Scope and Contents She thanks Hudson for discovering the errors in the chapter returned. Father James A. Doonan told her that in Baltimore it was easier to get dispensations for mixed marriages than anywhere else in the country. Angie's husband, whose Father was General Eastman, was baptized in his infancy at Fort McHenry by a Catholic Priest. When he married after graduating from west Point no difficulty was offered by Archbishop Kenrick or Father D. Lynch, S.J. who married them. She wants to call...

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 acknowledges the receipt of $70 and thanks Hudson for being so prompt. It has been a pleasure for her to write for the Ave Maria since Hudson has had control of it. She is glad Hudson has the courage to resist annoyances and spare the subscribers the reading of weak sentimental poetry. She cannot understand what right Mother Angela Gillespie has to meddle in the affairs of the Ave Maria. She interfered with Mrs. Dorsey when two of her stories were in progress, "Adrift" and "Tangled...

Scope and Contents She thanks Father for his kind and comforting letter to her. She refers to John Boyle O'Reilly and her poem, "Beth's Promise." She does not believe that Mr. O'Reilly, being an Irishman, will keep his promises. She thinks her poem is fine but that it is too intensely Catholic to be accepted by a Protestant publisher. Does Father Hudson know any English Publishers or correspondents through whom she could have it published in London or Edinburgh? She received a check for $73, some postage...

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She returns a check which is improperly signed and asks that it be corrected as soon as possible as she needs it very much. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She thanks Hudson for check and money order. However, she returns the check because the bank refused it on account of the way it is drawn, and asks that it be exchanged for a P. O. money order for $50.00. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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...

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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 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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As to Mrs. Madelein Vinton Dahlgren 's contribution to the Dome, it may come. Dorsey sends an article on Abbe Huc's book of travels. She will not be able to send part of the new story until the middle of January. Archbishop James Gibbons has permitted Father James Doonan, S.J., vice-president of Georgetown College to celebrate Mass at her home because of Angie 's illness. Dahlgren sent Dorsey her new work "South Sea Sketches" which is entertaining. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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...

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Dorsey forwarded a manuscript last week. She asks Hudson to forward her some money on her articles that have been published, a check for $100 would square accounts. Her daughter Clare Mohun is still confined to bed. Miss Febiger leaves tomorrow for Circleville Ohio to visit her aunt Mrs. William Anderson and Mrs. Ketchum, who plan to visit Mother Angela Gillespie . Dorsey was pleased with the sketch of the Champion of the Church, Ludwig Windthorst. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the check. She congratulates Hudson on pruning off the pious minded, but indifferent poets from the Ave Maria's list of contributors. The article "Queen by Divine Right" is charming. Would it be possible to get a photo of Mother Rosalie . Dorsey's two sick daughters, Clair Mohun and Angie Dorsey, are not recovering. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.