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Scope and Contents He does not have his house in order after moving and he is occupied by another task that will not last long. He is sorry to lose any of the argument from his manuscript but is glad Hudson took the one he did. He would like Hudson to send him the press notices, as he expects to deal with the question of matrimony in the future. He has been engaged for several years in collecting material for such work but cannot say when it will be undertaken. Hudson may send 50 copies, as he does not...

Scope and Contents Since writing his last letter to Hudson respecting the propagation of the faith, dePombriay has met Father Damen to whom he gave a detailed account of the idea. Damen has known him since he was a boy and he has left everything in his hands, but is very grateful to Hudson for his interest. If Damen ever stops at Notre Dame, dePombriary wants Hudson and Damen to compare notes. He has sent a request to M. Janvier to get permission for Hudson to bless St. Benedict Medals and the only answer...

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Miss Parker is sending Hudson a story for the May issue of the Ave Maria even though she has not asked his permission. She is going to use the proceeds, if accepted, to buy the materials for a shawl which is going to raffle off for the benefit of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell's creditors. She hopes to raise fifty or sixty dollars, Part of the story is true. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. crown 8vo.

Scope and Contents She has received Hudson's letter and is grateful for Hudson's kind feelings. There is no man she would rather see than Father Provincial Alexis Granger as she has a peculiar interest in him. Father Provincial showed a Catholic interest in her and sent her Lourdes Water which was used in her husband's dying hours and was the only sacred thing around, as he was surrounded by his bigoted relations who seemed to have everything their own way. But she does not believe they had their own way....

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter was received and she regrets she cannot write the May article for him, as there are two ill persons in the house. Two more chapters will finish it making 18 in all and she does not know how she got through this chapter. She thanks Hudson for not hurrying her. It will cost the magazine a few dollars more, but that was not in her calculations as she was afraid it would ruin her work to chop it off abruptly. Her books and letters are on their way to Rome to be presented to...

Scope and Contents Father Hennemann wrote a letter of condolence to Mrs. Howe after hearing of the death of Rose Howe . Father Hennemann will leave Little Rock and return to Europe and of course is bound by obedience to go. He has no hope of visiting Notre Dame or seeing Father Hudson again, but he gives his thanks for the many kindnesses that have been shown to him by Notre Dame and by Hudson. He will try to send something back of interest for the Ave Maria. N.B. His health is improving steadily and is...

Scope and Contents The dreadful news of Notre Dame reached Mr. Hickey in Albany on his way to New York City and he has not been able to write a letters of condolence. He is writing an article for the Catholic Review which will show his sorrow for Hudson's misfortune. It is curious that they were discussing fire on Monday and on Wednesday Notre Dame was in ashes. Hickey is sure that Our Lady will lighten this great cross. He hopes the Ave Maria escaped, as he has not heard how great the disaster was or...

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Egan is sending Hudson a pamphlet that is not for notice but just for Hudson's personal use. Egan received Hudson's remittance and will write a long letter later. He asks for a photograph. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Miss Meany hopes that her story. St. Martin, was not too late. She returns the Magazine with it and thanks Hudson for the loan. She will send more copy soon. She thanks Hudson for his note and for the remittance it contained. She will keep the money toward her poor St. Patrick's monthly. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. crown 8vo.

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O'Reilly sends his appreciation to Hudson for the good his journal is doing throughout the land. He sends the "Two Bridges" by Mr. Carleton, which is his first attempt to help create a pure and elevating popular literature. He feels as though it will be safe in the hands of the young people. He plans to write a series of similar popular and attractive books. O'Reilly believes that his end must be near, as he has been forty years a priest. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. crown 8vo.

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It has been a long time since Seton has sent Hudson anything, and he feels like a culprit when he receives the Ave Maria regularly. He offers Hudson a recent lecture of his for the Ave Maria. It is to be used as Hudson sees fit, and if he thinks it useless he may throw it away. He wishes to be remembered to all his kind friends of Notre Dame. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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DePombriay expresses his sympathy to Hudson concerning the fire of which he has just read in the Telegraph, and everyone he meets grieves at the disaster. He asks to translate a sermon of the 3rd Conference of Notre Dame, Paris. Hudson's manuscripts must all be burned. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. postcard

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She has sent her sketch of Miss Rose Howe to her mother to insure its correctness as well as their approval. It may be sent directly to Hudson and it may be returned to Miss Starr. She asks Hudson to remember her father on the 26th as that is the anniversary of his death. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. Postcard

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She sent a card this morning to Hudson forgetting the fire. At first she thought the whole school was gone but learned that the building with the Dome and the Statue, the Infirmary, and the "Old Men's home" were untouched. She hopes that the Ave Maria office was saved. She wonders if her Appian Way is safe as it could not be rewritten. She would like to have it published if it is in existence. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. Postcard

Scope and Contents Miss Emery is sending this manuscript with a depression very unusual to her, as she usually seems cool to weigh her work but now she is troubled. She has not heard from Hudson. She is afraid her poem was not suitable for the Ave Maria. The opening article of the number received today delighted her as she likes anything that makes devotion to our Divine Queen. She shall be seen and known by all men as Our Lady, as one who does not have to make apologies. She hears nothing from "The...

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Tello expresses his regrets and sympathizes for the disaster that has happened at Notre Dame, but he is sure that Our Lady will bring the Ave Maria out all right. Bishop Richard Gilmour also feels distressed. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Murray has no time to read the daily papers but his brother sent him a marked copy of the Ohio Journal which gave Murray real grief when he read of the almost total destruction of Notre Dame. He hopes the account is greatly exaggerated as such occurences often are. Few things could give him greater pain than to hear Notre Dame is troubled as he is very warmly attached to Notre Dame. He sends his sympathy to all and to Father Edward F. Sorin, the man of toil and lofty deeds. :: X-2-e...

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Haviland was grieved that so little insurance was invested on the buildings that were destroyed by fire and supposes that all of the papers he sent were lost. He asks Hudson if the Ave Maria will be continued and if the buildings will soon be rebuilt. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. crown 8vo.

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Hennemann has just heard of the disaster and even through he can send no contribution he sends his deepest sympathy. Hennemann is packing his trunks and soon he will leave America with sorrow. A note at the top of the letter written by Hudson to Bourg says: The following letter is written by a distinguished member of the Benedictine Order, formerly president of the Univ. of Munich who came to America, and now his superiors have recalled him. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Hickey thought it very good of Hudson to think of him during Hudson's great trial. Hickey's Review went to press too soon to get the slips in that Hudson had sent him, but they will try to do so next week. Hickey was happy to know that the Ave Maria was saved from the fire and after studying the picture of the University he could not see how it could have escaped until he remembered that Our Lady was keeping her paper safe. Hickey wishes Hudson to present his condolences to Father...

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Tello has received the papers Hudson sent him. He has been very busy with business recently and has had no time to do any writing. He hopes he shall do Notre Dame justice in the space it shall occupy in their columns this week. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. crown 8vo.

Scope and Contents Bennett waited to hear the worst of the fire and feared that the office was gone as his last weeks paper did not come until today. He believes that Our Lady protected the Ave Maria and thinks that may be the statute was not acceptable coming from Napoleon. He sends a dollar with his letter as he is sure a loss was sustained and if not the dollar may be used as desired. He would like to get a copy of Our Saviour's likeness. P.S. He has received no bill for letters yet. :: X-2-e A.L.S....

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Lambing expresses his sympathy on the destruction of the University. He received Hudson's letter and the style of the pamphlet is good. There is a mission being given by the Jesuit fathers and this takes up some of his leisure time. Lambing is going to order more copies of the "Mixed Marriage" and will pay for them at that time. He plans to add his mite towards the rebuilding of the University. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. crown 8 vo.

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DePombriary has received a South Bend Tribune with an account of the fire. He has sent his Tribune on to Leon Aubineau. He asks Hudson to send Aubineau an Ave Maria containing the account as de Pombriay wishes to interest Aubineau in Notre Dame. He has written his uncle for permission to send a book to Hudson but wants it returned as it is the only copy they have. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. postcard.

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Mrs. Carrington was deeply touched to think that Hudson thought of her in the first hours of his calamity. She is going to send a draft as soon as possible and be one of the first to help him. She hopes that everyone sang a Te Deum that the church was saved. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. crown 8 vo.

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McGee has made two engravings of the photos Hudson sent and they will appear in the next issue. He sympathizes with Hudson in his great loss. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. royal 8 vo.

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Hudson's money order for the verses received. Her object in publishing is to promote devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to increase the small means at her disposal for different good works. She commends herself to Hudson's prayers. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo

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She is sending a contribution for publication if worthy of insertion in the Ave Maria. She is a convert and feels obligated to God for possessing the Catholic faith. Her husband, E. C. Arnold, desires to be remembered to Hudson and they both regret the misfortune of Notre Dame. P.S. She is not accustomed to writing for publication and asks Hudson to make necessary corrections. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo

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Dallas commends Hudson on the wonderful suggestion he had in the Ave Maria and is sending his mite and hopes that all who read the Ave Maria will do the same and that they will soon see Notre Dame rise from its ruins. P.S. He thanks Hudson for the South Bend paper and the proof of the Ave Maria. He asks that his name not be mentioned in connection with the enclosed. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp.. crown 8 vo.

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Miss Donnelly sends her sympathy to Hudson at the destruction of Notre Dame and sends $1.00 and poem to help. She would like to have the poem printed during the month of Our Mother. She hopes that the Blessed Lady, for whom Notre Dame was founded, will come to their assistance in this hour of trial. She sends her condolences to Father Edward Sorin. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 18mo.