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Diocese of Natchez Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: DNT
Scope and Content

Six letters received by Bishop John Chanche (1852-1853); three letters received by Bishop James O. Van de Velde (1855); three letters sent by Bishop William Henry Elder (1861-1864) and a document in Elder's hand, dating from the 1870s, characterizing the Society of the Knights of the Legion of Honor as a secret society; clippings of pastoral letters and articles by Elder (1873-1881); and a few other letters and clippings.

In English, French, German, and Latin.

Dates: 1849-1891.

Francis Silas Chatard Letters received

 Fonds
Identifier: FSC
Scope and Content

Letters from family, friends, and American bishops, most of them dating from the time when Chatard lived in Rome; concerning the North American College and its students and European travels of American friends; with requests from American bishops for assistance in dealing with Vatican officials, inquiries about political conditions in Rome, and requests for accomodations at the College for the First Vatican Council.

Dates: 1855-1912 (bulk 1855-1875).