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Ryder expected a letter from Hudson. He has vainly tried to write a good article and is grieved that he is unable to give Hudson what he wants. Ryder is going to give up writing. Do not let Maurice Francis Egan know its authorship. He had thought of introducing his sonnet in his verses republished in the Ave Maria from the New York Catholic of about June, 1879. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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De Lande has written a memoriam of Father William G. G. Denvir lately deceased and asks Hudson to publish it. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Galwey submits an article for the Ave Maria. He believes that the part Catholics played in the Civil War ought to be recorded. Now that he is unemployed he can send Hudson more articles for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Jenkins submits the first third of his story entitled "Schmid". He has material for an American geographical tribute to the Blessed Virgin. Jenkins again suggests that Hudson turn the Ave Maria into a bi-monthly magazine of fifty pages. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Seymour landed in New York on Friday and came immediately to Nashville where she accepted a position teaching in a Protestant school. After her grandmother's estate is settled Seymour intends to return to Europe. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Vagnier has translated an article from "Annales de l'Union Catholique, Mauritius" which he sends Hudson. He has been ill for a month. Vagnier is waiting to hear whether Father Daniel Spillard, C.S.C. will give a mission at his parish. How is Hudson withstanding the cigar famine? :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Egan had arranged with James McMaster to take his two week vacation beginning September 1st and had planned to visit Hudson but illness prevented him from traveling to Notre Dame. Gill was called away and Egan had to take the Catholic World. He did not like the introduction or the reference to Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey 's poverty but he fancied from Hudson's note that it was intended to remind Catholic publishers of her needs. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Lambing has thought of sending the Holy Father Pope Leo XIII copies of his publications. But such offerings are best made by a person acquainted with both parties. Lambing thought that if Father-General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. were going to Rome this autumn, he would write to Sorin and ask him to undertake the work. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The enclosed piece was translated by Father Charles B. Currier, C.SS.R., and was taken from a Dutch publication. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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O'Loughlin of the Catholic Herald thanks Hudson for his letter in reference to the story. There are no copyright marks in the volume they used, but they agree Hudson is right. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Sister is happy to hear that Hudson's health has improved. Their school opened on the 1st with a large number of students for a town with five schools. Mother Annunciata and all the sisters are well. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Van Ness apologizes for not acknowledging sooner Hudson's donation of volumes of the series. She will forward her translations of several French articles if Hudson desires them. Van Ness commends the Ave Maria for its style and wishes other Catholic journals would imitate it. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Enclosed is $1 to pay for "A Troubled Heart". :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Acton would like to know if Hudson received his manuscripts on "Teddy's Temptations". :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Starr has received the article entitled "A California Pilgrimage". She wants to know who is the pilgrim. :: X-3-a A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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The book that Hudson sent to Dahlgren gave her and her daughter, Ulrica, pleasant reading. She has just completed a novelette entitle "The Lost Name", she wishes she had written it for a Catholic magazine, but her mission seems to be to write for a protesting public. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Meline was disappointed by Hudson's criticism and rejection of her article. For years she has been knocking at the door of the Catholic World and only partially succeeded, but now she has given up after the trash Monsignor Robert Seton writes was preferred to her stories. If Father Augustine Hewit were to take the helm her stories would have a chance. As for the Fireside it is a year since Meline washed her hands of it. As for Mr. Dunne the saying, a shoemaker should stick to his last...

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Murphy has succeeded Father Joseph Mohan who has been transferred to Everett. If Hudson is visiting in the East he is invited to stop in. Murphy is to pay for the Ave Maria for Sisters of Notre Dame at Woburn where he has been the past seven years. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey is grateful to Maurice Francis Egan for writing the sketch "The Tenant of Gable End", but she is disturbed about the inaccuracies in the article. She has always written while under stress and feels she has missed her aim. Her best works, she feels, have been done for the Ave Maria. Except for one story, "Father Clement" by Father Charles Pise, S.J., Dorsey's stories were the first Catholic stories by an American writer. She was windowed in 1861, when her daughter, Nellie Ella...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends the third chapter of "Palms". She discusses the plot and background of her story. Dorsey sends for Hudson's perusal a letter received from the Sisters of Charity at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. She asks Hudson to correct their mistaken belief that her serial stories in the Ave Maria, with a few exceptions do not appear in book form. Dorsey is glad to see a beginning of war reminiscences of a Catholic type in the Ave Maria. Its readers might be interested to know the...

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Nealis thanks Hudson for the copy of the New York Freeman's Journal. She asks Hudson to send her a copy of the Catholic Fireside. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.

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Dorsey describes her recent vacation cruise from New York northward along the New England and Nova Scotian Coast. She did not see the proofs and believes several mistakes which Maurice Francis Egan wished eliminated slipped through. She inquires if Notre Dame takes apprentice boys on their farm? :: X-3-a A.L.S. 8pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Sister submits a story entitled "Nora" together with the music of "Respice Stellam". She praises Hudson for the numerous interesting articles, particularly "Lepers of Molokai" that have appeared in the Ave Maria during the past years. Sister thanks Hudson for copies of "A Troubled Heart" and "Our Lady of Good Counsel". The Irish Land League is ruining the peasantry since it has demoralized the people and destroyed their love for their clergy. All who joined the Land League must attend...

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Hudson's check for $100 has reached Tiernan. Fisher would like to know the price that Hudson will pay for the serial which she has already begun. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Major Henry Brownson reports Hudson's health is bad. Van Dyke invites Hudson to spend a few weeks with him or take a vacation for the benefit of his health. He recommends the spitcure. Doctor Hollembaek is working more marvels than ever. P.S. Madam Van Dyke is now Mother Superior at Grosse Pointe. How is Phillip Brownson ? He's a hard one! :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Nealis thanks Hudson for the paper. She encloses a letter received from Mrs. Anna Sadlier . Nealis is sending her the New York Freeman's Journal. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Galwey thanks Hudson for the remittance and the numbers of the Ave Maria. He submits an article. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Maes thanks Hudson for volume five and the copies of the Scholastic. He hopes Hudson is well. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Murphy offers to make reparations to Hudson and the Ave Maria for articles borrowed from the Ave Maria. However he does not know the articles in question. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Seymour thanks Hudson for the $50 check. Miss Sara Smith in her recent letter overrated Seymour. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.