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Wadhams, Edgar P., Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, Ogdensburg, New York, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1883 November 10

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Identifier: CMMA I-2-d

Scope and Contents

Mr. Edwin Allen, brother of the judge whom McMaster mentioned, notified Wadhams of Mrs. Carrington's sickness at the Pavilion Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, about 2 weeks before her death. Wadhams wrote Mrs. Carrington at once and also wrote one of the clergy of the Cathedral in Savannah, who later informed him that the lady had died after receiving all of the Sacraments. Her remains were brought to Oswego, New York by Mr. Allen and she was buried by Father Michael Barry brom St. Paul's Church and was interred in St. Paul's Cemetery in Oswego, on Saturday Oct. 22, 1883. Mrs. Carrington gave $1000.00 to the diocese of Ogdensburg to erect the Marble Altar in the Cathedral and also donated other sums for the erection of schools in Ogdensburg and for the missions in the diocese. She had a Mass offered every Friday for her intentions and Wadhams will continue to do this and to have prayers offered for the repose of her soul. Verbal arrangements had been made for Wadhams to bury her but in the end she desired Father Barry to do this. It is not known if she left a will or any property after her death but Wadham's impression is that she held no stationary property or estate but rather enjoyed an annual income from which she donated to the Church all that was in excess of her living expenses. Father Barry may be able to add more information to this. Wadhams has already publicly asked the diocese to pray for this benefactor. The enclosed leaf not present will give McMaster some personal information in regards to Wadhams himself. He tore the leaf from the last page of the Diocesan Records of the Clergy of Ogdensburg. A word for word copy of what was written on the first page will be kept with him until the end comes. He sends his Episcopal Blessing and recommends himself to McMaster's prayers. He sends his thanks for McMaster's invitation to visit him in New York and will try and do so. New York is no place to discuss the events which have transpired since they both crossed the threshold of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal church in 1840. The time spent in the seminary forms one epoch, then all that has followed while McMaster was in New York in another epoch. Wadhams invites McMaster to discuss these points along the sunny banks of the St. Lawrence River on any day he may choose to come. :: I-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Dates

  • Creation: 1883 November 10

Language of Materials

English.

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