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Dorsey has been ill but will send her critical remarks tomorrow. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Dorsey ill, delayed sending manuscript until tomorrow's mail. The story approaches conclusion. Letter from Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey tells Dorsey that Noonans like the rest of Catholic Irish publishers are a peddling mercenary set of men, who are sharp on the main chance, without caring a dot for the authors on whose brain work they prosper. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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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...

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 describes a fire in her chimney. She was surprised Maurice Francis Egan was not the recipient of the medal. Was not Ludwig Windthorst's death splendid? Dorsey discusses the threats of the Italian politicians to send one of their warships to the mouth of the Mississippi. With King Humbert's bankrupt government, his demoralized army and the great distance, his ships could not harm us. He would be confronted with a million Catholics who would strike at the usurper of the Church....

Scope and Contents Why did Dorsey's last letter pain Hudson? Dorsey has a letter copied from an autograph letter of Columbus for Commodore Gray of New York City. Gray presented the copy to his sister, Mrs. Harris, Dorsey's friend, who allowed Dorsey to copy it. Dorsey hopes Hudson will put something in the Ave Maria about the monument to be unveiled to the memory of Leonard Calvert by the State of Maryland. The opening prayer is to be offered by Cardinal Gibbons and the closing one by Bishop Paret of the...

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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.

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Dorsey explains the inaccuracies in part of her story. She inquires if the earthquake that occurred in the Washington area reached Notre Dame. Louis, her grandson, has departed for college. She thinks it remarkable that Franz Liszt, the great composer who just died, should have abandoned his scandalous life of his youth and become a monk. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey asks Hudson to supply the proper numbers of the Ave Maria containing the missing parts of "Adrift". They are needed for the new edition of her stories which Frank Murphy is publishing. One of the stories, "Zoe's Daughter", she hopes to get from Patrick Donahoe, who writes that he purchased a juvenile tales of hers from Father William Byrne, who published it in The Young Crusader. This story and "Adrift" she would be pleased to incorporate in the uniform edition of her works. ::...

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for his efforts to locate the missing parts of her stories, "Adrift" and "Zoe's Daughter". Her friend Patrick Donahue was kind enough to resell the original copy of "Zoe's Daughter" for less than half he paid for it. It will make a good volume for the uniform edition of her works. If Father-General Sorin is agreeable, she will dedicate "Palms" to him. Frank Murphy, the publisher is enthusiastic about the uniform edition and has written to a Catholic publisher in...

Scope and Contents The death of Louise Lateau has caused concern and mystery in Dorsey's mind. She is a believer in miracles but it is incomprehensible to Dorsey why a frail girl should be chosen to have repeated the passion of Christ. She has always had misgivings as to the cause, since Dorsey could not believe it was of a supernatural character but believes Lateau was afflicted with a high strain of hysteria and catalepsy combined. Dorsey claims that she will have a new story by the New Year. She...

Scope and Contents She mailed four chapters of her story. Three more chapters will complete it, although she would prefer more elbow room to work out her plots. She lists instances of the good influences of her writing. Fiction is understood by the general reader more readily than profound essays. She discusses the Book of Job from which she learns faith, patience, courage, sorrow for sin, among other things she lists. Her body complains more and more as the hinges of life grow rusty. Yesterday Angela's...

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On Saturday when the manuscripts were mailed, the enclosed had no salutation. Hudson should regard this explanation as an apology. :: X-2-g A.Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey was glad Hudson could take the story "The Old Hair Trunk". When he comes to settle with Katherine Faxon, he should do it through Dorsey. She is sorry about the professor and will write him if Hudson thinks it would not bother him. Did he ever get his money back out of "Bob"? Professor James Edwards was as welcome as any one from Notre Dame, would be. Dorsey rejoiced to hear the Englishman still survived the hardships of proof reading and told Edwards she thought seriously of...

Scope and Contents Dorsey acknowledges receipt of the ten dollars for her article. She will send Hudson a new story and asks to retain the copyrights. Dorsey requests a written statement to show whe has the copyrights of "The Tramp", "Jose Maria", "Chito" and the one she is writing. The matter arises as a result of an offer by a New York Syndicate to bring out all these stories in book form. They have had a letter from Charles Warren Stoddard and are looking forward to his visit. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 4pp....

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Dorsey is recovering slowly. As soon as she can get at the story it will be finished. Dorsey is so weak that not even the offer to be sent to Ober-Ammergau to write about the Passion Play rouses her. She sends a poem. The card is for Brother Francis John Reynolds. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the last of chapter twelve and a part of chapter thirteen. The "Leader" has been good to her ventures and she is thankful. Regarding the chances of a girl to succeed in Washington as a short hand reporter, Dorsey would say no. The supply exceeds the demand. A government position is hard to get and the salary of $720 is inadequate to meet living expenses in Washington. Sylvia Hunting is sweet to fancy her work. :: X-3-h A.L. Incomplete 2pp. 12mo.

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Patrick Donahoe has offered "Zoe's Daughter" to Mama Anna Hanson Dorsey , but they can not spare the money to buy it. Dorsey has an article about how Mama got Edwin M. Stanton to invite the Sisters of Charity to the front during the war. How can this be brought to the eyes of the Bishop of Halifax? The soldiers are not well treated in English garrison towns. :: X-3-b A.L.S. Incomplete 3pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Dorsey's physical strength begins to carry her. The letter of Brother Francis, C.S.C. was very pleasant. They have met Charles Warren Stoddard and like him, but regret he dislikes social obligations. Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of the Century, went before Congress in January on the matter of the Copyright Bill. He expressed surprise that Maurice Francis Egan had not gone to the University, and said the surprise was shared by New York litterateurs and publishers. He seemed to...

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Dorsey has not even seen Father John A. Zahm, C.S.C.. They had Eleanor C. Donnelly one Sunday. It was a blow when Father Zahm did not come for Dorsey had counted on hearing all the news of Hudson and Notre Dame. She is beginning "Tom and Jerry", a short story, for Hudson. She sends three sample copies of "The World's Progress". :: X-3-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Hudson may use the notes as he wishes. Dorsey will send Mrs. Madaleine Vinton Dahlgren's article. She gives the terms of an agreement with Osgood's to publish works of her mother, Anna Hanson Dorsey . Dorsey asks Hudson's advice on whether or not she should submit certain works for Osgood's inspection. The new addition will be called the Ave Maria edition. Dorsey will call on Maurice Francis Egan and Patrick Hickey when she gets to New York. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 10pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey saw Thomas Noonan, but they could not reach a satisfactory agreement. Noonan asked Dorsey the names of the other publishers in the West who had offered and left her with the suspicion he was attempting to drive a bargain. Old Patrick Donahue was affectionate in his inquiries for her mother, Anna Hanson Dorsey :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey submits part of Chapter XI. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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She sends the rest of Chapter II. Enclosed are some manuscripts for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-f A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.