Brute, Simon, President of St. Mary's College, Baltimore, Maryland, to William Seton, Leghorn, Italy, 1816 October 17

He asks Seton to present the following request to M. Fillichi. Two editions of newly discovered classics have been put out at Milan by O. Angelo Mayo. They are works of Oranto and Symmachus and letters of Salust Ennius, Plautus, Cato, Pliny, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Verus, Arrian. It is his ambition that their college should have these treasures first and perhaps by subscription be able to give the first American Edition. This would be an honor for the Catholics. He asks to be sent a copy of them. After Brute's signature there follows a note: Luke Tiernan, Baltimore, to William Seton, Leghorn, Italy. If there is a way the books can be sent to him he would pay their value if a bill ? could be sold on me for the amount. If given to the captain of the ship Scioto they would be taken care of. :: II-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. royal 8vo., 3