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Scope and Contents Having undertaken the trip to Plaquemine hoping to find a place there according to Mr. Bernard' s letter. She found on arriving that Bernard had gone to Cincinnati and asked them to join him there. She decided to go. Separation from her two children at the convent gives her much pain but she relies on Rousselon and the Sisters. She has promised to send them news. She is worn out. Three children have been sick. Jule. the fifth, still is; the sixth, Laurence, has recovered; the seventh, Maria...

Scope and Contents Althoff has received McMaster's letter of Nov. 30 and thanks him for allowing his subscription to begin on the first of the year. The monthly mail steamer brought the first copies of the valuable Freeman's Journal. The purpose of his letter is to secure a few words of explanation about an article in the Journal of Dec. 3, 1881, which greatly mystifies him. This article in Question is headed, correspondence from Alaska, the diocese of Bishop John Baptist Brondel, of Vancouver Island,...

Scope and Contents He is very grateful for Purcell's letter and his offering for the monument to Cardinal Cajetan Bedini. Altieri will give part of the offering to the Holy Father as a testimony of Purcell's devotion. The void caused by the loss of his best friend Bedini is immense. Purcell knows how he suffered. The diocese of Viterbo has suffered an irreparable loss. They must pray for his soul, although they hope he is already enjoying eternal glory. The surplus of the contributions for the monument to be...

Scope and Contents Comformably to the desires of Mademoiselle Marie Marguerite Bossier concerning the foundation of 5,000 florins in favor of the Diocese of Cincinnati according to the stipulations of the decree No. 982, Msgr. Huguet Pierre Spinola, in the name of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda to the Nuncio at Vienna, on February 10, 1830, the Sacred Congregation, now that part of the diocese has become that of Detroit, has decided that it would be shared by the bishops of bot dioceses equally, all...

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Altmicks criticizes an article that appears in the Ave Maria, entitled "Sisters' Manual", by P. Clementius Deymann, O.S.F. The discussion revolves about the practice and obligations of poverty by religious orders and the degree of sin against poverty. Altmicks does not wish to debate the question and thus his letter is a private one to Hudson. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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He sent a voluminous letter to Sister Claudine, St. Mary's, around New Year's and up to date he has received no reply. He asks Edwards to find out if she has received the letter. Father Morrissey's illness has been the subject of great anxiety. Thank God he is recovering. :: XI-2-e A.L.S. 3pp.

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He has learned that Edwards has letters relative to the corrspondence of Bishop Carrollton of Baltimore and priests in the West, Gibault, St. Pierre and De la Valiniere. The Illinois State Historical Library is printing a Collection of documents from 1778 to 1790 and he hopes Edwards' collection may have some material on the ecclesiastic situation. Search is futile so far. :: XI-2-l L.S.(Typed) 1p.

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He sends copies of the Acts for 1901. :: XI-2-d A.L.S. 1p.

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Brother Amadee sends the account of Patrick Conway at the University of Notre Dame, $125.28. :: VI-1-k A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.

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Amadee acknowledges the receipt of a check for $125 which has been placed to the credit of Patrick Conway. :: VI-1-k A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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At the request of Father Joseph Damiani, S.J., superior of the Mission, she writes to inquire if Edwards knows of a suitable person who would be willing to serve as College Prefect gratis. The Fathers would provide board and clothing and ample time for prayer and study. They are progressing slowly but surely. They have 70 Blackfoot Indian childrena and 50 cheyenne at St. Labre's. There is a large field for helpers among the Indians in Montana.

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Today the package came and she will not cease to thank them for it. She encloses a list of the articles received. :: XI-2-d A.L.S. 1p.

Scope and Contents According to information received by Father Anthony Penco, C.M. , Visitor of the Vincentians in the United States, Amat sends 6 young students, 3 of whom, Joseph Casanovas, Domenech Serrano y Franco, and Vincent Llover are for Amat's diocese of Monterey, California and the other 3, Francis of Aris? Mora and Borrell, James Moré and Biadin are for the Barrens. Amat asks Blanc to send the first three to his seminary to have them prepared for ordination at Amat's arrival which will be shortly...

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He sends a list of things he charges to the library. They have received payment for their last shipment. This shipment may be paid for in the same way.

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He has sent by post a package of the articles called for by the last order. When the articles arrive he may remit the cost by money order.

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Scope and Contents In spite of his resistance, Amat has had to cede to the request of the Sovereign Pontiff and accept the commission of Bishop of Monterey. He has been Rome for more than a month awaiting the day of his congregation, not knowing when it will take place. Cardinal James Philip Fransoni wishes to perform the ceremony and being in feeble health has not been able to up to the present. Amat wants information about Father Paul Gelot, who has spent a year in their novitiate in Rome with regular enough...

Scope and Contents Some time ago Amat asked Bishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany to send Blanc $96 for Father John Brands, C.M. for the expenses of the Seminary for Amat's students there. Alemany received acknowledgement of the receipt of $92. Amat will repay the seminary in case only $92 was sent. Blanc is to give said amount to Brands. The $50 due to Blanc by Mr . Torres with the other expenses made by Father Rousselon for the students was deposited with the secretary of the Archbishop of New York before Amat left...

Scope and Contents Amat was about to leave Cape Girardeau for New Orleans, toward his diocese, when an indisposition he had became worse and he was advised not to go south at all. So he came to St. Louis intending to direct his steps toward New York, stopping to try to collect for his diocese and getting to New York next September to go to Monterey. Any letters Blanc has for Amat he is to direct them to La Salle, Illinois in care of Father John O'Reily where Amat will be until the middle of next month or to...

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Beside the church in which they regularly officiate there is a chapel and a house where they officiate once a month and three other posts where they go when called. The nearest post office is Donaldson. He estimates the number of Catholics at 6000. There are about 330 baptisms, of which 170 are whites, and 160 Negroes; 112 burials - 50 Negroes and 62 whites; and 25 marriages a year. :: V-4-k A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Amat has just received a letter from Father J.M. Masnou, C.M. telling him to send him John Budd if Amat thinks he has a vocation and to send him home if he thinks Budd does not. The young man does not have much talent but he applies himself to his studies, and with patience could become a priest. So Amat is sending him to the seminary. Since they have no money he is giving Budd a letter for the captain of the boat he will take so that the trip can be paid for at New Orleans. Amat has heard...

Scope and Contents Young Deroche is a boy of good intentions and talents and gives hope of becoming an excellent subject. He wishes to continue his studies and become a priest but his parents keep writing that they can no longer pay his board and that he would have to leave next May. Amat believes if he leaves he will never return to the seminary. On the other hand they can no longer keep him for $80 a year as they have in the past. Amat begs Blanc to take Deroche under his protection and let him remain. ::...

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Amat has just received Blanc's letter asking about the eleven pieces of slate. Amat knows nothing about them; he is expecting Father John Timon from Paris and will ask him if they are for him. Amat sees that Blanc thinks he is at St. Louis but since he left New Orleans last year, he has been at the College but he hopes it will not be for long now. P.S. The bearer of this letter is one of the most respectable Catholics of the Cape. :: V-5-d A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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Amat has just seen the young Frenchman who wishes to marry a Negress. Amat thinks he intends to go to see Blanc at New Orleans. His name is Louis Marciacq. :: V-4-k A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents They have received word that the Legislature has authorized the trustees of their parish to cede to them 14 arpents of land: 7 for the Sisters' establishment and 7 for the seminary. If this is true they think a few lines should be put in the Propagateur to encourage the parishioners to contribute. Amat went to the seminary to consult Father Bonaventure Armengol, C.M. and the other priests about the land for the seminary. All thought the best land would be around the church, including the old...

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Father John Timon, C.M. arrived last Thursday. Amat inquired about the slates of which Blanc spoke. He said he expected some but could not know whether they were those Blanc got. Amat is no more in the College; he lives at the Seminary of Barrens though he must be yet at the head of the family. :: V-5-d A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Blanc's letter was very consoling to John Budd ; he is doing his best to advance so that Amat thinks it would be better to keep him. It was not Budd who wrote the letter; he does not write too well. :: V-5-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

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A young Frenchman wishes to marry a free girl of color and as Amat hears that the civil law forbids this he wishes to consult with Blanc. Both practice their religion and intend later to go to France. :: V-4-k A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He proposed to the Bishops and clergy of Spain the idea of setting up a seminary for the formation of American missionaries. They accepted the idea heartily, and Cardinal Alexander Barnabo has given full approval of the idea. It must be commenced by the Bishops interested, each one paying for the students he may be willing to admit. About 20 students will be needed to start the seminary. From $100 to $100 in gold would pay all the annual expenses. He asks Odin to confer with such of his...

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He read in the newspaper Odin's pastoral of Lent in which he speaks about matrimony. He sends by mail a treatise on the same subject printed here. The Vincentians are going to establish themselves here and they are about to commence the building for a College intended by and by for a seminary. :: VI-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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They bill him for 11 francs for books sent. :: XI-2-d Postcard, signed (French)