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Edmund was kindly received by Father Augustus Louage, C.S.C. and explained the circumstances under which he left Notre Dame. Louage has quieted Edmund's fears for his vocation. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Edwards now lives at Carey Mission with his family, having moved on last Tuesday. Two or three weeks ago, while Leopold Pokagon and all the other chiefs were assembled, Edwards told them that, after the property of the mission should be valued, he would take charge until the will of their Great Father should be known. Since then some person, or persons, have worked on the feelings of Pokagon who now says he wants a Roman Catholic priest to have the property and he wishes Father Stephen...

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Edwards asks Hudson for the address of Bishop Pierre Marie Osouf of Japan. A priest has given him a draft of $400. for Osouf to use for building a mission chapel. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Edwards thanks Hudson for the invitation to Father Sorin's golden jubilee, but will be unable to attend. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Edwards would like three copies of the Ave Maria. He hopes that Hudson will recover from his illness. During the vacation a new school was built by Edwards' parish. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He has received McFarland's letter and check. He encloses a receipt with the notes about the Hartford seminarians no enclosure which he would have sent earlier but understood that he wanted them to remain until the next visit. He will keep in mind McFarland's remarks about the students that have left. He hopes in a few days to send a report on the seminary. He has already sent it to the Bishop of Albany John Joseph Conroy who wishes to make other arrangements about the money he receives from...

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Some time ago Hill of that city took a picture of the seminary which the superior thinks is fairly accurate and asks that a copy be sent to McFarland. As Father J.S. Flynn Flinn is going to Provindence that day Edwards takes pleasure in sending it to McFarland. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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There are two seminarians from the Diocese of Hartford, Kinnearney and McCauley about whose expenses Edwards has heard nothing. He asks McFarland to inform him if the diocese is paying their bills. On the back is written: McCauley, Father John Lynch ; Kinnearney, Diocese. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Edwards acknowledges McFarland's letter with its enclosure of $300. He had hopes that McFarland would visit the seminary and is sorry that the visit is prevented by indisposition. He could send the bills of the Hartford seminarians but as they want many things he decided it was better to wait until the close of the year. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Edwards has received McFarland's letter, bill, and check and sends back the bill receipted. He will be happy to fulfill McFarland's request about the Hartford students. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hudson is requested to ask Father Alexis Granger to see that the Dunbar graves are beautified. Mrs. Dunbar may call at anytime. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Edwards has had an interview with Henry Cardinal Manning . Since landing in Ireland, He has met relatives of Sister Hortense of St. Mary's, and the Hutchins of Chicago. Professor England has made his stay pleasant. He hopes to arrive home early in November. Monsignor Robert Seton was in England during August. Mr. Fairhurst of the Catholic Times asked Edwards to request Hudson to send one of the copies of the Ave Maria directly to the London office, when all the notices are written....

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Edwards is pleased to hear that Hudson is spending his vacation with Father William Corby at Watertown, Wisconsin. If Hudson is at Notre Dame when the delegates to the Temperance Union arrive, Edwards suggests that they be greeted so as to give a good impression. Notre Dame will not live by the hospitality tendered to these men but she will gain by identifying herself with the Temperance Union of America. Edwards is sad about Brother Alban :: X-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Edwards hopes Hudson will go to Detroit before September to see Major Henry Brownson about bringing the body of Orestes Brownson to Notre Dame. Ella Lorraine Dorsey wrote Edwards regarding a bust of Father-General Edward Sorin that Eliza Allen Starr wishes executed. He received the New York Freeman's Journal, Hudson send him from Watertown. Edwards has not heard from Fathers Thomas Walsh and John Zahm since they departed but he expects them in two weeks. Edwards is afraid friends at...

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J.R. Crockwell of Baltimore has been sending the Baltimore Mirror for some years. He requested Edwards to send a copy of the Ave Maria in exchange. Edwards saw the brother of Father Thomas E. Walsh, C.S.C. a few days ago. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Edwards has Brownson's letter of the 14th and has written to Father Hudson about the photographs; but there may be some delay, since the photographer is rebuilding and his negatives may be disarranged. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents When Shea's letter arrived, Edwards had not yet received the volumes. He found that they were misplaced. Notre Dame is quite a little town in itself and unless each package is addressed to a particular person or department, it may be lost for weeks. Edwards has secured a new subscriber for the series in the person of Professor Joseph A. Lyons . Edwards wishes it were possible for him to order one hundred thousand copies. Edwards will gladly copy the letters written by Archbishop John ...

Scope and Contents Edwards has instructed the Treasurer to send the amount due on the two sets of Brownson's Works ordered for the library and would appreciate any manuscripts of his father Orestes A. Brownson that he could send, also any Bishops' letters he might be able to send. The chapel is now roofed but the windows are not yet in, and Father Alexis Granger fears that Brownson would not want his father's remains brought here until everything is complete. Brownson's son Philip Brownson is doing well. ::...

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Edwards thanks Brownson for his gift of books for the Notre Dame Library, and for his promise of papers of his father Orestes A. Brownson . Philip Brownson is doing well, but of course occasionally forgets himself. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Work is beginning again on the Brownson Memorial Chapel, and Edwards has asked Father John O'Connell to write an article for the Scholastic on the subject and also to insist that the best possible monument to Orestes A. Brownson is the widespread dissemination of his works. Edwards also is anxious to have a statue of Brownson erected in Central Park. He is in the infirmary and has not seen Philip Brownson but has put him to work on Balmes' "Civilization", with the promise of a gold medal if...

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Father General Edwards F. Sorin, C.S.C. requests Edwards to ask Brownson to name the day for the transfer of the remains of Orestes A. Brownson to Notre Dame. The Brownson Chapel is not finished, but the remains can be placed in a side chapel of the new addition to the Church. It will be necessary to have some persons to escorts the remains to Notre Dame. The article about Brownson's Works is to be published in the Commencement number of The Scholastic. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Edwards sends Brownson the arrangements for the ceremony at Notre Dame. Father Thomas E. Walsh fears that Edwards has been an annoyance to Brownson and Father Ernest Van Dyke, who he hopes will say a few words at the ceremony. A more elaborate ceremony is planned on the completion of the Brownson Chapel. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Edwards asks Brownson for copies of some of the best press notices of Brownson's works for an advertisement in an illustrated issue of the Scholastic, apace for which has been allotted by Father John O'Connell . Edwards sends his greetings to Father Ernest Van Dyke and Philip Brownson. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Edwards some time ago ordered $100 to be sent in payment for Brownson's Woks and wonders whether Brownson received the money. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Edwards sent twelve negatives of Gregori's series of paintings representing the life of Columbus; they cost him $19. If Brownson has engravings made he is to state under each picture the name of the painter and the University of Notre Dame. They have changed the Seniors' Dormitory to Brownson Hall in honor of Orestes A. Brownson; for the future the Seniors will be called "Brownsons". :: III-3-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Edwards sends $7.00. $5.00 from students, $1.00 from J.A. Lyons, and $1.00 from himself. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Edwards expresses appreciation for the donation of the "Deceased Bishops of the United States" to the library. He offers to let Clarke see a letter written by Bishop Celestine R. de la Hailandiere . Edwards has also a collection of pictures of Bishops of the United States. He gives a long list of the names of Bishops whose pictures he has. Edwards will appreciate it if Clarke knows where he could get pictures of the Bishops. They intend to have a series of portraits painted in oil for...

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Edwards sent for Clarke's perusal a letter he received years ago from Bishop Celestine de la Hailandiere, 2nd Bishop of Vincennes. Edwards prizes it highly and wants it returned by registered mail. He wishes Clarke would visit Notre Dame. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Edwards thanks Clarke for the pamphlets sent to the library. The first Bishop of New Orleans was never Archbishop of Havana. After he resigned the See of New Orleans, he was made Vicar General, Provisor, of Havana and afterwards Archbishop of Guatemala. Father Edwards Sorin C.S.C. is in Europe. P.S. Edwards wants a portrait of Clarke to place near Brownson and Shea in a gallery of Catholic writers that they have commenced at Notre Dame. Fathers Thomas Walsh and Daniel Hudson send...

Scope and Contents Clarke's photograph has arrived and everyone is pleased with it. Especially Edwards because he was the cause. It will be framed and put in the gallery of eminent Catholic laymen. Edwards hopes to have an oil painting taken from the photograph. He wants Clarke to come to Notre Dame. He seeks Catholic Directories before 1854. All but 6 pictures of the 69 Bishops consecrated for sees in the United States have been received. Edwards lists the name of the bishops whose portraits he still...