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Enclosed is $.30 due on postage for manuscripts that were sent to Eliza Allen Starr . Bickford thanks Hudson for his criticism of her articles. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Bickford will be grateful if Hudson returns her manuscript. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Bigandet sent a money order to pay for two year's subscriptions to the Ave Maria for himself and for Father J. B. Perret. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He was not at home when McMaster's letter of Nov. 6th arrived or else he would have visited him at once. At present he cannot leave home for some weeks. He is anxious to learn more of the subject matter of McMaster's letter. He has yielded his own views on party policy to those of his more moderate brethren. They made a splendid contest in the State and were only defeated by the vote of the soldiers sent from the Army. Fairly treated, they would have carried the State. The soldiers'...

Scope and Contents He has only seen two of the people he named in his recent conversation with McMaster, but will see them at the State Convention next week, and hopes to see McMaster the week following. Mr. _____ Hughes is determined to spend the summer in Europe, which will be a great loss to them in the management of any campaign that may be undertaken. He shall not go to Chicago. He sees no ground of hope for them. He still entertains the views he expressed to McMaster recently. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp....

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Bingham, Chairman of the Catholic Young Man's National Union invites McMaster to a banquet to be given at the National Hotel, Washington, D. C., on Thursday, May 13, 1880. This invitation is sent under the auspices of the Carroll Institute. :: I-2-c printed invitation S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Bingham, Chairman of the Catholic Young Man's National Union, sends a printed letter from Carroll Institute notifying McMaster that Bishop John J. Keane, of Richmond, Virginia, President of the Union, has called for the assembling of the Sixth Annual Convention on Wednesday, May 12, at Washington, D. C.. Carroll Institute has invited this convention to Washington and welcomes all of delegates. The program will begin with the assembling at the Institute on May 12, and after the...

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Bingham, writing from the Carroll Institute under the direction of the Convention Committee, encloses an invitation to the Convention and hopes that McMaster can be present. Enclosures are present. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Binsse sends McMaster a check for $25 as his Peter's Pence offering. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The first intimation Binsse has had of his appointment on the New York Committee of arrangements for the Catholic Congress reached him in the columns of the Catholic Review. He is now pretty well advanced in years, averse to leaving his home, and cannot see how he can be of any service on the committee. The Catholic World will publish soon an account of the preliminary preparations and opening of the Congress held in Madrid last April followed by an account of the proceedings and conclusions...

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The sending of the Journal of July 22 will be sufficient proof that McMaster received the three dollars enclosed for a subscription. On the Friday previous, notice was in the Journal of Mrs. McMaster's death, and a "Missa de Requiem" was said for the repose of her soul, because McMaster's services to Holy Religion entitle him to that consideration. May God and the Blessed Virgin grant him and his family resignation in their trials. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Birkmeyer encloses an article written for the Passion of Christ by Lucretia White :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Mrs. Bisel encloses $2. for the Peter's Pence fund for the Pope, contributed by herself and her daughter, Mrs. Mattie A. Blough. She asks that McMaster inform her through his paper if Catholics may have balls on St. Patrick's day, with feasting and drinking. She belongs to the Baltimore diocese and not to the Pittsburgh diocese, but such things are being done there. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Bissey is negotiating with Bishop John McCloskey of Albany for a parish in that diocese. He is advised to communicate with Bishop Pierre Adolphe Pinsonneault of Sandwich, Canada. However, McCloskey will be satisfied if Lefevere recommends him. Lefevere has known Bissey since his arrival in Sandwich where he was president of the college, then pastor at Amherstburg. He quotes in his favor a letter of Bishop de Charbonnel who mentions Bishop John Farrell of Hamilton. Bissey proposes to...

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Bixio requests a copy of the Ave Maria be sent to John Bose of San Jose. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Bixio thanks Hudson for the two books that Hudson sent him. He reports the Ave Maria is doing well in California. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents J.B. encloses a communication to McMaster to inform him of the correct story of recent events in Natchez. McMaster will undoubtedly view the action of the military authorities as a great outrage and Bishop William H. Elder as a much injured man. The whole Church is more or less affected and interested in the matter. He tells McMaster to make whatever use of it he deems advisable but not to make known the identity of its author. J.B. realizes these are dangerous times and he is not so...

Scope and Contents All the President's children extend their hands to him. They the chiefs of the Ottawas at Arbre Croche pray and supplicate him to send them a black robe such as teach the Indians at Montreal. They wish to be instructed in the same principles of religion that their ancestors received at the old mission of St. Ignatius before 1765. They come to him as the first and principle chief of the United States and ask his aid in erecting a house of prayer. To that house they ask that he and a minister...

Scope and Contents Black accepts Reddick's reasons for not writing before and admits that as he himself had twice been shot by Cupid's darts, that he can sympathize. He hopes that Reddick's wife will have some money, but hastens to add that such a fact should not influence his choice. He regrets not seeing Reddick when he was last in the City in December. He has several claims for bounty, arrears of pay, and pensions, but that the claimants are poor and dependent on their neighbors to get to town. He now...

Scope and Contents She sends some lines for publication if worthy of printing. She is a convert to the Church and her heart is aglow with the realization of the loveliness of the Church. She has written for the press occasionally but never for a Catholic paper. She is a widow, her only son came from Europe and she succeeded in converting him and now he is studying for the priesthood. She has friends among the clergy who want her to write for the Ave Maria. She sends a scribble that appeared in last week's...

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Brother asks Hudson's help in spreading the League of the Sacred Heart. Propagation of the "Messenger of the Sacred Heart" and frequent reproduction of some of its articles are excellent ways of encouraging the League. Brother asks Hudson to publish his letter. :: X-3-b A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

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Blake sends McMaster $2 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions and praises the undertaking as being heralding the approach of a better day. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12 mo.

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Blake sends a story for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Blake would like to have her books placed on the list of premiums chosen for Catholic seminaries and schools. Her friend, Father Edward Welsh, S.J., of Georgetown, suggests that Hudson's advice would be of value. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

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Blakely sends McMaster $2 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo.

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Blakely has previously sent McMaster $2. for the Indian Missions but has been credited with only $1. He calls attention to the error. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

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Blakely sends McMaster $2.00 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

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Blakely encloses a manuscript for McMaster, and points out that the acrostics on pages six and seven. "Jesus-Maria" and "Thou art Peter" may be published of McMaster wishes to use them. Blakely feels that McMaster will at least agree with the sentiment. He asks that the manuscript be returned and the article, if used, inserted without signature. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Blakely submits an article. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Hudson may keep her verses until the Feast of the Holy Family in 1890. Blakely offers to send translactions of French stories from time to time. Her cousin Father Andrew Arnold Lambing, she finds is one of Hudson's regular contributors. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.