Scope and Contents Harper received a letter from Ira B. Dutton asking her to describe to Hudson the visit of Bishop Hermann Koeckemann of Honolulu to Molokai. Koeckemann was there from May 6 to 9. Father Wendelin Moellers left with him to regain his health. Father Mathias was left to take his place. Koeckemann is advanced in age. Doctor Godwyn Swift took photographs and got what he has been long asking for. At the suggestion of Mother Marianne, O.S.F., Dutton sent a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Open...

Scope and Contents At the request of Ira B. Dutton and Doctor Prince Albert Morrow, Harper has had four type written copies made of Morrow's notes on Father Joseph Damien De Veuster. Three are to be sent to the Sandwich Islands. Dutton informed Harper that Bishop Herman Koeckemann allows him to have a few copies made of statements he made on the traits and works of De Veuster. The copy for Hudson is going to Father Francis X. Dutton in Cincinnati first. Dutton said nothing about Father Dutton being...

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Ira B. Joseph Dutton of Molokai requested Harper send Hudson Pictures of the late Father Joseph Damien De Veuster. Dutton wanted her to give some extracts of his letter, but she ventured to put most of it in a type written copy so his friends may have the satisfaction of reading it. Accompanying this is a box containing a leaf and seed of the Pandanus tree under which Father Damien slept when, he first made his home in the leper settlement. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents After thinking of making a visit to Baltimore, Harper has concluded that it would be better to inquire directly whether or not such a visit from him would be welcome. Perhaps after long years he and McMaster's daughters will meet again under very different circumstances. He owes far more to McMaster's daughters than he is able to measure on earth for they have obtained for him much that he vainly sought to secure for himself for years. Gertrude's Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C.'s wishes...

Scope and Contents Harper thanks Henry for his obliging offer. Harper has just received from his brother Father Thomas Morton Harper S. J. in England a request for the translation of Balmes' Fundamental Philosophy by "young Brownson". His brother claims there is not getting it in England. Sadleir published it. Harper asks Henry if he is the person alluded to and if so kindly to answer. Harper's brother is at present professor of philosophy at Stonyhearst College, Lancashire England P.S. Harper has appended...

Scope and Contents The Irishman has not yet arrived. Harrington will send Luke immediately when he arrives, but wishes Odin would spare him a little longer. Father John Boullier, C..M. has done just as Harrington expected, that is, nothing at all. Boullier took John Hutchins one day to ride around the old Cape. James Hutchins was employed to gather the corn. John moved his family to the old house at the mill and both only helped 3 days to gather corn. Harrington, therefore, had only Luke, Dory? and...

Scope and Contents Harrington just arrived here, and finds all in good health and spirits. Father John Rosti?, C.M. has not yet returned. There was no opportunity to write Timon from Brazo yesterday. He met Judge Moore there and talked with him of his negro man previous to the sale. More said $800 was his price. After the sale Harrington requested Moore to let Timon know his lowest price. The negroes sold very high so Harrington did not bid for any. Luke sold for $730; Henry, $1000; The woman, $900; the...

Scope and Contents Luke is anxious to go to the Seminary, but he brought no clothing with him. Some of the cattle have left the swamp on account of the flies and the grey mare with colt cannot be found. He will let Luke go on to the Seminary and make inquiries about the animals. They stand in great need of Luke's assistance and have not been able to plant any new ground yet. Rains put them back, also the arrival of Father John Boullier, C.M. deprived him of John Hutchins, whom Boullier sent to look for...

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He has never taken any stories directly from the Ave Maria. Those to which Hudson referred he found among other Catholic papers without the credit being given but he cannot find out where they appeared originally. He has had little experience as an editor Monitor but tries to do what is right and give other publishers what is due to them. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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A series of articles for the instruction of the faithful on the nature and effect of Indulgences will be written. Should Hudson be able to devote a small space in the Ave Maria, he will furnish a short article each week on this matter. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He asks for a program of the commencement exercises or if not convenient, the date of the same. Note by Hudson to send an invitation for an old student. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Harrington submits a poem entitled "St. patrick". She has written several poems of religious character which she would like to publish in the Ave Maria. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 6pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Lefevere's children were unaware that they had said anything to injure any man, especially a Catholic priest. They thought they were doing their duty at the request of the congregation. It was not their intention to complain but to ask for another priest. They are now called robbers by Father Lawrence Kilroy, that they smuggled a priest from Sarnia to assist them to deprive Kilroy of his mission. Kilroy has now locked up the church for a year. In the name of 300 families they are willing to...

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He apologizes for not answering McMaster's letter. He had it published in the Morning Age and the person he gave it to forgot to mail it. It is no trouble to receive the help so greatly needed by their suffering friends and he is grateful to McMaster for his kindness. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He has received McMaster's postal money order for $20.50, and the other money as well, for which he thanks McMaster for Sister Helena. He has been fortunate in his receipts this week, but all that can be collected is needed, for everyone is suffering from the Scourge of Sherman. General William T. Sherman :: I-1-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Harrison thanks McMaster for $5.00, and says he immediately invested it in knitting wool which he sent to a lady in Charleston, S.C. who has been stripped of all. Her letter requesting some worsteds for her to knit and some little shoes to sell so she can earn a livelihood, was received the same time as McMaster's letter. He will dispose of some shoes for her benefit. The change for her, from wealth to poverty must be very sad. He sent a lady in Richmond $41, but still has the hair to...

Scope and Contents He encloses $10 and a list of club members from Brockport, Clarkson, Sweden and Hamlin, to whom the Journal is to be sent. There should be 500 Catholics subscribers in such a large community, but besides the 25 members of Harrison's club, there are only 6 others who read any Catholic paper. They would rather read the local publication that maligns the Church and country at every opportunity. Some men feel that the Journal is too prejudiced; he asks that McMaster introduce a bit of...

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Harrison has been requested by Father Henry McCullow, C.P., to forward his name to McMaster to be subscribed with the others to the "Petition" on the "Status of the Clergy". Harrison hopes McMaster received another letter, and donation, sent a couple of weeks ago. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Harrison sends his name, to be applied to the petition to be sent to Rome regarding the status of the Clergy. He also sends $5 for the expenses. He would have done this before, but he has been short of money. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Harrison tells McMaster of a priest of Oskolorsa who tended some small pox victims on the Valley R.R. near Fella south of Des Moines. The priest was refused admittance to the train on his return and was served notice by the Mayor of Oskalorsa to keep himself indoors. Harrison says the act was more out of fear of the disease than disdain for the priest and asks McMaster if infection is possible on mere contact like that. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Receipt for a five dollar contribution to the Brownson Memorial Fund by Peter L. Foy . Among the papers of Henry F. Brownson :: III-3-d A.D.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Address to the Catholics of America by the Brownson Memorial Committee concerning the erection of a monument to Orestes A. Brownson . Among the papers of Henry F. Brownson :: III-3-b Printed L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Harson is about to prepare a circular containing a short biographical notice of Orestes A. Brownson and other information, in the interest of the Brownson Memorial Fund, and would be glad to receive suggestions and information. The circular is intended to make Dr. Brownson better known to the generation which has come forward since he was before the public and who wish to be informed of his life and works and estimate in which he was held by those who knew him. In addition to anything of...

Scope and Contents Harson wishes Brownson a happy new year and asks how he recovered from the fatigues of the Congress. Harson had hoped to hear that Brownson would soon pay that proposed visit East. The memorial volume is slow in getting out. He expected to see it two weeks ago. He asks Brownson to send him a copy of the Michigan Catholic containing the account of the Symposium at the Catholic Club. He intended to ask Brownson when in Detroit if their conversation on a Catholic Congress while in New York last...

Scope and Contents Since the receipt of Brownson's letter of January 3rd, Harson has been expecting from week to week to see him and to hear when he expected to visit the East. He would have written before but did not expect to reach him in Detroit. He learns from this Week's Review and Freeman's that he is in New York. They would like to have sufficient time to announce his coming so that a satisfactory audience would be assured. Harson expects to be in New York next Tuesday and would like to meet Brownson,...

Scope and Contents Harson intends to write to a number of gentlemen next week about attending the Congress, and would be glad if Brownson would send him 25 or 30 sheets of the Official letter paper, if he can easily spare them. His train was three hours late in arriving in Buffalo this morning. He arrived at Rochester at noon and called at the residence of Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid, but he was out of town. Monsignor H. De Regge is in Europe, and Father James F. O'Hare has been pastor of Immaculate Conception...

Scope and Contents Printed circular letter announcing that Bishop Richard Gilmour of Cleveland suggested that a momument ought to be erected to Dr. Orestes A. Brownson . This suggestion was taken up by the Cleveland Universe which collected a liberal sum for the monument. At the meeting of the Catholic Young Men's National Union in Philadelphia a committee was formed of A.J. Faust of Washington, J.A. Flaherty of Philadelphia, C.B. Northup of Charleston, E.J. Dooley of Brooklyn, and Harson to take care of...

Scope and Contents Harson scarcely knows what particular facts to ask about, in references to Brownson's father's Orestes A. Brownson life, since the sketch he proposes to write must necessarily be short, but he wishes to use details which are not to be found in the usual sketches of his life, nearly all of which are made up bodily from The Convert. A comprehensive life is very much needed, and Father Isaac T. Hecker, to whom Herson had suggested the project, believes that the matter might be better treated by...

Scope and Contents Harson is greatly pleased to learn that the initiative has been taken with the view of holding a Catholic Congress next November; it is a movement he has been hoping for some years to see undertaken. The conventions of the C.Y.M.N.U. have been an indifferent amateur attempt at something of this character. He has hoped to see new strength added to the National Union, from which might come the beginnings of a Catholic Congress, but this strength has not been acquired. Brownson's action makes...

Scope and Contents Hart received the Bishop's letter on New Year's day. He is sorry to learn that the Bishop has a bad cold. The wants of the diocese lead him to return to the diocese as soon as the weather permits. He has thought that of Chester and Branford missions, Branford and the places on the railroad should be annexed to St. Patrick's and Chester with all the Haddams to Middletown or Colchester. Little schools could be instituted at Branford and Chester by the revenue which is too small to support a...