letter for his mother and one for his daughter. Father Constant Galard, Canon of Notre Dame of Paris and Chaplain of the Empress of the French, (says?) that if (Odin) stops at Tours, Puech's mother will be happy and flattered by his visit.
(Notation by Odin): Puech's mother lives at Tours. If he passes by there he should visit her.
VI-2-f A.L.S. (French) 1p. 12mo.
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1862 Jun 5
Certes, (Adolphe)
Paris, (France)
To Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere
Detroit, Michigan
The allocation for the diocese of Detroit from the Association of the Propagation for 1861 is 12,000 francs, of which 3,600 francs have been sent, and 750 francs went to Father (Ferdinand) Allgayer, leaving a balance of 7,650. Has Lefevere authorized Father (John) DeNeve of Louvain to receive from Certes any funds from the subsidy?
III-2-j A.L.S. (French) 2pp. 12mo.
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1862 Jun 5
Rosecrans, S(ylvester) H., Bishop of Pompeiopilis
Cincinnati, (Ohio)
To Archbishop (John Baptist) Purcell in
(Rome, Papal States)
Rosecrans will ordain Herman Johanning of Germany on Pentecost Sunday at Holy Trinity Church. Father Caspar (Borgess) left Father John Albrinck in charge and the latter was unable to find what he needed. Borgess went to St. Paul's to bring Johanning back. The Fair just closing has been very successful. He mentions several ladies who aided it. Rosecrans was in Dayton on Ascension Thursday and gave Confirmation in every church. Next day he went to Wilksville. Father (Timothy) Tierney is well-liked there but is lonely. Father (David) Kelly and Rosecrans blessed the corner stone of the Durbin Church and called it St. James. Tierney will bless it next Sunday. Rosecrans is to celebrate pontifically in Wapakoneta on July 6th. Father (Andrew) Herbstrit asked him to ordain a young Deacon of the Precious Blood Fathers. Father Michael Hallinan was upset because he could not say Mass on Ascension Thursday. Rosecrans says there is a letter from Rome for Purcell about the Cleveland affair. The people wish Father (William) Halley to succeed (Father Eugene P.) Corcoran, who has gone to Washington with the sixty-first. Father Walker is in Marietta. He speaks of Abrunck, Winands and Bekkers. Rosecrans sent Winands up to St. Mary's of the Furnaces. McClellan had a desperate battle near the Chickahoming River last Saturday and drove the enemy back two miles. Halleck has taken Corinth without a battle and Pope's division of 40,000 of whose left wing Rosecrans' brother has command, is in full pursuit of the Rebels, having already telegraphed to Halleck the capture of 10,000 prisoners and 15,000 arms. Pope's troops are now 40 miles below Florence, probably on the road to Columbus, Mississippi. Bishop (Richard) Whelan was nearly arrested lately but Lincoln saved him after the action of Archbishop (Francis Patrick Kenrick). Rosecrans starts for Boston next Monday night to give subdeaconship in the Pittsburgh Seminary on his way there. Nothing has been heard of McClellan for two days. He is within four miles of Richmond and has taken the Fredericksburg R.R. opening the way from his advanced post on the upper Kanawha River but retreated unhurt. Rosecrans sends his regards to Father Pabisch and all his friends in Rome.
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1862 Jun 6
Eulalie, (C.S.J.), Mother
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
To Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.
New Orleans, Louisiana)
Mother Eulalie has recalled that (Odin) told her that there should be in the convent one of the Sisters (of St. Joseph of Bourg) specially charged with the good order of the convent; it will also be necessary for Mother (St. Claude, C.S.J.) to name an assistant . She believes Sister Anatole, (C.S.J.) would be suitable for both their jobs; (Odin) should confer with Mother (St. Claude) on this. In regard to applicants for the novitiate, there should be a Sister to raise them, and a place in one of their houses to receive them and where they can make their novitiate. All the houses in America should be made dependent on one; for that it will be necessary to establish a provincial.
P.S. The Sister sent as mistress of the applicants could also be provincial. If (Odin) brings some Little Sisters of the Poor, she could join them and Eulalie would pay her passage on arrival.
VI-2-f A.L.S. (French) 3pp. 12mo.
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(1862 Jun 9)
Anstaett, Father Joseph
Galveston, (Texas)
to Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.
New Orleans, Louisiana)
Anstaett thanks (Odin) for offering to take charge of his letter but not having anything interesting to write and already having charged (H.) de St. Cyr with some, he only asks him to present his respects to the ecclesiastics of Strasburg, especially to the bishop, if he should go there. Father (Louis C. M.) Chambodut can give him all the news of Galveston orally. They are resigned to all that God sends them. A good number of Catholics, absent for long years, have approached the sacraments this year. He wishes (Odin) a happy voyage, much success, and a prompt return.
P.S. He sends his respects to Father Dubuis.
VI-2-f A.L.S. (French) 4pp. 16mo.
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1862 Jun 9
Cummings, Dr. J(eremiah W.)
New York, (New York)
To (Orestes A.) Brownson
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Cummings has been getting up all the loose numbers he could find of Brownson's Review in the hope of completing his copy. He asks Brownson for the vol(ume) of 1843 and the July number of 1846.
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1862 Jun 9
Mattei, (Marchio) Mathaeus Antici and other senators
Rome, (Italy)
To Bishop Francis McFarland
Hartford, (Connecticut)
The Roman Senate, learning of the ceremony of the canonization of the 26 Japanese Martyrs and of St. Michael Desanctis by Pope Pius IX and the assembly of Bishops there, decided to confer on these Bishops the Roman citizenship. McFarland is made a citizen of Rome with all the privileges of this noble citizenship. The document is signed by Mattei and 8 other senators and Aloisius Venutelli as secretary.
I-1-b A.D.S. And sealed (Latin) Bound in boards 3pp. 4to.
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1862 Jun 14
Denavit, Father, Superior of the Grand Seminary
Lyons, (France)
To Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.
New Orleans, Louisiana)
They have not received any news of (Odin) since his transfer to New Orleans. But now Father (Claude M.) Dubuis, (C.M.) announces that (Odin) is coming to Lyons to look for missionaries. The letter was well received in the community and he hopes he will not fail to find subjects. They have not yet learnt who his successor at Galveston will be , nor have they had any news of Texas for two years. They are often asked, especially by the relatives of Father (John Claude Neraz) Neyras who have not heard from him for three years. They hoped (Odin) would go to Rome for the grand reunion of bishops and that they would see him as he passed, but no doubt the blockade did not permit it. Not knowing Father Dubuis' address, he encloses (no enclosure) a letter for him announcing that he received the amount of the draft for $1500 which (Odin) drew on (Adolphe) Certes. Father Duplay is always very well and carries his 75 years easily. The reunion of bishops at Rome was magnificent. There were more than 4,000 priests. They have seen the bishops of Upper Canada and Ireland at the seminary and have learnt of the passage of Archbishop (John Baptist Purcell) of Cincinnati and Bishop (John Timon) of Buffalo, but they have not seen them.
P.S. The mother of Father (Philibert) Gutton, missionary at St. Martinville, Attakapas, Louisiana, has not received any news of her son for 14 months. They wonder if (Odin) cam give her some.
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1862 Jun 15
Erzen, Hiacinthe
Rome, (Italy)
To Archbishop John Mary Odin, (C.M.)
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Erzen, guardian of the Vanni family, sent to Odin on August 26, 1861, by way of the Propagation of the Faith, a letter containing a letter for Gregory Vanni, upholsterer living at 320 Royale Street, which he asked Odin to transmit to him. The lettre informed Vanni of the death of his mother on April 7, 1861. Having received no reply, he asks Odin to inform Vanni, by his pastor, of his mother's death and to engage him to return quickly to Rome to liquidate the small inheritance and take care a marriageable sister who finds herself alone and desolate. If Vanni, of whom they have had no news for three years, is dead, they ask Odin to send the death certificate so they ask Odin to send the death certificate so they can dispose of his small inheritance, and also to let them know if he left a will or married and left heirs. If Vanni is alive, he would like some information on h is moral and civil condition.
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1862 Jun 15
Randall, Henry S.
Cortland Village, N(ew) Y(ork)
To O(restes) A. Brownson
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Randall wrote that he would send Brownson a copy of his "Life of Jefferson" but the publisher was out of copies and he has no fine copies in the house. Brownson will have to take up with his plain, muslin bound set with various pencilings on the margins. He wonders if the "Documentary History" reached him safely and if he has shaken off his malady.
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(18)62 Jun 15
Rodriguez, S.C.C., Sister M. de St. Alphonse
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
To Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.
New Orleans, Louisiana)
In leaving retreat yesterday, Sister St. Alphonse was told that (Odin) had left. Her regret was very great but Sunday morning she learned his departure was delayed. Immediately, they wrote the inclosed (no enclosure) letters and took them to the archbishop's, but (Odin) had just left. Therefore, she writes to convey her regrets and to send a letter to their Superior General and also one from Father (Patrick F.) Sheil, (C.S.C.) for Rome. All the Sisters (of Holy Cross) and children will pray for him and impatiently await his return.
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1862 Jun 16
(Brownson), Ned (Edward Patrick)
Mt. Jackson, Virginia
to Sarah Nicolina Brownson
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Edward tells of his recent appointment as postal director and of Capt. Howard and Raymond who serve under him. He had the general's telegraphic dispatches from May 20 to date set in order and found some important documents. Capt. Nichols who preceded him is related to Ryans and went to school with Orestes (Brownson, Jr.) at Chelsea. He is treated with deference by officers and men and converses with German officers in their native tongue. Two os the general's aides, one a Dr. Harrington who is a lieutenant and 27 years old and the other a Belgian officer 49 years of age came from Fort Royal, (Va.) With him. He needs a horse and sends to Uncle Jesse (Healy) for one. Speaks of needs and asks that his mail be directed to headquarters. The blankets are to be sent to him in care of General Fremont. Relates meeting General Sumner.
P.S. Sumner is a fine man. (Edward) asks to be remembered to Emma Bartlett. Weather is terribly warm. Has to pay $1.00 per day for food. Tells her to assure his mother that he is safe. Speaks of meeting General Blenker.
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1862 Jun 23
Caron, Father A( )
Cleveland, (Ohio)
To Bishop (Peter Paul Lefevere)
(Detroit, Michigan)
A priest of this diocese has procured a house for the religious from Monroe who plan to come in September. But Bishop (Amadeus) Rappe before leaving for Rome said they had caused trouble for Lefevere. Caron has been assured that there has been a reform in the Society (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) and that Lefevere has the same sisters in Detroit. He presumes Rappe would also like to know if they depend on a Superior General. The bearer of this letter is a Bohemian priest. He has been invited by Father (Albert?) Schaeffler, C.SS.R., to give a retreat to the Bohemians of Detroit. He recalls Lefevere's many kindnesses.
III-2-j A.L.S. (French) 3pp. 12mo.
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1862 June 23
Whelan, R(ichard) V., Bishop of
Wheeling, (West Virginia)
To (James Alphonsus McMaster)
(Of New York, New York)
He received McMaster's letter through Mr. Considine. McMaster's ancestry probably grew out of Whelan's thoughtlessness in enclosing his note in the letter forwarded by a friend. If he had any confidence in the mail agents he would have forwarded it all. He thought the bulk would attract attention and invite examination. As yet there is no arrest, and it is only rumored as likely to take place. Judge Thompson and other respectable citizens were arrested two weeks ago for refusing to take an oath of fidelity to the United States and an oath to support Lincoln's reorganized government of Virginia. Whelan will not take the oath and the enemy would make a mistake in arresting him, for he exerts considerable influence over the Catholics of the South. If McMaster considers him mistaken in supposing the reservation attributed to Virginia, he shall modify that part of his protest. He believes that the State government is the essential government, and that the Federal government has been formed by sovereign states, the citizens' allegiance being to the state directly and indirectly to the federal government, a double citizenship, the first, foremost and the latter relation indefinite and secondary. It is absurd to think themselves bound to the government that is inflicting injustices on his own state. The framers of the Constitution could not have failed to see the possible conflict between the two governments and by their silence they disclaim the right of coercion. The obligation of the citizen to his state is the simplest form of organization. He is not prepared to admit Lincoln's silly doctrine of county rights. At the beginning of the crisis no more necessary powers belonged to the United States. The Declaration of Independence says that if all authority is derived from the agent of the people, and this authority is withdrawn, the authority ceases. He shall send an amendment in a day or two, as he does not wish to delay his explanation.
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1862 Jun 24
B(rownson), S(arah) H(ealy)
Elizabeth, (New Jersey)
To Henry (F. Brownson)
( )
Mrs. Brownson received Henry's letter of the 13th yesterday and was much surprised that he had not heard from them lately. This is the tenth letter she has written him since he left home on March7. The last time she wrote she enclosed a letter for Henry by Edward (Patrick Brownson). (Orestes A. Brownson) is lame but walked to church last Sunday. Edward received his commission as additional aide de camp to General Fremont with the rank of captain about the 6th and left home on the 11th. He arrived in Washington on the 12th. He was waiting with an army and a navy surgeon to go to Manassas Junction. Mr. Howell went to Washington to see the Army of the Potomac and expects to see Henry. Fathers Henry and Howell say four Masses this week for Henry and Edward. A cousin of General Kearney was there two or three times last week. He is authorized to get up a company and has an office in Dr. Grier's, their mayor's office. They hope Henry has received the letters they sent on the 12th. Sarah (M. Brownson) intends going next Saturday to Bridgeport to see Mrs. (Henry S.) Hewit. Dr. (Henry S. Hewit's) health is improving but he is very impatient; he is still at Cincinnati.
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(1862 Jun 24)
Brownson, O(restes) A.
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
To (Henry) Frank (Brownson)
( )
Henry's mother writing him today, Brownson sends a line in the same envelope. Ned has gone; Brownson hopes he arrived safe at General Fremont's headquarters. Brownson received the money Frank sent; he felt bad to receive it but it went out to fit Sarah out as bridesmaid to Jenny White and to help fit Ned out for the wars. He is sorry he spoke to Frank so unkindly; Frank must forgive him. His eyes are about as they were when Frank was at home; he has had a severe attack of rheumatic gout. His (Brownson's Quarterly) Review for July was out on the 17th with a good number, but too opposed to slavery to be popular. There is a great lack of wisdom and energy in the administration. Brownson is afraid of foreign intervention, unless a decisive victory is won at Richmond and not a fiasco as Halleck at Corinth. Beauregard and the flower of his army is probably at Richmond. Brownson's Catholic position is good at the Propaganda but not very good here. Let come what may he will live and die in the Church; there is no salvation out of her communion. Frank's mother says she is well but she worries in her sleep about Frank and Edward and Brownson is not without anxiety himself. He has four Masses said this week for them. Sarah (M.) Is very lonesome and half admitted the other day that she is human. She avoids Brownson as she will continue to do as long as he lives. He must be a very crabbed Father for none of his children are happy with him; he will try to leave them a name that will be no dishonor to bear. Frank is a soldier and he trusts every inch one; he wishes he were young enough and well enough to be with him.
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1862 Jun 25
(Brownson) Ned (Edward Patrick)
(U.S. Army) Mountain Department
to (Sarah Nicolina Brownson)
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
He answers her letter of (June) 13th, the only letter he had received. A letter from Adjutant General's office in Washington (D.C.) to General Fremont was eleven days in arriving. His pay is $154.50 per month in time of war and it costs $175 a day to live including the black servant's wages whom he hired. They left Strasburg, (Virginia) after a stay of four days, and are now three miles and a half this side of Strasburg, (Virginia) and a mile and a half below Middletown, (Maryland). It is their first time in camp since leaving Franklin, (Maryland). General Fremont selects the positions of the different brigades. The position occupied by them is impregnable. General Sigel and General Banks, both subordinate to (General) Fremont have their troops posted in conjunction with theirs. His messmate was Colonel Jones of New Hampshire, 24 years of age. He looked to be not less than 27 or 30. He had expected me to be about 22 or 23. He relates his efforts to get equipment. He has been relieved of his duties in the postal department. He found (Sarah's) letter addressed to Jesse Healy, Esq., New Creek. The General (Fremont) ordered him to change horses as soon as a new lot arrives. He anxiously awaits news from home and speaks of receiving her lost letter at Woodstock, (Maryland). Major Haskell arrived from St. Louis, (Missouri) with Frank's (White) bravery. The rib wounds he (Frank White) received were caused by a fall from his horse two or three days after the Springfield, (Missouri) fight. Edward wishes to be informed as to when his letters reach home. He wishes her to write more like it telling him of the news at home. He says he has never seen anything as beautiful as the Shenandoah Valley and Manassas Gap and that if he had only 160 acres of land here he would settle down and become a farmer. One mountain runs from Strasburg, (Virginia) to Mt. Jackson, (Virginia) to Mt. Jackson, (Virginia) and is plainly visible from Port Royal, (Virginia).
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1862 Jun 25
(Brownson), (Ned) Edward Patrick
to (Sarah Nicolina Brownson)
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
He speaks of the receipt of her letter and thanks her for the treasury note although he says it was not sadly needed just then. His hotel bill was paid with $4.00 worth of sugar and coffee. Colonel Jones, who has eight blankets on the way, has offered him as many as he shall need. He asks for certain other needs. (Edward) requests that his trunk be sent via Martinsburg, (Virginia) and Winchester, (Virginia). He informs her that there has been some cannonading at intervals in the direction of Strasburg, (Virginia) but that he is not sure whether they are trying the range or actually shelling the enemy. He wishes to know about the Tablet and Unionist in regard to his letters and he has written a second letter to the former. Pocket money is not a necessity for him except on long expeditions. His Negro servant purchased some cooking utensils. He asks her to buy up any Virginia money she can get her hands on since he can sell it for a premium.
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1862 Jun 25
Fernald, M.
Boston, Mass.
To O(restes) A. Brownson
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Fernald is one of Brownson's private debtors. Sixteen years ago Brownson had called him a pantheist on sight. Fernald has undergone in that time many changes. He has watched Brownson's progress. Fernald admits the "progress" that has been Brownson's. He likes Brownson's idea of the "natural good of the damned." He is sympathetic to Brownson's political ideas. Since they have last met, Fernald has published several books. He lists his chief works. Fernald encloses a copy of his "Providence," and some articles from papers and periodicals. He wonders if he is too late to have his book noticed in the Review. He has not prepared the appendix to the book. Part of it appeared in the Universalist Quarterly. He wishes Brownson to read an article in the last mentioned subscription entitled "Free Will and Necessity."
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1862 Jun 25
Hewit, Father A(ugustine) F.
N(ew) Y(ork, New York)
To (Orestes A. Brownson
Elizabeth, New Jersey)
(Edwin M.) Stanton will not give Hewit's brother (Henry S. Hewit) permission to present his papers to him nor will he give him a trial. (Henry) says there is only one chance, i.e. by getting someone who can gain access to Stanton to present his papers and demand restoration or, failing that, to lay it before Lincoln. His brother has letters from Smith, Grant, Sherman, McArthur, and the chief medical officers which prove his good conduct. He wonders if Brownson will go to Washington on this. If so Hewit will pay all expenses.
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1862 Jun 27
Pabisch, Father Francis I.
Rome, (Italy)
To Archbishop (John Baptist) Purcell
of Cincinnati, Ohio
Pabisch successfully completed his examination for his Doctor's degree. He will leave Rome on July 2 to go to Leghorn, Pisa, Florence, Senoa, Bologna, Milan, Venice, and Triest, where he will see his brother Aloysius. He will stop near Vienna to see his parents then go to Paris to get some money and then arrive at Southampton June 28th. Cardinal Barnabo gave him a letter to Msgr. Pacca for an audience with the Holy Father. He will sail on August 2nd and be in Cincinnati in time for the opening of the scholastic year. He saw Cardinal Schwarzenburg at his house.
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