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Claffey sends $10 for Masses for Mother Mary Lucretia :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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He will be going through South Bend and would like to stop off and visit the old school. He is to be married in March and would like to show his wife "to be" where he went to school. He hopes Edwards will be there. :: XI-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She has a son, eleven years old whom she wishes to put to school some where. John Brown of Irvington has been telling her of Notre Dame and advised her to write in regard to the Mimin Department. :: XI-2-b A.L.S. 2pp.

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Clancy sends $4 to McMaster for Pius IX. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The writer sends $5.00 for Mount Carmel and asks prayers. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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They have a complete set of the Westminster Review to sell for $240. It includes the scarce Mulready Volume which was suppressed. :: XI-2-b L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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They The Burrows Brothers Company are sending Vol. I of the Jesuit Relations, a set of which Edwards has subscribed for. The enterprise is so great that they would like a frank opinion on the work from those whose good judgment on historical works is valuable. :: XI-1-n L.S.(TYPED) 1p.

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In the course of publishing "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents" they have gathered many valuable original manuscripts and other works relating to the early Jesuit missions. They offer them for sale as per enclosed catalogue. Those interested in historical matters have first opportunity to secure any of them. :: XI-2-b L.S.(typed) 1p.

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From time to time they had the pleasure of quoting to Edwards books on the Jesuits. If Edwards is still interested, they will continue. They will be glad to make quotations on anything they have in stock. :: XI-2-c L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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They call his attention to an important historical work and are sending him descriptive circular under separate. cover. :: XI-2-f L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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They will accept Edwards' order for the books on the basis named in his letter. They ask him to sign the enclosed blank and return it to them. He may have the volumes at once. :: XI-2-h L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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In April, 1903 they sent Edwards a volume of the Philippine Islands on approval. Edwards promised to place an order in October, 1903. As yet they have not received an order. :: XI-2-g L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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Clark encloses $40, for twenty subscribers to the Freeman's Journal. He had some difficulty, in getting up the club, as business is dull and money scarce. He has had to advance money himself for some of the parties, who have promised to repay him in a short time. Clark would like to see it Journal in every home in Vincennes, and will try to send another club soon. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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They thank Edwards for his order for The Philippine Islands: 1493-1898 and have sent the volumes published and enclose an invoice, payment to be made at the rate of $7.00 per month. :: XI-2-h TYPED 1p.

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Statement. :: XI-2-i Printed card, A.

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Statement. :: XI-2-g Printed form, A. 1p.

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At Mrs. Meehan's instructions they are sending Edwards three copies of her Red Letter Summer. :: XI-2-f A.L.S. 1p.

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He has on hand a file of "The Weekly Register" of London, England from 1856 to June 1888. If it is of use to Edwards, he will send it. :: XI-1-f A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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If he wishes to study Spanish, Italian, French, German, Greek, Latin or Natural Histroy or prepare for college entrance exams by a beautiful lake near the Vermont border he should send to Clark for a catalog of the Massawippi Summer School. :: XI-2-l Postcard, PRINTED

Scope and Contents Clark thanks McFarland for his letter of Nov.21 which was received only on January 6. He is pleased that St. John's prospers but is sorry that the Jesuits could not take it over. He has heard from Fathers John Harley and Thomas O'Neill . The president Father John McCaffrey came to visit the Jesuits' house with Messrs. Beleké and Olland. All are well at the Mountain except Uncle Guy who is still afflicted with paralysis. They have 15 scholastic novices having received 2 in the last 3 days. He...

Scope and Contents He received McFarland's letter and was surprised that McFarland had left the Philadelphia seminary. By this time he thought he would be ordained and on the mission. He hopes that he will soon be ordained. He finds the exercises at the Jesuit novitiate very agreeable and pleasant. They walk three miles into the country twice a week and have other exercise in bounds. He has not heard from the Mountain lately but he understands they have 96 students. The new study hall they say is a great...

Scope and Contents He answered McFarland's previous letter but he did not know what he was doing. He is pleased to hear from him. He did not know that Mr. Futterer was with him and in bad health. He understands that St. John's is about to fall into the hands of the Jesuits. The institution will not suffer from the change. He is surprised that there are so few Protestants at St. John's. He thinks this is beneficial. They have a great many Protestants at Georgetown, among the best in the house. Their greatest...

Scope and Contents Clark sends McMaster a copy of the pamphlet he desired the other day. He begs McMaster to disregard the flattering annotations appended by the young friend from whom Clark obtained the copy. The article was originally written in the fall of 1861 for mention in the county paper but the editor was too timid to print it. In the early part of 1862, however, Clark published it in its present form. He promises to send McMaster a copy of the Hamilton times Telegraph as soon as it is ready. ::...

Scope and Contents Clark has received McFarland's letter late because Father John McCaffrey was in Emmittsburg recovering from a fall from his horse while going on a sick call. He is recovering. There are many changes at the Seminary. Ingoldsby, Brady, Futterer and McNamara have left. O'Neill has gone to Frederick for orders. There are new men. The building is being changed. He lists the various changes. Miss Virginia Morgan who had become a Sister of Charity has died of consumption. He has packed McFarland's...

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She received the handsome prayer book and will always prize it among her most cherished possessions. She reads it every night and morning. It must be delightful along the coast just now. She is going out to the Burnet Woods concert this afternoon. There are no concerts so enjoyable as these in the open. :: XI-1-o A.L.S. 4pp.

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They announce the revised edition of Leighton's History of Rome. They hope he likes it well enough to introduce it. :: XI-1-b A.L.S. Printed 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Clark acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 12 with a check for $72.49 for the board, and tuition of John, the son of Catherine Keegan. He encloses the receipt no enclosure. They will be happy to have a visit from McFarland any time he can come, the sooner the better. Clark should have visited McFarland at Providence but he has been absent a good deal in Boston and Philadelphia. They have 106 or 107 boys, two from Lima, South America. All the Fathers ask to be remembered. :: I-1-b A.L.S....

Scope and Contents He explains why he has been so long in answering McFarland's letter of Oct. 11. He knows that McFarland is not a good beggar but he is a good financier. He finds former students of the Mountain in the vicinity, Father Charles John McCallion, Brady, Keene. William Burke is dead, and Clarke attended his funeral in Harrisburg. He hopes that he will become a Jesuit. Mr. Young will soon finish his novitiate. John Clemson has become a Catholic. William Tehan is still at Georgetown. Lt. Curd died....

Scope and Contents He answers McFarland's of April 8. Bishop John McCloskey and Father John J. Conroy were there last month. Clark was pleased to see Conroy who has not changed except that he was more fleshy than at the Mount. He is coming back to Holy Cross College in the summer. Clark hears of the Mountain through the students. Mr. Kenna left them, he thinks, for ordination. They lost Father Philip B. Sacchi . He says McFarland has a wrong impression of the Jesuits when he regrets that they did not devote...

Scope and Contents Clark should have answered McFarland's letter sooner but he did not receive an answer to the letter he wrote three years ago. Clark would have been pleased if McFarland would have joined the Jesuits, but he has a large field for his endeavors. He is on his way to Holy Cross College, Worcester. He has come this way to spend some time with his parents, reaching the college about Sept. 1. Classes begin September 15. Two of his sisters have become Catholics. Mount Saint Mary's is as usual. Baker...