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Dorsey informs Hudson that her daughter Clare is sending her son, Louis, to Notre Dame. They hope Louis will find a vocation for the priesthood while there. Madame Yturbide, her cousin, now lives in Mexico City. Emperor Maximillian inveigled her into allowing her son to live with him and then forbade communication between them for he planned to adopt the boy as heir to the throne. Dorsey's dautghter, Nellie Ella Lorraine, is better. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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The sheets will be sent as soon as possible. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey enumerates the errors made by the printers in publishing her story. She is pleased to learn that the powers at Notre Dame recognize Hudson has enough to do as editor of the Ave Maria. The news that her grandson is seriously ill in the infirmary is upsetting. Has Hudson seen Abbe Roux's book? :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey will send the manuscript of her latest story. She thanks Hudson for his prompt attention to her needs. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends an installment of her story. Tichner declines undertaking the publication of Dorsey's work and she would rather have the book published by the Ave Maria Press. Isn't the revolution between capital and labor alarming? :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey wishes to enlist Hudson's aid for her grandson, Louis Mohun, who is to spend the next two years at Notre Dame. When he was at that age which requires home influence to urge on a boy's studies, his father died, followed by extreme illness of his mother for two years. Father J.A. Doonan, S.J., a friend of his parents, invited him to Georgetown College of which he was just elected President. It was unfortunate for Louis, who was put to studying Latin and Greek, although only...

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Dorsey sends a correction of an error she made in her story "Palms". She discusses the plot of this story. Brother Stanislaus Michael Kurowski called on the Dorseys. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the manuscript. She cannot understand the error she made about Pompeii in her story "Palms". Dorsey is glad to hear that Hudson liked the photograph. She was delighted to see her autograph in the Ave Maria. Her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey has been ill. Father James Mackin, a sailor priest, visited Dorsey and has since gone to Rome with Bishop John J. Keane :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the longest of the chapter of "Palms". The cold wave that Washington has been experiencing has produced much illness. She hopes Hudson is enjoying good health. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 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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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 errors made by the proofreader with her story. She sends the beginning of another chapter. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey requests a check for the amount due her. She is pleased to learn that Father-General has read her story, "Palms". Eliza Allen Starr sent 120 names. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Before Hudson publishes her story Dorsey wishes he would send her the manuscript. Eliza Allen Starr sent one hundred orders for the new edition and kind words about Dorsey's story "Palms". Nellie will send particulars. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey did not realize "Palms" would be so long and thinks that Christian Reid's story would compensate for discontinuing her story. Dorsey praises Hudson for raising the Ave Maria to its present high standard. She is happy to hear good reports about her grandson Louis Mohun, who is attending Notre Dame. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey is grieved over receiving a bill from Sadlier's for three dollars. Her daughter Angie has lost her job in the Navy Department. James G. Blaine a personal friends of the family, has been unable to arrange for a new job. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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 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 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 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 sends some manuscripts. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hudson's letter containing the photograph came. Dorsey recommends Holman's Liver Pad to Hudson. Her daughter, Angela Eastman, who is ill, prefers suffering to the pad. Dorsey will go on with her story. Father William Byrne wrote last week that one of her juvenile stories is in press. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey and her family have been very ill. The warm sultry weather has produced a dread of the mysterious epidemic of grippe that prevails in a large part of the world, which is proving fatal in hundreds of cases. Louis Mohun's operation was a success. Charles Warren Stoddard was invited to their home but he has not come yet. Regarding the question asked about a writer named Janvier in the Ave Maria, Dorsey had a friendly acquaintance with some of the family, one especially, Francis De...