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 She rejoices in the fact that her child is rapidly convalescing. She knows the cause of her recovery is due to the prayers of the holy souls at Notre Dame. She thanks Hudson and all of them for these prayers. Her book will be out in May. Sadlier's has sent her contracts to sign and will pay her ten per cent on every copy sold. They have made no mention of when the publishing costs should be paid. She wants to know if she has the right to publish "Adrift". She thinks she has but wants to...

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. ::...

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two checks. Since Hudson has decided that her story must be crowded into three months, she requests that he return the last manuscript Dorsey sent, so that it can be revised. She has received numerous letters from strangers urging her to write another story, and she has been appointed an honorary member of the Philomathean Society in Ohio. Her daughter, Angie, has recovered from a serious illness. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 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 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 Ill health has prevented Dorsey from answering Hudson's letter sooner. It was refreshing to hear of Mr. Collier's reputation for fair dealing, but she cannot see how a uniform edition of her stories can be brought out since she no longer controls the copyrights to her works, except for "Nora Brady's Vow" and "Tangled Paths". "The Sister of Charity", "May Brooke" and "Woodreve Manor" are out of print; the first two were brought out by Dunigan and Kircher, the latter by Hart. Dorsey would...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter and check came. They are delighted at the prospect of seeing Hudson in Lent. Dorsey will be glad to tell Hudson about General Ulysses S. Grant of whom he hears only through the Catholic papers, which hold him up as a sort of monster. Angie Eastman in general health is much better. Clare Mohun's health is no better. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey is not as strong as she might be. They have heard nothing about the writing for Angie. Dorsey is glad Hudson is interested in Rabbi...

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A photograph of the scene in the Rotunda of the Capital where the President's body, James A. Garfield, was deposited is sent. Dorsey describes the funeral scene. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Dorsey asks Hudson for the names of two or three London Catholic Publishers and Lady Georgiana Fullerton 's address. Tell the Scholastic that the elephant Jumbo, now fourteen feet high, is so enormous that the Smithsonian naturalists had a discussion as to the probability of its being a mastodon, but finally decided that he was the largest elephant on record. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey informs Hudson that she is moving and gives a lengthy description of her new home. She promises to send a story by December first and asks for an advance. Dorsey wrote to Maurice Francis Egan, but has not heard from him because he probably never received the letter due to an incorrect address. A personal interview with Mrs. Madeleine Dahlgren will be satisfactory and Dorsey thinks Mrs. William Sherman would help Hudson in the object in view. Dahlgren and Sherman are not on terms...

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Dorsey sends more of her manuscript. Her granddaughter, Lee Mohun, will remain at St. Mary's during the spring vacation. Dorsey thanks Hudson for sending her Frances Howe's tribute to her sister's memory. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Enclosed are two chapters of "Ada's Trust". Two more chapters will arrive by Monday, so Hudson should have enough copy ahead. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the $14, which was a surprise since she expected "Butterworks" to go toward repaying the $30 advanced sometime ago. Dorsey asks Hudson to advance her an additional $150 on her new story, which will not exceed four months in length. At the present, Dorsey is in a difficult financial situation and needs the money. Dorsey has been reading a...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends another chapter. She asks for a list of Catholic publishers in the West. Dorsey wants to send the Notre Dame library a government copy of the trail of Charles J. Guiteau as a reference for law students and as a curio of the nineteenth century. The trial is a disgrace and the law daily insulted. If the jury hangs Guiteau, it will be from a sense of justice, rather than from any enlightenment of counsel or court. There should be no doubt as to the punishment due the murderer...

Scope and Contents Father James Doonan, S.J., visited Dorsey yesterday, he said he was pleased to hear that Hudson was coming to Washington. Doonan is Vice-President of Georgetown College and now is acting President during the absence of Father Patrick F. Healy, who is suffering ill health. If Hudson cannot stay with the Dorseys he can live at Georgetown. Dorsey thought that William Sadlier Company is defrauding her. Her contract was in New York and she neither has seen it for two years, nor could she get...

Scope and Contents Dorsey is disappointed for she felt Hudson's silence meant he was coming to visit her. She supposes Father-General Edward Sorin 's trip to New York and Europe changed Hudson's plans. Clare Mohun, her daughter, is confined to bed by illness. She received the Scholastic and thinks it a credit to the University of Notre Dame. Dorsey thanks Hudson for sending the Ave Maria to her granddaughter, Lee Mohun . The story is almost finished and she will send it to Hudson shortly. :: X-2-i A.L.S....

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Dorsey sends more manuscript. She hopes the proof readers will make no more mistakes with her material. Her story is finished but the nervous strain has caused a heart attack. Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren visited Dorsey after a winter of illness. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents The manuscript has been sent. Dorsey is disappointed that Hudson cannot leave Notre Dame and come East for a visit. She has been suffering considerably from heart trouble. Looking through her papers she found a poem by Father Charles Constantine, S.J., which she thinks has not been printed and so sends it for the Scholastic. Dorsey requests that Hudson send her the address of Lady Georgiana Fullerton . Father James Doonan celebrated Mass for the Dorsey family this morning. :: X-2-i...

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...

Scope and Contents When her stories were being collected for the uniform edition, she objected to Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey insistence that "The Heiress of Carrigmona" be included because some chapters were missing. They learned from Patrick Donahoe for whose paper she wrote the story around 1850, that all files of the Pilot were saved from the Boston fire of 1872, that ruined Donahoe. John Boyle O'Reilly, the present editor of the Pilot gave her permission to copy the parts of the story she lacked,...

Scope and Contents Dorsey recommends means of preventing the recurring illness that Hudson has suffered. Phil and Edyth received the books Hudson sent and thank him for them. Dorsey has attempted to get her book "Tangled Paths" out of the hands of Sadlier, but in vain. She hopes to make some arrangement with Lippincott for "Nora Brady's Vow". Dorsey is writing two short stories; one is about the time of Aurelian, concerning the martyrdom of a child who had been cured of blindness. Dorsey grieves over the...