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Fitzpatrick offers a couple of contributions to the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Fitzpatrick sends a poem written for her by Mrs. J.E.U. Nealis . She has received her permission to send it for publication. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Father Fitzpatrick says he would have written sooner, but he wished to see Father Emil de Augustinis, S.J. before writing, to make known Mc Master's request. He met him Sunday. Dec. 7., and reports that Father de Augustinis will be happy to do a favor for McMaster and his daughter, Sister St. John. Father de Augustinis and Father Alois Sabetti S.H. will share the intention; McMaster and his will be remembered by them and theirs. He has been asked by the Father Provincial to help out in...

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Fitzpatrick sends information about Dr. R.R. Madden, Charles Phillips, William Bowman McCate, Justin McCarthy, Lady Wilde . He encloses a note by P.W. O'Callaghan on William John Fitzpatrick and a note by John Patrick Prendergast :: I-1-d A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He is pleased to have received McFarland's letter and to hear about the old croneys at Mt. St. Mary's College but is sorry that he worried about the money. About politics between the Tippecanoe parties, Democrat Associations, school fund meetings and Steamship companies there is confusion. He is afraid that the hard cider men will make a poor turnout. The Democrats are going steadily ahead. He thinks the philosophers in the school are doing more good than the politicians. He is sorry to hear...

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FitzSimons recommends a woman who is desirous of writing for a Catholic paper. Her specialty is children's stories. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed is a piece of poetry for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Fitzsimons thanks Hudson for the notice given to his "My Automatic Sanctuary Lamp". He wishes to make a correction regarding the winding of the clock. At the request of Archbishop Patrick Riordan, the clock was sent to Baltimore for inspection by the Bishops and clergy at the Third Plenary Council. Brother John Chrysostom saw the clock and thought it had considerable merit. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The "Freeman's Journal" of the February 28th to March 14th inclusive did not reach Fitzwilliam. He wishes the missing ones sent and that the Journal come regularly hereafter. Note on reverse side Fitzwilliam is to be written and told the papers will be sent. Unfortunately the New York Post office is in bad condition and regular delivery cannot be guaranteed. Note: McMaster sends his kindest regards. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents If Flaget followed the impulsions of his heart he would have to write every week, but his head, whose limitations are well known is filled with disparate things that he doesn't know where to begin much less where to end. Without speaking of the spiritual sollicitude of his diocese which demands ten times more than he is capable of doing. Flaget is in a labyrinth of temporal affairs all as important as the other. Mr. Scheiffers, one of his young priests, who only two days before...

Scope and Contents In accordance with Brute's wishes, Flaget who through some good fortune has acquired 50 dollars has passed them on to Mr. Gabriel Richard to soothe the bitterness in his heart from his frustrated desire for reelection to congress. Flaget does not agree with Richard who holds that it is quite proper for the Catholic Church to have some of its priests as members of Congress from time to time and in his way of thinking Richard was more "interesting" in the obscurity of his prison cell...

Scope and Contents Bruté's letters are always a grand pleasure and he hopes that he will write often although Bruté must not expect a letter in answer to each letter. He fears the arrival of the religious ladies from Bordeaux and regrets that they did not receive his letter. Their hopes will be frustrated and they will not like either Baltimore or Emmitsburg. If there is time yet to turn from their project Flaget advises them to do so. At least, the spirit of Emmitsburg offers little hope for work in ...

Scope and Contents Bruté's letter of July 8 found him confessing, preaching, confirming, etc. The holy services consume nearly all his time. Bruté's prodigies from Maryland edify him but intrigue him also. It is good to strive to imitate the best but to realize that such is unattainable. Up to the present he gives Confirmation only on Sunday and to those who are well instructed and have made their First Communion. He is usually accompanied by two or three ecclesiastics. The people are from every ...

Scope and Contents Flaget dined yesterday at the home of Mr. Chatard and Bruté is well loved in that house. Madame Bredy Bagh has come to see Flaget twice about her boy who is in Brute's seminary and more on the subject of the girl whom she would place in a convent. Her brother-in-law, a Protestant, pays the bill but she is afraid there is no place in a monastery for the girl. He wants her to go to live with the nuns lest she lose the faith since all except her mother, a convert, are opposed to the...

Scope and Contents Flaget tells Chanson that he has received his two letters and Flaget was pleased to see that Providence was taking care of his seminary. Himself a native of Auvergne Flaget will receive him with open arms. He likes all subjects from that Province. The recommendation of Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat, his teacher, is sufficient. But Chanson must realize that Flaget's seminary is very different from anything he has seen. It is not built of stones and bricks but is a log house 20 by 18 feet...

Scope and Contents Flaget has written two letters, one to Father William DuBourg and one to Father Simon Gabriel Bruté in which he had endeavored to call to his mind the promises to get ready and come from that sterile land to the rich land of Kentucky. He writes now to say that the time has arrived and that everyone at the seminary is ready to receive them. He has no doubts that the devil is making objections to impede the departure, but Flaget wishes to recall that after six months in Maryland Clauzel...

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A sacred poem inscribed of Bishop Flaget, first bishop of Bardstown, on his arrival in his diocese. :: II-3-o A.D. - English - 2pp.

Scope and Contents He received on the eve of the New Year the two theses of her son Father Simon Gabriel Bruté and the letter telling about the young man who accompanied him to America. His renown had preceded him especially from Saint Sulpice Seminary. Living with him for seven months has taught him more about his talents. His talents will probably produce great fruits now that they are transplanted. The Archbishop of Baltimore John Carroll has great affection for him and invites him for a day of ...

Scope and Contents Rese will find attached the powers of attorney so that he can attend to the matters connected with the will of Father Gabriel Richard. Rese is to keep a strict account of his actions so that Flaget can bear the whole expense. Flaget is desirous of doing something for the Catholics of Detroit but he is sure they will excuse him for taking care of his old age since he confides their interest to one so devoted and so dear. What Rese says about the promotion of Father Nicholas D. Young to the...

Scope and Contents Flaget received a letter towards the end of the previous year from the people of the Cote du Nord Est, a petition abounding in religious sentiments. Flaget answered them without reproach promising them a pastor and the establishment of a college on the property as soon as possible. He expected them to restore peace and union and such would have been the case if they had been sincere in their protestations. But since that time there have been continued troubles. They have organized a...

Scope and Contents There is a note in Father Gabriel Richard's hand that Flaget rewrote the first two pages into three pages and seven lines which he signed and which must be accepted. Signed by Richard. Although he has been consoled by their attendance at the missions he has conducted among them during the past six months he sees that lasting fruits will not be obtained until: 1. he decides on the principal places where they can one day establish parishes;, 2. he gives to his dear co-laborers the advice which...

Scope and Contents Although it has been a source of satisfaction to have conducted missions among them unceasingly for six months and to see the fruits among them from their chance to hear the word of God, he is yet uneasy about the perseverance in these good dispositions, because of bad habits, the seductions of the world and the work of the demon. He fears that they will be like flowers that bloom in the early spring but which fade and die at a sudden north wind. He fears that he will soon learn that their...

Scope and Contents Flaget rejoices that Brute is still in the company and praises him for his work and marvelous success. This is not a compliment, it is a fact because Fathers Charles Nerinckx and Guy Ignatious Chabrat who were eye witnesses of the work have told him, and they are not flatterers. He admires what they have done and can not understand it. For if six priests did not work that these two are doing he would consider them sifficiently employed. One thing troubles Flaget that is that both are...

Scope and Contents He greets him on the feast as he is at St. Magdalene's on his way to Tennessee apart of his diocese he has not yet visited. His companion is Father Robert Abell who worried him a year ago by his illness. He is now at his house along side a convent of 3 Sisters of Charity who have a flourishing school. Abell is well and very devoted. He sees by Brute's letter that there are troubles also at the Mount. Also in Kentucky and elsewhere. What Brute has told about Father Jean Dubois's plans...

Scope and Contents According to his heart he would write Brute often but he is guided by his head which Brute knows begins many things which it cannot finish. In his diocese he is in a labyrinth of temporal affairs. Father Scheifers, Peter Schaeffer speaking of the blessings that have come to the bishop both on Catholics and Protestants that the people in his congregations are so well disposed that they speak of building a chapel of brick and of building a monastery for 5 or 6 religious and in a third ...

Scope and Contents Flaget writes from the very land of the cathedral. That morning he laid out the dimensions with Father Jean David and the architect. His encouragement is so great that he would go against Providence to delay. Now they lay the stones for the foundation and they will come from a quarry on the same ground. IN five or six weeks the foundation will be laid and he will return to lay the cornerstone with all the solemnity he can muster with his grand master of ceremonies and as many priests...

Scope and Contents Flaget encloses this letter in a letter very important for Bishop William DuBourg which he asks Bruté to expedite but carefully since he does not send a duplicate. If his seminary of Saint Thomas would be taken over by the Sulpicians he would lack nothing for his happiness there. Tomorrow on the feast of the Assumption he will bless the chapel dedicated to St. Thomas with deacon and subdeacon. Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat will be assistant priest and Father Jean David will direct the ...

Scope and Contents It has been ages since Flaget has spoken with Brute and he is sorry not to have answered Brute's letters. He has not even sent greetings for the new year. Many things have happened in the time since he last wrote, interesting things and trying things. Brute would have been very happy to see the way Bishop William Dubourg's flock welcomed him, the people of St. Louis above all others. Two carriages were sent along the banks of the Mississippi one to carry two bishops and the other for...

Scope and Contents Bruté has written him a volume of letters and he has not answered one. The time passes with such rapidity that his mind is in a whirl. He needs a cathedral, a seminary, and a convent for girls. These are some of the problems he contemplates, besides the churches confided to his care. What a difference between his cell in Baltimore and his palace in Bardstown. He thinks of it every day, but he accepts his cross. If Father William DuBourg is awake Bruté is to embrace him for the Bishop, ...

Scope and Contents Apparently the postscript of a letter entitled Commissions. He sends his thanks to Madame Berquin who told him of the death of Mrs. Duffant and who has promised rosaries for him, to Madame Fournier, Madame Leroy, Madame Lacombe, Madame Miran, and Dumoulin. Also Mesdames St. Martin, De Levite, and Mademoiselle Constance. He asks to be remembered to Mesdames Orrourck and Latallaye, Madam Granpre and her brother, Madame Amiote and Madame de Volumbrun. Mr. Xoupy is a little negligent in...