Meline, Mary M., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Monsignor Robert Seton, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1886 September 30

She is writing the story of Mount Saint Mary's, under the shadow of whose cupola she was born, and would like Seton's help. Her father was a professor there for a short time and her grand uncle Butler was president for several years. Archbishop William Henry Elder has placed several volumes at her disposal. What she wants is some minutiae to relieve the dryness of the sequence. Also the names of the first seven pupils who came from the Hayland farm. Was Seton's father William Seton one of them? Meline remembers seeing him during one of his visits to St. Joseph's. Archbishop Bayley mentions in his Life of Bishop Bruté "Wm. Miles' Mss. Notes"; they are what she wants if they can be had. Father E.P.? Allen writes that he does not know where they are. Also she wants the names of the first teachers and the date of the coming of some of the lay pupils. Her family traditions begin in 1825 when her uncle Farrell Reilly was a pupil and also her mother's cousin James Miller was a theological student. If Seton can assist her she will be greatly obliged. She has written to Bishop Chatard but has received no answer yet. Her father is Florent Meline not James Meline. :: II-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.