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Donnelly, Eleanor C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C., Notre Dame, Indiana, 1881 June 21

 Item — Box: CHUD 3
Identifier: CHUD X-2-h

Scope and Contents

She is in receipt of Hudson's favor and also letters from Father General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. and Brother Stanislaus C.S.C., along with a copy of her book. Bro. Stanislaus has done the best that he could to repair the damage caused by his predecessor, but the volume is a sad wreck. Father General thinks this edition can be used for premiums and as she did not want the community to suffer the loss of $450, she told him to exhaust the first edition as premiums and to correct all errors in the second edition. Although there is indignation against the ruin wrought in her work she pities the poor wretch who caused it and hopes he will not suffer want on her account. She did not tell Hudson before that Eliot Ryder wrote to her from New York four or five years ago asking for an autobiography and selections from her poems for an Anthology of Catholic Poets he was planning at that time. About the same time she received a similar letter from J. O'Kane Murray asking selections for his "Prose and Poetry of Ireland." She submitted the latter letter to the judgment of a friend, now a Bishop, who told her to ignore it. She acted on his advice and when Mr. Ryder's letter came she applied the same advice and made no reply. When Maurice Francis Egan got his first position with Patrick V. Hickey and went to New York she wrote him to find out something about this gentleman. Maurice then made Ryder's acquaintance. After that Hudson knows in what manner he discussed her in his articles. She has been suffering intensely again and asks for Hudson's prayers. P.S. She trusts Hudson will prevent her from being misrepresented in Professor Joseph A. Lyon's book. Also that he will do justice to "Crowned with Stars" in a special notice in the Ave Maria. She encloses a poem that Hudson will understand. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3 pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881 June 21

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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