Brent, Emily C., Washington, D. C., to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1885 November 30

She hastens to give all the information she can. Her father was Archbishop John Carroll 's nephew. Her half-brother, John Carroll Brent, was named after the Archbishop. She has a tortoise shell crucifix which belonged to the Archbishop, but she could not part with it. Her sister, Mrs. Chilton, whose husband is U.S. Consul in Canada, has a coffee urn with the initials of the Archbishop on it. There are some letters and sermons of the Archbishop in the old homestead which they could send to Edwards. Miss Brent's mother was a relative of Archbishop Leonard Neale, but she has nothing that belonged to him. She can loan Edwards a copy of the "Life of Archbishop Carroll" written by John Carroll Brent. They also have a small portrait of the Archbishop. She recently lost her niece Julia; she was buried in the family lot adjoining Carroll Chapel in Montgomery County, Maryland. The mother of the Archbishop is also laid there. :: XI-1-c A.L.S. 12pp. 12mo.