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Ubach, Father Anthony D., Barcelona, Spain, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1879 July 8

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Identifier: CMMA I-2-c

Scope and Contents

Ubach hastens to write McMaster so that he will not consider him negligent or indifferent. He has had a very pleasant voyage of 11 days on the "Labrador", arriving at Havre de Grace on Sunday, May 25. The party consists of Ubach, Father P. Levy of Fort Worth, Texas, Father John B. Courbon of Rito, New Mexico, a young seminarian, and two sisters of St. Joseph from Florida. They were held for a long time by the formalities of the Custom House and missed Mass. Ubach describes his journey to Paris. Ubach next proceeded to Manresa, Spain where he had great pleasure to see his mother again after an absence of nearly 25 years. He inquired about the death of Lieut . Hugh Murray . He is unable to give clear details but when this hero fell mortally wounded at Manresa he was so esteemed by his companions that instead of leaving him to the hands of the enemy they took him 20 miles away to a town called Suria where he was waited on for several days before he died. When he died he had $200 of which he gave $100 to his aide de camp and $100 to the parish priest of Suria for his funeral expenses, and for prayers to be said for his sons. As soon as his health returns, Ubach shall go to Suria and inquire of the last moments of Murray, informing McMaster in due time of all he learns. P.S. Ubach inquires about Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes, of Alton, Illinois, and hopes that he will not be allowed to introduce Bismarckian law and tyranny into the land of the free. He fears McMaster will not receive justice since some men do not like to hear the truth on certain points. P.S. Ubach is spending a few days at the Casa de Caridad in Barcelona, where his eldest sister is the Superior. Besides having 54 Carmelite Sisters under her care, she has 2250 inmates of all ages, the institution being one of the largest of its kind in Europe. His sister and the president of the board of directors would like to secure a prospectus of large and small washing machines in order to introduce them into this institution and others of the same order. He also requests a prospectus and catalogue on buggies and wagons, and asks that McMaster ship to him two corn planters on some subsequent Spanish vessel sailing for Barcelona, along with instructions for their operation. As soon as he learns the price of these planters which look like a piece of scantling, he will instruct his assistant Father John Pujol to send McMaster the money from San Diego, Calif.. The prospectus is to be sent to Manresa but the corn planters to Sr. Mary Magdalen Ubach, Casa de Caridad, Barcelona, Spain. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1879 July 8

Language of Materials

English.

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