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Scope and Contents Blanc's letter of the 13th came to hand. Doyle can regulate the mission of Monroe and that of Shreveport a while longer since Blanc cannot send a priest here. The church in Monroe is getting along very slowly; it will be finished about the middle of March. The architect is very sickly. The people are anxious about a school of the Sisters. Mrs. Julia Dabbs is about writing to the convent as she promised Blanc. Shreveport mission is a very hard one at present. The are "wild" for a church and...

Scope and Contents Having returned from a very difficult journey through swamps and bayous, he gives an account of Monroe mission. The church will be finished in April; Canavan does not know how to act to have it painted. All here charge so much; their money is all done in. He believes Dr. C.H. Dabbs sent an order on Blanc for $100; Dabbs says he got some of it and that Blanc paid $22 to Mr. Moore as the remainder of $50 Blanc subscribed. The doctor put Blanc for $100. If Blanc gave Canavan any of that,...

Scope and Contents He has just received Blanc's letter inclosing $20 for their church, together with the $22 Blanc gave Mr. Moore, making $42 for Blanc's subscription. It is almost impossible to get money here from those who have subscribed. They have no means to paint the church at present; if Blanc permits him to draw about $400 for a year, it will be paid back. The church is truly a beautiful one. When Blanc visits Ouachita he will be able to say it is. There is nothing like it in northern Louisiana. After...

Scope and Contents Knowing Blanc's intention off visiting Monroe on his return from the Council, Canavan hurries to inform him that their church will not be finished as soon as expected. The architect quit immediately after Canavan went to Shreveport; he commenced drinking. Dr. C.H. Dabbs thought it better to let it stand until they got mechanics from New Orleans. Canavan is going next week to Shreveport to procure the lots he has already bought. There are a few making a fuss about deeding them to Blanc....

Scope and Contents Having received two of Blanc's letters, Canavan hastens to inform him about Monroe. The last 15 days Canavan has been out looking for subscriptions for their church. He succeeded very well. They will get mechanics to work immediately and have everything arranged for Blanc's coming in the fall. Mrs. Julia Dabbs has arrived and says Blanc will have Father George Blackney, S.J. with him to preach. Canavan hopes to have 20 or more for Confirmation. He has baptized 5 these last days. Shreveport...

Scope and Contents Canavan has just received Blanc's note of December 29 and hurries to respond to his inquiries about Monroe . Canavan left everything there to say Mass; the chalice was his own and the stone he returned to Father Rousselon. At Harrisonville? Harrisinburk there are many Catholics, Joel and Hugh Keenan; Judge Barry about 14 miles from there. The priest may use his pleasure as to going to Dr. C.H. Dabbs ; Mrs. Julia Dabbs desired Canavan to let Blanc know that she always had a place for the...

Scope and Contents Canavan received Blanc's note of the 8th. He is not yet perfectly "creolized". He has not studied a French lesson since he came. He and the people get a long pretty well but he did not think that ladies would go there and tell anything but the truth. Canavan never had an opportunity of publishing a collection at Washington. Christmas Day was his first day there and Father John F. Raviol did so and said that Canavan was his vicar and would occasionally attend Opelousas. Blanc told Canavan...

Scope and Contents After remaining here these last 10 days, he can say that he can build a church here after a great deal of trouble. One of the trustees told him it would be impossible unless a priest remained with them. The lots Canavan told Blanc about are very dear and he intends getting 2 others after April 3 at public auction. He left Monroe February 10 and went through all the vacant missions near Arkansas and then Bossier Parish where he found a few Catholics. He had a fever for two days but is well...

Scope and Contents Cancienne, 55, residing in St. Philomena's Parish, and Forest, 40, of the same parish, married civilly, wish to marry in the Church. There is an impediment of affinity, Cancienne being the father-in-law of Foret by a first marriage with Cléonce Barillaux, widow of Everiste Foret of whom Antoinette is the daughter of this first marriage. Therefore the suppliants ask Perché to give them, or obtain from the Holy See, a dispensation for the following reasons: 1. Antoinette was more than 25 when...

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They do not have the work Hudson wants; if he gives the order, they will get it from Europe. :: X-3-i A. Postcard S. French 1p. 32mo.

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Canedo received the $5 sent by Hudson. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Miss Canedo has worked all night to write what she is sending and her hand trembles. She has another translation almost ready. She would like to have the money for both as she has to pay some bills, the reason she has worked so hard. Hudson will have the other soon unless the overwork kills her. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 18mo.

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Hudson's letter and money order for $10 received. Miss Canedo has been ill with chills and fever for several weeks. She will send more manuscripts soon, and also an article for the Children's Department. She asks Hudson to pray for her. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 1p. 8vo

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Miss Canedo hopes that Mother Angela explained the reason of delay in sending the translations. She sends a penciled copy of the sketch of Father de Noue's labors and death in the missions of New France, North America. It is the hardest translation Miss Canedo has ever done as the French of 250 years ago used obsolete words. At first she was going to give up but asked Our Lady to aid her in writing of a saint and a martyr. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 4 pp. 8vo

Scope and Contents Hudson's note received and Miss Canedo is glad the translation is satisfactory. She quotes Mother Angela in saying that Hudson would pay $1.50 for each page of work of the quality Miss Canedo produces. She is now engaged on the life of Father Pere Ennemond Masse and the next will be the record of Father Jogues' labors and martyrdom. She offers sympathy in the sorrow of Hudson at his father's death. Last March her father, a non-Catholic, died. She asks Hudson if they may pray for the...

Scope and Contents Miss Canedo asks Hudson to believe that he is not being flooded with letters from her. She does not want Hudson to consider the value of her articles by columns or pages, but wants its value considered as a whole. The article just sent to Hudson should be worth $10 and later a much longer one may be worth only half as much. Whatever Hudson decides for value is satisfactory. Miss Canedo would like an hour's conversation with Hudson about literary matters. Mother Angela and she formed...

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Miss Canedo asks Hudson to send her by next mail whatever her translation is worth. She is very poor and works late at night as Mother Angela knows. Mother Angela made her promise not to write at night, but being so short of money she wrote telling Mother Angela that she must free herself of that promise. Hudson would understand if he knew her life and struggle. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Hudson's $5 remittance received and Miss Canedo is very grateful as she can now purchase something for her mother to benefit her health. She is glad to find out that her prayers are of service to her father. She will pray for Hudson's father daily now that she has found out. She offers her rosary daily, and has for 20 years, for Mother Angela. Miss Canedo will say any prayer preferred by Hudson. She has had little devotion to St. Joseph but has a fervent devotion to the Holy Ghost. Her...

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A sudden attack of illness prevented her from acknowledging the receipt of the money. She asks Hudson to excuse the writing of the last manuscript as she was seized with the chill that ushered in her illness. The memoir of Father Masse is nearly finished. It is perhaps not as interesting as others because he was not a martyr. The next memoir, of Father Jogues, is a terrible picture and it is a torture to read or write it. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Miss Canedo sent 25 pages of manuscript to Hudson. She wishes to hear from him. :: X-2-g A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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She encloses a copy of verses by Lowell published by the Women's Society of the West. She hopes to be at St. Mary's soon and to discuss with Father Hudson the missionary annals which she is translating, and also other articles of a series. It was given to her by Mother Angela for translation. She will bring this book, but in the meantime sends the appendix for consideration. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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The serious illness of her mother made it impossible to send the promised manuscripts. One affliction after another seems to indicate that God is angry with her. She begs for Father Hudson's prayers - more worthy than her own. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Canedo forwards a copy of the Catholic Review with two marked articles about which she wishes Hudson's opinion. As for the article "A Memorial to the Blessed Virgin Mary", Mother Angela gave Canedo the book from which she made the translation for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Canedo thanks Hudson for his kindness. She received the money on Monday. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Canedo's delay in writing to thank Hudson for the book he sent her was due to illness. She has had to lay aside the task of writing on the North-western missions before finishing it and take up translating the memoir of Father J. de Brebeuf, a martyr. Canedo requests Hudson advance her money on work she is now doing. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents When Canedo was a little child she saw Blanc frequently and the impression of his goodness has never left her. She is a native of Havana, educated in the United States. She has studied Latin and Greek, mathematics, music, and modern languages. She has taught in the dioceses of Nashville and St. Louis. She was at one time an assistant editor at the Detroit Catholic Vindicator. She desires to obtain employment as a Catholic teacher in New Orleans. She has been teaching in Old Mines and playing...

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She asks that the Ave Maria be sent to her at Goshen instead of St. Mary's. She is ashamed to trouble Hudson again, but circumstances have forced her to leave St. Mary's, and she must stay in Goshen all winter. If Hudson would like any articles for the Children's Department similar to those she formerly contributed, she will be glad to write them on the same terms as before. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Onahan is asked to send about fifteen more cards for delegates to the (Columbian) Catholic Congress from the diocese of Pittsburgh. Bishop Richard Phelan would deem it a favor.

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She dares not intrude by words upon his grief. As one of McMaster's oldest and closest friends, she had a Mass said for the repose of Mrs. McMaster's soul. McMaster's article was read to her husband and he was much affected. She expressed heartfelt sympathies. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo.

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The price of the semidaily edition of L'Univers is 36 francs a year. :: X-2-i A.L.S. French 1p. 8vo.