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He is unable to properly express the gratitude he feels for what Edwards has done for them since Paul's death. They feel that the success which attended Paul's efforts was largely due to the noble interest which Edwards took in him. The photographs Edwards sent are a great consolation to them. He owes further thanks for the sketch. :: XI-1-j A.L.S. 4pp.

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He did not expect the photographs so soon. If Edwards will let him know the cost he will remit the amount. He asks if it is possible to make more like the light one. :: XI-1-j A.L.S. Postcard

Scope and Contents It is always a consolation to hear from Edwards as he appreciated Paul Wood's genius as no other person did. Edwards' sympathetic grief has been one of the main sources of their earthly consolation. He asks for more copies of the "Scholastic" of April 2 containing the tribute to Paul. Paul's painting "The Connoisseur" was burned in the rooms of the Chicago Society of Artists along with others on exhibition. As time passes they realize more and more the greatness of their loss. :: XI-1-j...

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The person who ordered the portrait of Sir Walter Scott has decided to let it be made without the plaid. He thinks it best to let Paul follow his own ideas.

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It is a matter of regret that Paul (Wood) does not take an interest in music and singing. If he could be induced to join the choir, he would develop into a fine singer. Possibly a word of encouragement from Edwards would be sufficient to arouse Paul's ambition.

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Enclosed is a poem for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Chloe N. Woodis sends $3.15 as monthly dues to be used to aid the Indian Missions and promises to say the prayers also. 105 people have contributed the money. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Woodis sends McMaster $13. to aid the Indian Missions. He has not seen any acknowledgements of donations printed in the paper and does not know if the campaign is still in progress but he sends the money anyway, knowing that it will be disposed of properly. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mrs. Woodis has been slow in collecting the mission dues from her groups, but she does not get to Millbury often and it slows her work. She promises to organize other bands soon and to send $10.18 for the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Woodis sends McMaster $9.90 as mission dues from 110 contributors, to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo

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Woodis sends McMaster $6.30 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions and promises to name the contributors soon. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

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Woodlock acknowledges receipt of the Ave Maria and thanks Hudson for it. He sends a copy of a letter which he addressed to his clergy and people. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He introduces his nephew, Valentine O'Donnell. He desires to settle in New Orleans. Woodlock will take it as a great favor to the young man and to his mother if Odin will recommend him to the clergy of the neighborhood where he may wish to reside. :: VI-2-j A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The Bishops of Ireland, assisted by several of their brethren, solemnly laid the first stone of their new Catholic University of Ireland in July 1863. The distress last year and other circumstances hindered the prosecution of the work. They held a general meeting last month and directed Woodlock to write Odin and the other prelates of America and Australia to ask aid. If Odin approves, they will send a collector again. Odin may be aware of the great interest which ^Pope Pius IX takes in this...

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He thanks Seton for his kind letter and begs him not to forget his young brother at Mass. As for the Colonial Wars matter, Woodman does not think there were such sharply drawn lines between commissioned and non-commissioned officers then as there must be now. In his own family one brother was a sergeant in the same Company of which another brother was Captain. The sergeant was his great great grandfather. He thinks a private then was worth a brigadier now.

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There is no doubt of Seton's eligibility to the Society of Colonial Wars. The Secretary Howland Pell will send Seton an application form followed by a form on which Seton is to write the successive generations up to the ancestor in whose right he claims membership. Seton probably knows Mr. De Puyster, president of the Society and Paul Gilbert Thebaud, a member.

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Woodman encloses the card showing the scope of the Society of Colonial Wars (no enclosure). This is to urge Seton to become a member. Those Catholic ecclesiastics who have a "root in the soil" should assert their heritage. The ancestor from whom Woodman claimed his eligibility is Ensign W(illia)m Longfellow, his great-great-great-great-grandfather. He was in the ill-fated expedition to Canada and was drowned in 1690.

Scope and Contents He was delayed a week in London due to a severe cold contracted at sea. Today he had an interview with the Vicomte de Barres and tomorrow he goes before the Carlist committee. As he has overdrawn his account he is unable to buy his uniform so be asks McMaster for the money saying that he will refund it or in the event he should die McMaster could have a claim against his estate due him from his grandfather. He had an offer as a correspondent of a London Journal but he declined it....

Scope and Contents Arriving here he went to the Carlist committee, but finding no one who can aid him he will proceed to Bayonne to see the Vicomte de Barres. He hears that Kirkpatrick is no longer with the Carlists or at least he is not considered trustworthy. He had to make an outlay for water proofing so he is unable to purchase a revolver and asks McMaster to write the Vicomte and ask him to furnish one. He will write from Bayonne and leaves with the blessing of the Archbishop of Westminster. :: I-2-a...

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A receipt for $3.97 from Father Stephen ,Rousselon for freight on the Creole. V-5-l - Receipt - 1p. - 32mo. - {1}

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He reached Chicago in safety but a little tired of riding. He had a little fever but it passed away. He is living on malted milk for the present.

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She encloses $10.00 from herself and a friend for Mount Carmel, begging prayers for a pressing need. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Woods submits a poem, "Love 's Offering for the Holy Souls". :: X-3-h A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Woods has received Seton's letter; any paper Seton would read before the New England Historic Genealogical Society would be very acceptable and the subject, Ecclesiastical Heraldry, is a most interesting one. Woods, too, spent many days in that part of the world made famous by the Crusaders. The arranging of papers is in the hands of a Committee of which George R.W. Scott is chairman. Woods has sent Seton's letter to Scott.

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Depending upon Hudson's kindness to aid her she requests that he obtain employment for her on some magazine either as a translator of French stories or as a writer of original essays. Any money she would earn as a result of her literary work would be devoted to the development of her parish church which is sadly in need of outside financial assistance. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 3 pp. 12 mo

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He thanks (Seton) for the letter and he is happy to learn that his books give satisfaction. He touches on the points (of heraldry) which (Seton) mentions in his letter. He is now arranging for a new improved version of the "Treatise of Heraldry." Woodward has just returned from a holiday of six weeks in Italy. When (Seton) is in Scotland in 1896 Woodward will be honored by a call. (P.S) Woodward's badge denotes he is a chaplain of the English Grand Priory of the Cross of St. John.

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They solicit a subscription for the "Medical Record". Its prestige as the leading medical periodical attracts articles by well-known writers.

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Circumstances insulting to Blanc and other clergymen attached to St. Patrick's Church have so repeatedly occurred that Worden can no longer remain a member of the board of trustees. :: V-5-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The writers sends $3.00 from Mount Carmel and hopes McMaster will receive blessings to reward his zeal. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The Council General of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, finding the American Conferences steadily on the increase has in meetings held in Paris, expressed a desire that an Upper Council be organised in the United States with its sittings in New York. They hope that Blanc will assist with his direction in this step. A copy of the Rules is herewith transmitted no enclosure. Father William Starrs signs as Director; Harry James Anderson as President of the New York Council and Worth signs as...