Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1856

pg 288       conformity with the constitutions; otherwise to close it, and to 
             arrange all things with the Archbishop.  This latter alternative 
             became her painful duty.
                  There were then seventeen Sisters, twenty-one postulants, and 
             fifteen little orphan boarders.  The dowries of the novices and 
             postulants, $2388, the board-bills paid in advance, $300 had been 
             absorbed in furnishing the house and purchasing provisions.  One 
             quarter of houserent was due in some weeks, $425, and $500 
             advanced by Mr. Devlin and claimed by him, $155 to the Empire City 
             for provisions, $70 to Mr. Devlin on the one hand and $36 on the 
             other, $100 claimed by the proprietor of the house for changes and 
             damages; Mr. Devlin consented to take the furniture at cost price, 
             and it was estimated at $808 in payment of the debt of $950 
             mentioned above; $150 which were in the house were used in paying 
             several little debts; St. Angela gave $400 to defray the 
             travelling expenses of the members who were sent, some to Notre 
             Dame, some to Philadelphia, and the rest to Susquehanna.  
                  Here is a statement of receipts and expenditures: