Grassi, S.J., Father John, Georgetown, District of Columbia, to Father Simon Gabriel Bruté, Mt. St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1814 March 29
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Grassi has been shown a letter Mr. Vespres received from France saying that Pope Pius VII is at liberty and had set off for Rome. Grassi is expecting confirmation of this good news. He hopes that Bruté is well. One of their masters Mr. Bowling seems to have consumption but the directions of Drs. Chatard and Brown of Baltimore seem to have good effects. Mr. Henry Lee has left Georgetown and is in St. Mary's County, teacher in a private family. The good he heard about Joseph Byrne has resulted in bringing him to Georgetown. Father Ladavière is still in New York waiting a chance to go to France. Mr. Ringold whose boy was in Bruté's seminary has decided to become a Catholic. The Jesuits in New York are about to abandon the school they had begun there. After that Father Benedict Fenwick will be able to think more about their magazine. He sends his regards to the priests at the seminary and to Miss Patton. :: II-3-n A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., 2
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- Creation: 1814 March 29
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