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He asks Rousselon to send a draft for 250 piastres on Benoist and Company in favor of Father J. Quigley at St. Louis. :: VI-1-h A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

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Brands asks Rousselon to pay a small order which he gave to Messrs. Muir? and Smith, $8.25 Brands has 100 piastres to be sent to Father Anthony Penco, C.M. which he will send at the first opportunity, asking Rousselon to make a draft on Benoist and Company when he is in Camp Street. All are well except Brands who suffers from catarrh in the spring. :: VI-1-g A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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Brands asks Rousselon to pay $97.42 to P. Cusachs . Endorsed for Cusachs by J. J. Cusachs :: VI-1-g A. Note S. French 2pp. 16mo.

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Brands asks Rousselon to pay 6 piastres to the editor of the Southern Journal and charge the seminary. Brands has some money from the Propagation of the Faith but because Rousselon told him that in what he paid Mr. Purke there was an item which the seminary and not the Archbishop owed, Brands perfers to wait until the account of last year is closed. :: VI-1-g A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

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Rousselon is to pay A.C. Grieff and Company $90 and charge to Brands' account. :: VI-1-e .Note S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Brands has read Timon's letter with satisfaction and has been expecting him here for several days in order to put an end to the rumors. He is torturing himself with keeping ignorant without violating the truth. He has been to Potosi three times without visiting anyone but Father Louis Tucker? and the recorder's office. Timon's presence would be necessary to prevent the people from following Galena's bad example. Timon received a letter from James Myres of Baltimore, with the account ...

Scope and Contents Mr. Crowe will perhaps present an account on Brands for two years' subscription to the Shepherd of the Valley. Brands never did subscribe in his name. It was sent to him as a present because he was an agent. Father John Boullier, C.M. has paid for his subscription. Boullier has not yet started because the big river is too high, but he intends to start next Monday. Brands is well, but his leg is not yet strong, which also had caused him to spend three days on his journey., P.S. Brands...

Scope and Contents Brands had sent by mail a copy like the enclosed no enclosure but the uncertainty of the mail induced him to send another by private conveyance as far as St. Genevieve. In the letter he stated that he forgot to tell that Walter Brown owes $25 to the new church and that Brands would be very glad if Timon were to send some Masses and also to allow Brands to lend out the few little books, "Friendly Questions" and one Douay Catechism by which he hopes to gain some souls. Brands stated ...

Scope and Contents When last at the Seminary Brands forgot to mention three things: 1. He wishes to have for Mrs. Lamarque a French prayer of which there are plenty at New Orleans., 2. Whether the Masses he received from the parishioners of Perry County have been taken care of., 3. Last summer he found among his papers an old account of about $80 received from Bishop Joseph Rosati, 8 or 10 dollars of which were to be given to Mr. Morrison of Kaskaskias. This was in 1833. Brands does not know whether...

Scope and Contents Brands has done his best to get subscribers to the Reader and the Little Emigrant. He can dispose of 2 dozen of the former provided the name Catholic does not appear on the title page. Brands has sent Timon a request by way of Mrs. Delassus, for three copies of the controversy between Bishop John Baptist Purcell and Reverend Alexander Campbell. Brands wants them to expose the falsehoods of the Protestant newspapers, which a person at Valle's Mine, Missouri digging reads. These papers ...

Scope and Contents Brands has done his best to get subscribers to the Reader and the Little Emigrant. He can dispose of 2 dozen of the former provided the name Catholic does not appear on the title page. Brands has sent Timon a request by way of Mrs. Delassus, for three copies of the controversy between Bishop John Baptist Purcell and reverend alexander Campbell. Brands wants them to expose the falsehoods of the Protestant newspapers, which a person at Valle's Mine, Missouri digging reads. These papers ...

Scope and Contents Brands has done his best to get subscribers to the Reader and the Little Emigrant. He can dispose of 2 dozen of the former provided the name Catholic does not appear on the title page. Brands has sent Timon a request by way of Mrs. Delassus, for three copies of the controversy between Bishop John Baptist Purcell and reverend alexander Campbell. Brands wants them to expose the falsehoods of the Protestant newspapers, which a person at Valle's Mine, Missouri digging reads. These papers ...

Scope and Contents Brands has done his best to get subscribers to the Reader and the Little Emigrant. He can dispose of 2 dozen of the former provided the name Catholic does not appear on the title page. Brands has sent Timon a request by way of Mrs. Delassus, for three copies of the controversy between Bishop John Baptist Purcell and Reverend Alexander Campbell. Brands wants them to expose the falsehoods of the Protestant newspapers, which a person at Valle's Mine, Missouri digging reads. These papers ...

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If the altar stones are consecrated, Brands asks for one of the large ones by the bearer, J. Webre . This will save paying the freight. :: VI-1-j A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Brands asks Rousselon to send him one of the altar stones which he sent if they have been consecrated. Rousselon could send them on the Carrier which leaves New Orleans Saturday. Brands is in need of it because the carpenters are just about finished and will go immediately to the hospital at Donaldsonville to work. If Father A.H Gandolfo, C.M. has given Rousselon the 100 piastres to pay the passage of their character of a sacristan who has changed his tune, Rousselon is to keep them until...

Scope and Contents Sometime ago Brands wrote that he would send 100 piastres which Rousselon was to send to Father Anthony Penco, C.M. by a draft on Benoist and Company. He also notified Penco who writes that he has not received it. Up to now Brands has not had a favorable occasion to send Rousselon this money and he fears Rousselon has not sent the draft, and in case he has not, he is not to do so. Brands will send the money by his confreres. Brands has been ill almost all the time this winter. However the...

Scope and Contents The heavy rains have obliged Brands to disobey Timon's orders. Yesterday when he crossed the /Auxvasse? Auvaes with difficulty, desiring to say Mass, he would have crossed the Sabine and come to the Seminary but it was not yet foradable. So he has spent two days at Judge J.S. James's. He intends to go to Old Mines tomorrow. He could have started today and forded the big river at Yankeetown but is too short of money. Brands was in hopes that Timon called him to the Seminary in order to...

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Brands has 11 piastres and 60 cents for the Association of the Propagation of the Faith . He has credited this to the Archbishop and asks Rousselon to do the same. :: VI-1-g A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

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Brands asks Rousselon to send by Mr. Linossier the annals of the Propagation of the Faith; they have not had any issues for a long time. All the Vincentians are preparing to spend the vacation in making missions so that Brands is condemned to keeping the house and will be able to visit Rousselon. :: VI-1-h A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Brands received Blanc's letter of the 1st. As the chasuble is so precious he wishes that Father Angelo Mascaroni would keep it till they are fully annexed because the duty is 35 percent at their custom house. Brands was very much afflicted hearing of the death of Sister Cecelia Vanpradelles . Being the sister of Mrs. Moore, a lady of high standing, she would have been a very useful member of their new Community. Brands is very glad at the good conduct of Father Ogé ; he is a very zealous...

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He supposes McMaster remembers him, but if he doesn't the C.SS.R. assures him that McMaster will grant his community's request. He was so long in New York at 3rd. Street. He asks if two or three year California vines could be obtained and the approximate cost. He is sick and is unable to write more. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents With the approbation of Archbishops Spalding and Purcell and the consent of all the Bishops, Brandt, 16 years a Lutheran minister and since one year a convert with his large family, is publishing a Tableau containing the portraits of all the present prelates of the Catholic Church of America. Every prelate has sent his photograph. Brandt asked Odin through Mr. Lauerwald but is afraid the letter did not reach him. This Tableau will procure some funds for Brandt, his wife and six children....

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A Politico-Historical Essay on the Popes as the Protectors of Popular Liberty. :: I-1-d Printed Booklet 30pp. 8vo.

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A year ago he received an exeat from Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley to enter the Paulist novitiate to see if he had a vocation to the Paulists. He finds he does not. His superiors think he should not remain near New Jersey, and asks if he can work in McFarland's diocese. He was in Rome with McFarland. Bishop Bayley, Archbishop John McCloskey and Father Isaac Hecker have promised assistance. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp 12mo.

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He would be wanting in gratitude if he did not thank McFarland for his kind letter even if he is not to work for him. He hopes that McFarland's hopes will be justified and he will be saved from this imprudence of the past. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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He accepts the invitation to give "The Schism of the West". Whether the date will be 8 or 12 August will depend on the date of the examination of candidates for the Seminary. He asks McMahon to find out that date. :: I-1-j - A.L.S. - 1p. - 12mo. - {1}

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Brannan submits an original article for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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An article is enclosed for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Brannan submits an article he wrote recently and never had published. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Brannan submits an article for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.