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Dahlgren is translating a narrative made at Rome by order of the Holy Father, regarding the persecutions of the Russian nuns. Since she cannot get certain references, Dahlgren cannot make it into a romance as planned. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Dahlgren just finished the narrative, "Seven years Persecution". She is waiting for Hudson to select a new time for it to appear. She asks that her name be consistently mentioned among those contributing to the Ave Maria. Dahlgren would also like a score of copies of the narrative when published. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Dahlgren sends the manuscripts on "The Persecution for the Faith". She thanks Hudson for his kind offer to send her a number of Ave Marias free of charge as well as for his promise to have her name in electrotype. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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A letter from Dahlgren's daughter Baroness Von Overbeck gave the enclosed information regarding the Von Bulows. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She encloses a poem suggested by midnight Mass. The Atlantic Review republished "The Sea." Her son Eric is sick and came on to her from college. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Reading the notice of "Ethan Allen's Daughter" in the Ave Maria reminded her of a story told her some years ago by Mrs. William T., Ellen Ewing Sherman, who heard it from someone who knew the facts. The story concerns the reason why Ethan Allen's daughter entered the convent. She tells the story in detail as it was told to her. It might be well for Hudson to get the exact account and publish it for the honor of St. Joseph. She is now building St. Joseph's Chapel and has met with...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter received. She sends him two letters to read and return. One is from Harry Baden's mother, whose name is now de Vangas. Harry's mother is a convert and the grandmother promised to become a Catholic if Harry Baden could be cured. This letter is written three months after Harry's seemingly fatal wounds, but his health seems very good. One of his limbs was crushed in such manner that amputation was thought impossible. The other was to be amputated above the ankle. They are...

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Enclosed is a poem for the Ave Maria. Dahlgren is hurt because Hudson did not think her novelette worthy of notice. She has completed her novel "Divorce" and is making arrangements for publication. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents To get necessary funds to complete the interior of St. Joseph Chapel, which she has had built on the estate, Dahlgren plans to sell mineral lands belonging to her father's estate. "The Memoirs of Admiral Dahlgren ", which she edited will be published in the autumn by Osgood and Company. Father E. Q. Waldron of Pikeville, Maryland, who while reading her book "South Mountain Magre", wrote Dahlgren of an extraordinary experience, died August 18th in a fall from a bridge. :: X-2-j A.L.S....

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Dahlgren thanks Hudson for his kindness. She thinks Hudson would like a translation of a brochure given to her by Sister Augustine, when when she was superior at Georgetown. It is an account of Our Lady of Liege. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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The book that Hudson sent to Dahlgren gave her and her daughter, Ulrica, pleasant reading. She has just completed a novelette entitle "The Lost Name", she wishes she had written it for a Catholic magazine, but her mission seems to be to write for a protesting public. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gratitude is expressed for the "Glimpses of the Supernatural". Dahlgren's daughter, Ulrica, found the book interesting and was greatly impressed by the Miracle of the Assumption. The Washington Catholic criticized the second article on the question of possession. Enclosed is $3 in money order to pay for the subscription of her daughter, the Baroness Von Overbeck, to the Ave Maria. An account of a recent cure at Lourdes is given. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dahlgren thanks Hudson for the pamphlet and his expression of sympathy over the accident which she and her daughter experienced. She sends two papers with an account of the dedication of the Chapel. Dahlgren did not attend, but Archbishop James Gibbons promised to consecrate the altar and chapel, which she deeded in trust to him, at another time. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dahlgren has received volume 18 of Brownson's Works and is sorry that they are not selling well She has considered for some time writing a Catholic novel but has had no encouragement from the Catholic press. She has just finished a novel on race prejudice which will begin to appear serially in the Brooklyn Magazine in October; and she has begun another novels. She is pleased to find in volume 18 Orestes A. Brownson's praise of her translation of Executive power, which she never before had...

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Mrs. Dahlgren is grateful for the photograph of Brownson's father Orestes A. Brownson and reminds him that his parents were the God parents of her twins. She has a just finished a novelette. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.

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Dahlgren hopes to order an additional set of Brownson's Works for her town house when certain dividents are paid in November. Her son Eric Dahlgren in his last year at Georgetown, has begun readings in the work of Orestes A. Brownson. Her novel "Divorced" is just out. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Dahlgren congratulates Brownson upon giving to the English-speaking public so valuable a Life of Columbus at so opportune a moment and encloses a money order for a copy. She hopes they may again meet. She was always honored by the friendship of his distinguished father Orestes A. Brownson, who was the god-father of her twins, Eric and Ulrica. Eric was married last December to Miss Drexel of New York and they are now in Europe. Ulrica is soon to be married to Josiah Pierce, Jr., of old New...

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Mrs. Dahlgren encloses $3 for volumes 18 of Brownson's Works and congratulates Brownson on his labors. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dahlgren begs acceptance of her new book—"South Mountain Magic" and hopes for notice in the "Ave Maria". The profits, if any, will be used for St. Joseph's Chapel. She hopes to finish the edifice in July, but must then wait in order to complete her plans. She was disappointed that Hudson did not visit Washington last winter. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Mrs. Dhalgren is sorry to learn that Henry's claim had taken an unfortunate aspect. She knows how almost impossible it is ever to get a hearing for a claim against the government. On receiving Henry's letter she asking the kind offices of SenatorEdwin Conger. As she has received no reply, which she did not request knowing haw fully the Senator's time is occupied, she is unable to say what will be done. Should she receive any information on the subject, she will let Henry know. It will be a...

Scope and Contents She desires to recommend to the confraternity of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic convert, Mrs. Henriques, who is mortally ill and is taking the water of Lourdes faithfully. She is anguished at leaving two daughters, 12 and 13 who need their mother most now. The disease is thought to be an internal cancer and is baffling medical aid. Enclosed is $1 for more copies of the Ave Maria containing her report of George Morgan's cure. She has given away all the numbers Hudson sent her. George...

Scope and Contents She wrote the account of the cure with great respect for minute details believing that it is by the seemingly insignificant facts that the reader is most greatly affected. Not wishing the following observation published because it would undoubtedly embarrass the attending doctor who by his own admission expected the death of the patient at any moment she feels certain that he would ascribe the recovery to supernatural causes if it were not for the fact that he is a Protestant. Because...

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She thanks Hudson for the gratifying notice of "South Sea Sketches" and wishes him a happy New Year. She is rapidly convalescing due to the many mementoes made for her. During her confinement she has partly written a book on the "Superstitions of South Mountain," but if her health improves she cannot finish it for the publishers in the spring. She wishes two copies of Eliot Ryder's "Catholic Poets" to be sent to her together with the bill. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3 pp. 12mo.

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She has requested Osgood and Company to send Hudson a copy of the "Memoirs of Admiral Dahlgren." She is now engaged in writing "Our Lady of Liesse" for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4 pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents She encloses a poem, a translation of Heinie, written by Mrs. Long. If Hudson does not publish it he should return the manuscript. Mrs. Long has published many beautiful things and she is anxious for her conversion and to have her work run in Catholic channels. Her son, Lieut. Long Edes, was a Catholic convert. The writer will be indebted for the promised notice of the "Memoir" of Admiral Dahlgren. The nuns of Mt. Carmel have asked her to write something on St. Teresa. Perhaps Hudson...

Scope and Contents She received Hudson's favor enclosing a proof of the notice in the Ave Maria of her "Memoirs." She is grateful for the commendation of the book. What Hudson suggests as to the Admiral's "success" being advanced by her is praise due to his first wife. She shared his early trials for seventeen years. Thousands of things were too sacred for the public eye and would have given deeper insight into his noble heart. After reading the original of St. Teresa and much that was written about her...

Scope and Contents Dahlgren received a letter from Eliza Allen Starr stating she asked Osgood to send Hudson a copy of "South Sea Sketches". She sends one. Dahlgren had the fortune to receive favorable notice in New England by the Protestant Press. The only adverse criticism came from the Baltimore Catholic Mirror, for which Archbishop James Gibbons wrote and apologized. St. Joseph's Chapel on South Mountain is underway and she hopes to present it for dedication to Gibbons next summer. Enclosed is a...

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Dahlgren thanks Hudson for the information that he forwarded to her regarding Eliot Ryder . Mr. Hudson to whom Dahlgren referred Ryder, paid him for an article, but could not keep him permanently. She says Ryder did something unpleasant before he left town, but she does not know exactly what. Dahlgren refers to several mistakes she made and noticed in a recent article that she wrote. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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If Hudson should publish Dahlgren's sketch on Our Lady of Liesse, she would like ten copies. She learned from General Hagen that Eliot Ryder, to whom she gave a letter of recommendation for employment, that Hagen would have hired Ryder but he presented himself intoxicated. Hagen told him that when he could bring a certificate that he did not drink he would hire him. Upon this Ryder left the city. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Dahlgren would like to have her two books, "South Sea Sketches" and "South Mountain Magic" put on the list of premium books. She had in mind furnishing the St. Joseph's Chapel by herself. At the present time she is writing a novel with the same object in view. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.