Scope and Contents Hudson's letter reached her yesterday. She mentions the titles of several manuscripts she will send him soon. A heart condition has kept her from writing for nearly three months. The Dr. Calls it ossification and said she may live on for years with care. She has never asked to be healed and offers all she suffers to the Sacred Heart. She thanks Hudson for defending Jack Thornton. A dreadful scandal has just occurred in Washington originating in the evil on which "Ade's Trust" is...

Scope and Contents She has wondered why Hudson sends her such laconic notes. She is afraid that her recent manifestos have given him the idea that she is somewhat of a virago. She knows that all she has endured has embittered her. If she had used the opportunities given her to the fullest she doubtless could have been a saint. Her life has been a continuous conflict. Angie had the writing President James A. Gerfield ordered sent to her from the Navy Dept., but the Secretary of the Navy, William H. Hunt,...

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She makes an estimates of her M.S. pages as compared with the printed pages of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-k A.L.Unsigned 1p. 16mo.

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The conclusion to this chapter IX and one more will complete "Ada's Trust". She passes the "Scholastic" on to Louie Mohun at Georgetown College. She will send Davenhowen's and George Bancroft's autographs if anyone at Notre Dame wants them. She describes their weather. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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She thanks Hudson for his kind note. Dr. Toner came to see her on Sunday and told her of the doings at the University. She did not number the chapter she sent today, not knowing the present order. One more chapter will conclude the story. Hudson's prayers are being answered for members of her family. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 2 pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hudson's pleasant lines reached her yesterday. She feels her life is a failure because her sufferings have embittered her instead of making her resigned and submissive. It would do her good to see Hudson. James Gillespie Blaine has failed her so far. He means well but being Irish he is impulsive and generous; the Irish are given to great gush and Mr. Blaine is simply full of Mr. Blaine. She got a letter from Gen. Ulysses S. Grant telling her he had written to the President about Angie's...

Scope and Contents She is forwarding chapter ten of her story; the two she has in hand will finish it. She thinks the readers will like it because it is more full of examples than precept. In this chapter she refers to an incident in the life of Bishop John England which is similar to that of one of her characters. The income of $75 per month which Angela has been receiving furing the past year has been stopped, and she does not know how she will manage without it. She did not intend to mention money so...

Scope and Contents How could Hudson spring such a surprise on Dorsey as the Notre Dame Scholastic brought her on All Fools Day, April 1st. Receiving the Laetare Medal was unexpected. The announcement that she had been awarded the medal produced great excitement in her family. The diamond of the gold medal is Maurice Francis Egan's sonnet. She enjoyed it without the least taint of self-love for he so idealized his theme that it is far beyond her. Who wrote the prose sketch? It is perfect in as much as it...

Scope and Contents Dorsey delayed writing until Hudson returned from Detroit. She comments at length on Charles Warren Stoddard' s book "A Troubled Heart". The Dorsey family has experienced much excitement lately, first Angie Dorsey was threatened with blindness, then Dorsey's grandson was appointed assistant paymaster to Paymaster John Furey and finally her granddaughter, Lee Mohun, at St. Mary's, Ohio, wrote that she was going to the novitiate at Lyons in June to prepare herself for Congo missions....

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Dorsey did not intend to have her story "Palms" regarded as a child's story. It was suitable for young girls. The Ave Maria could not do without Hudson. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey advises Hudson to arrange the chapters the way he wants. Enclosed is an old English or French engraving of Blessed Joseph Labre, which was given to Dorsey by the English Carmelites. Perhaps Hudson would make a photo of it for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Has Hudson received the manuscript and letter she mailed ten days ago? Dorsey has more manuscripts to forward but will, defer sending until she learn Hudson has received those sent. :: X-3-a A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hduson for the $18 he sent her. She realizes Hudson's health is not strong, but begs him not to separate himself from the Ave Maria, for if he does she fears it will return to its old status. Hudson should insist on having an assistant. She has completed "Palms" as well as the story for girls. Dorsey inquires, who wrote "A Troubled Heart"? Hudson has failed to send a copy of Francis Macary. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents After being misdirected, the check Hudson sent reached her. Dorsey thanks Hudson for his expression of appreciation of her efforts to stem the tide of sensational reading matter. Reading matter for Catholic youths should include the lessons of morality and religion blended with dramatic incidents. Since Mrs. Anna Sadlier laid down her pen, Dorsey has been the only writer of Catholic fiction. Because of Mother Angela Gillespie 's letter to Father Edward Sorin, which he sent to Dorsey...

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Dorsey inquires if Hudson received her recent letters. She intends to send more manuscript tomorrow. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the check. She makes some comments on the style of her latest story "Palms". Dorsey thanks Hudson for his effort in bringing out a uniform edition of her stories. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey is busy sending out a circular letter on the book. Dorsey gives her opinion of Father A.F. Ciampi, S.J :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey asks Hudson to make two corrections in "A Day at the Villa". Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey has gotten off nearly all the circulars. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey discusses the length of her story "Palms". Bishop John J. Keane sent words of encouragement about her story. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey discusses "Palms". "Nora Brady" is a bright story of its kind. Dorsey's best work has been done for the Ave Maria. She thanks Hudson for his good intentions toward Louis Mohun . Dorsey sends a scrap about the Pope. It shows what a great change has come to pass in the Protestant mind about the Church. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Illness has kept Dorsey from completing the manuscript. She understands better since Hudson's letter to her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey , why Hudson cannot see her grandson Louis. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the Ave Maria series, all of which she gave Father Stephen Kelly, S.J. He was delighted to get Father Zahm's "What the Church has done for Science" and thinks Father Sorin a remarkable man. She received the copy of Stoddard's "Lepers of Molokai". Dorsey suggests that Hudson...

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Dorsey sends chapter IX, which brings her story to an end. She asks Hudson to advance her some money. Dorsey discusses the plot of her story "Palms" stating she hopes to have it published in book form. Stoddard's articles of the Holy Land are delightful. She will give Father Stephen Kelly, Hudson's message. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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Hudson owes her nothing on "Beth's Promise". Dorsey will begin writing the short story Hudson desires and hopes to have it completed by October 1st. She relates an amusing incident. :: X-3-g A.L.S. Incomplete 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey offers condolences to Hudson on the death of his brother. She sends another chapter of "Jamie's Temptation." Dorsey is seeking a pension offered by the Federal Government to mothers of soldiers who died in the Civil War. If her claim is allowed she will get over a hundred dollars a year, besides the two thousand dollars of arrears. She is determined to get it for Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey 's sake. She received the two Ave Maria's containing the article by Dr. Pooley :: X-2-m...

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the picture and the St. Agnes card. Angie Dorsey is much better. Clare visited Dorsey with her two youngest children; her health is better but she suffers from heart spasms. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the prayers offered for the success of her pension claim. She will receive $120 per year, and the arrears of $2000 if Congress passes the full bill. Dorsey asks Hudson to send another check to her for as much as he can spare. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey writes about her daughter's trip to Notre Dame. Father-General Edward Sorin charmed Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey . She feels that God has blessed Sorin by prolonging his life so that he may look upon the fruits of his labors. Nellie brought Dorsey a picture of Sorin. Dorsey is pleased with the proposed edition of her book, Patrick O'Shea said Sorin gave him permission to publish Coaena, the Flemmings and the Old Gray Rosary. Angie Dorsey is in bed all the time. :: X-2-n A.L.S....

Scope and Contents Clara Dorsey is slowly recovering from her illness, while Angie is still gravely ill. Dorsey requests Maurice Francis Egan 's address, for she hopes he can dispose of the copyright of "The Legend of St. Dennis". The poem, entitled "Annunciation" she can furnished revised but she can't give it away. Hudson should know how scurvily she was treated by people at Notre Dame about her poem which was awarded the first prize of $300. Yet, the next Ave Maria announced that this sum which had...

Scope and Contents Dorsey is pleased that Hudson liked her story "Warp and Woof". She has received complimentary letters on this story, however she was criticized for not describing the wedding but since marriage is a sacrament, Dorsey felt it should not be made a spectacle like an execution. Angie Dorsey 's appointment is only temporary. Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey house will be finished September 1st. Should Mrs. MadeleineV. Dahlgren carry out her plan it would be the means of securing Dorsey's home,...

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Leonce has no basis for his hypercritical remarks about Dorsey's story for in her description of the life and climate of Louisiana she consulted a history of the state. The Sadliers have failed and Dorsey supposes that her book "Beth's Promise" is in the hands of their creditors. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey received the money order for $30, but her name was written Anna A. Dorsey. Will Hudson please have another money order sent. Dorsey describes the funeral of President James A. Garfield . It is one of the most pathetic and causeless tragedies Dorsey ever knew. She sends some papers to Hudson. Dorsey's two invalid daughters are not yet cured and Clare Mohun's health is in a very critical state. As Nell Ella Loraine Dorsey is out of the city, direct to Dorsey Mohun, her grandson. ::...

Scope and Contents Dorsey concurs in the writer's opinion about Catholic magazines. Healthy reading combining amusement as well as information and a Catholic spirit without what Bishop John Joseph Keane calls sentimental piety is what a person in the Church needs. When Dorsey published her second story after becoming a Catholic, Orestes Brownson criticized it as being a Catholic outline filled up with Protestant commonplace writing. Dorsey sent the review to Father Louis R. Deluol, Superior of St. Mary's...