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Scope and Contents His letter of May 12 announced tthe awarding of Frenaye's allottment of 19,400 francs which at 5 francs 30 will be $3, 660.28 which, after the commission of $9.15 is deducted, will be $3,651.23. According to instructions, he sends this in seven certificates of deposit on the Merchants Bank, New York. Having compared the rate of exchange with that of other brokers, he is sure Mr. Casirier will be satisfied. He asks, both for Mr. Frenaye's sake and his own benefit, that the drafts not be...

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He is sending a copy of the circular giving a few of the criticisms of the press upon his two volumes. He will be grateful if Edwards will do something to promote the sale in America. He had expected to have as many Catholic readers in America as in England. He is hard at work on the history of the 1st book of Common Prayer. :: XI-1-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mr. Cassatt, third vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, tells McMaster he will send a special railroad car to Jersey City for the use of his party on the Limited Express the following Wednesday. He encloses a separate signed letter to the conductor to pass the entire party from New York to Philadelphia. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents In sending the enclosed letters, the Father Prior Patrick J. Glynn, O.S.A. asks McMaster's sympathy and aid. In an audience Cassell had had with the Pope on July 31, 1886, he thanked him in the name of the Irish people for the permission given them to have the National Church in Rome dedicated in the honor of their Apostle. The Pope said he was unable to afford more than 4,000 lire, but that he felt sure all His Irish children would assist in raising a church worthy of St. Patrick. He...

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He regrets that he must forego his visit to Notre Dame for awhile, but the delay will only make him look forward with greater pleasure to his visit. He thanks him for the message from Mgr. Satolli. :: XI-1-l A.L.S. 2pp.

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When he returns to Rome he will go through his papers and it will give him great pleasure to give Edwards any that will be of service. Here he received only a few from his episcopal and lay friends. :: XI-1-l A.L.S. 1p.

Scope and Contents Casserly asks Blanc to ascertain from the executors of Father Robert Doogan, whose death is announced in the Catholic Herald, if they can discharge a small claim on their books to Doogan's debit. The account has been going on since November, 1841; a balance remains of $28.51, a statement of which had been forwarded on October 2, the very day of his death. Where it not for Casserly's large family and heavy expenses he would probably not trouble Blanc but he is compelled to apply to the only...

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He is from St. Malo in France; he left a year ago. He is tormented with regret for leaving the seminary. He would be happy to find the means to make his theology. If, with his certificates attesting his conduct, he could interest Blanc and merit being called to his diocese, he would do his best to be worthy. P.S. He is at the home of Dr. Aubry. V-5-k - A.L.S. - French - 2pp. - 4to. - {2}

Scope and Contents Casset makes a request which he also made three months ago. He stated his desire of following a career to which he is fully devoted although it seems in the eyes of the public that he has been turned aside for a moment. Two years have passed since he left France and it seems two centuries since he left the seminary. It is too late to go back there. This is the reason he gave to the pastor of Fort-de-France and the reason he is seeking to be admitted among Blanc's seminarians. He studied...

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He wishes to inform Odin that he is sick and is to leave for Mexico, that his son Ignace is going with him, and that his son Fermin will remain to care for all his interests and to receive the interest on the three obligations which Odin gave him on September 21, 1860 and which will fall due on September 21, 1861. If he dies, each of his children - Ignace, Isabel, and Fermin - is to have a part. ` P.S. The three obligations amount to $3,600. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents He introduces himself as a clergyman and professor of the institution. He has studied and been ordained at Maynooth, Ireland and has recently come to America. He would like to subscribe to the Freeman for the next year and will sent his subscription in the manner in which McMaster directs. He asks McMaster for conclusive evidence of the ungenuineness of the Bull of Adrian IV to Henry II. — if Gratianus Lucan holds a high place as an authority and what of Cambrensis Eversus — if John of...

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He received of Edwards eight dollars in full. :: XI-2-k A.L.S. 1p.

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Because of the fact that the Freeman's Journal has been prohibited in the Diocese of Alton, Illinois by Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes, Cassidy sends $1. to settle his account. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He wishes to make known the unscrupulous business methods used by Brother Francis, an agent of the Ave Maria in Cassidy's region. First Cassidy provided Brother Francis with the names of his parishoners who would be most inclined to subscribe to the Ave Maria. Then because of Brother Francis' lack of time Cassidy not only agreed to solicit the subscriptions himself but he also paid for them in advance. However, in payment for his kindness and hospitality, Cassidy was disgusted to learn...

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Cassidy inquires if Hudson saw the poem "Mary's Wood" in the October issue of Schribner's Magazine. :: X-2-h A.L. S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He sends a post office order for $3 for his subscription to the Freeman. He also sends a poem written by Robert M. Walsh of Camden whose father McMaster knew. If McMaster likes the poem he asks that it be inserted. However, McMaster need not fear offending Cassidy by refusing for the latter believes it is the best thing to reject the compositions of those whose talent is inadequate. However, if McMaster likes it, they will be pleased to see it in his valued columns. Robert is one of six...

Scope and Contents A short time ago Cassidy discovered some persons interested in the Indian Missions, among whom were Bishop Martin Marty and Father Stephan. Everyone agreed that the Freeman's Journal should be enlisted in the cause. She was asked to prepare some papers but as the Freeman's Journal should be enlisted in the cause. She was asked to prepare some papers but as the Freeman has scores of correspondents with more knowledge on Indian affairs than she, she will leave it up to them. One of...

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She forgot to say that the names given by her were given confidentially. The facts and locality can he mentioned. The certificate reached Norfolk safely, and she will write as soon as she gets Mr. Smith's acknowledgement. Then she will have some pleasing news to impart about the Hair?. She has seen Miss Bailey, who is still in Orange, New Jersey, teaching in the family of Mr. C. Road, 80 Frank St., New York. She will write again on Thursday or Friday. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She is sending $3.00 for a year's subscription to the Journal, and asks that it and the 1871 back numbers be sent to Mrs. Frank Drexel of Philadelphia. She has been trying to find subscribers, but the Citizen and the Irish American have been in the field before her and few people can afford two papers. Father Byrne was disappointed at not having seen McMaster, but he had been summoned by the Bishop. He is grateful for McMaster's appreciation of his church, and McMaster's article will be...

Scope and Contents McMaster's letter of July 5 reached her home last evening, and prayers have already been asked of pious and women. The prayers of sodalities will be obtained and Communions will be offered; Masses will be offered by Father B.H. though from the writer's acquaintance as well as McMaster's opinion of Mrs. McMaster, the writer would say she does not need them. The writer praises Mrs. McMaster, and assures him that he will have the prayers and sympathy of all who know him, and of all who...

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She will send McMaster, Mrs. Drexel's subscription for the Journal on Wednesday. She has been indisposed and asks him to tell her the remedy for "Intermittent" if he knows any. She asks him to excuse her careless note, but her desk is upstairs and Mrs. Jenks and Mother send regards. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She asks McMaster to hand the enclosed note to his book-keeper, who will reply to it. She thinks that she has been forgetful of her duties as a business woman this winter. She is feeling better than she has done for years, although she is still very thin, for Dr. Walsh, the brother of Maurice Francis Egan's friend, Henry C. Walsh, discovered wherein her physical peccancy lay and provided remedies. The children moved to St. Michel Thursday, and she joins them there Tuesday. They were...

Scope and Contents She has read in the Ave Maria how the Benedictine brothers of St. Meinrad, Ind. have sacrificed themselves for the sake of our red men of the west, and to encourage the whites to settle upon the vacant lands. The rich land is deserving more attention from our priests than it receives. The protestants come, but the Catholics pass it by. People would rejoice if some of those fathers would come among their midst. Their country is not Catholic and wonders why not make it so. The people are...

Scope and Contents Cassidy wonders why McMaster does not come to visit them, for she did not reply to McMaster's letter because he expected to see McMaster and verbally answer his questions. McMaster can say what he wishes about the payment of the legacies, but the transfer of the remains had better be kept out of the papers, as it was in Philadelphia, partly through the influence of Mr. George W. Childs. There were rumors of an attempt on the grave at Saint Mary's, and the transfer was hurried. Mr....

Scope and Contents Cassidy wishes McMaster and his family a happy New Year. She will attend to her own and Miss Drexel's business matters with the 'Freeman' by a Post Office Money Order from Camden for six dollars. They are all well. McMaster has probably heard of the recent death in the other branch of the family. She thanks McMaster for his article on the matter they discussed when McMaster was at St. Michel. She may have to write McMaster on that matter, but McMaster has probably less time to read a...

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Cassidy asks Hudson if a Catholic contractor may take a job building a Protestant Church or Jewish Synagogue. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The Historical Society is anxious to obtain photos of old Mr. and Mrs. Coquillard and he asks Edwards to furnish him with copies. :: XI-1-o A.L.S. 1p.

Scope and Contents The Brownson Club, an organization composed of Catholic Men, young and old, of this city, wishes to get a portrait of Crestes A. Brownson for its clubrooms. Dr. J. B. Enright has placed in Cassilly's hands a letter received from Brownson, dated March 1, 1886, in which Brownson states that he has a photograph of his father, from which which an artist might paint a likeness, with a few hints as to color. The Club would like to borrow this photograph for copying or to buy a copy of it if copies...

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Cassilly is sending four sketches entitled "Catholic Boys of America" for the Youth's Department of the Ave Maria. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

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Castanedo received the Ave Maria and enjoyed it. Regards are extended to Father Thomas Walsh, C.S.C., Father Timothy Maher, C.S.C. as well as Brothers Alexander Smith and Leander John McLain :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.