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McMaster asks John why he does not write, and tells him he is much concerned with how John is behaving. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McMaster is glad that John is getting nearer New York, and that he is going to see the sisters. He urges John to make a long visit at Baltimore, Maryland, and to visit Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, both going and coming. If he can, he should hunt up Mr. Sneeringer in Baltimore. He may skip any of the places this side of Pittsburgh if he wishes John should receive Communion on St. Alphonsus' Day if he can, but if he cannot, he should remember that the feast has an octave in all Redemptorist...

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John is asked to come home very soon. His friends want him. :: I-2-m Telegram

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McMaster sends love, and is glad John found time to see old "Aunty" Brown, although it did not cheer him up much. He misses John, but is not lonely and is reasonably well. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents John's letter, which he wrote after eleven days of silence has been received. It is a rule of the office that agents should report at least once a week. McMaster reminds John that he promised to let him know how he is and where a message can reach him. He hopes John does not deal so lightly with other promises. McMaster was threatened with congestion of both kidneys a few days ago, which attack, had it gone unchecked, would have left him but three or four days to live. His written...

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McMaster will be at the Union depot at three in the afternoon Nov. 20, 1883. If John wants money he should ask Mr. Riordan at Mr. Stewart's. :: I-2-m Telegram

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McMaster and Gertrude McMaster are on the train. John should meet them at Charles Street or at Daly's Hotel at 2:15. :: I-2-m Telegram

Scope and Contents McMaster has received John's letters and ought to have written him at Wilmington, Delaware. He thinks Father Ben J. Keiley must have been a pleasant friend, and he was glad John went to Communion. He hopes that he will do so often. He misses John very much, but consoles himself with the thought the Sisters so often express, that it will not to be long before they will all be together, not to be separated again. Separation for a time is the lot of this world, and troubles must be faced...

Scope and Contents He would have written John before, but feared the letter would not reach him; he urges John to tell where he will be two or three days after his letters are received in New York. If John wants his red flannels, they will be sent before his winter suit, but he should not wait until the sudden cold weather to order his suit. McMaster visited his daughters and found them all well. Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C. was getting fat. McMaster is well. He has tasted distilled liquor only once in...

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McMaster has received John's letters, and hopes John has not cought cold. He himself took a bad cold yesterday evening, and Major John J. Keiley is suffering from rheumatism. McMaster has heard from Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C., and thanks God for three such sisters. He wonders if John can receive Communion on St. Teresa's day. He asks John to send his address a week from this writing. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents John wrote a nice letter which cheered McMaster, who misses him. But John is at the age of manly responsibilities, and McMaster himself is not past it. John should rejoice in his youth, and should not forget to pray. He should try to receive Communion once a week, at least. In Boston he will have a cordial welcome if he calls at the Redemptorists, "Our Lady of Perpetual Help", where there are more Irish than Germans. If the Jesuits at St. Mary's Church, and Father O'Connor, S.J., of the...

Scope and Contents Because McMaster is old and hurried, he did not write to John at Memphis, Tennessee. He urges John to see all he wants to see and not to hurry, for summer is a dull time in New York unless John has some plan for spending the months until September. He hopes that, even while travelling, John will keep up the love of God and His Blessed Mother, and that daily he reads a little from some book of devotion. John should not be offended at his reminding him of this, for he himself is glad when...

Scope and Contents McMaster did not wish John to leave Charleston without another letter from him. He spent Mar. 5 and 6, 1886, at Carmel, Baltimore, Maryland, and also visited Sister St. John McMaster, S.H.C.J.. The Keileys are well, the Major being in better health, but Mrs. Keiley has lost her daughter Ellen, who has gotten married. McMaster is in better health, but the colds he has affect his stomach and bowels. He sees the Vallettes people often at Church, and they always ask after John. McMaster...

Scope and Contents McMaster is well in health, and does not get used to doing without John. John's room looks deserted, and McMaster visits it every day. John is to take care of himself, and not to forget that this is St. Joseph's month. McMaster had planned to be in Baltimore for Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C.'s birthday, March 4, 1886, but postponed his visit because on that day Archbishop Michael Corrigan is to receive the Pallium. John is asked to give regards to Mr. James Cantwell. :: I-2-m A.L.S....

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The enclosed letter was opened by McMaster without thinking. He John will be somewhere where he can go to Communion on St. Joseph's day, March 19. Maurice Francis Egan has written John a long letter. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McMaster hopes this letter will reach John in Chattanooga. He will send the photos he has just received to John, care of T. Fitzwilliam in New Orleans, unless he learns of some place where John can get them earlier. He intends to send all John's mail in care of T. Fitzwilliam, for there may be confusion in the Post Office and some other McMaster might get them. McMaster urges John to use the telegraph if he has need of it. He wishes John a Happy Easter, and thinks he has met the pastor...

Scope and Contents McMaster has received John's letter from Cincinnati, and is glad he is to see John so soon. He was in Baltimore on July 16, and was pall bearer for the Mother Sub-prioress. Sister Teresa McMaster, D.C. is much better, and so is Sister St. John McMaster, S.H.C.J., whom, he hopes, John will see. McMaster does not know what plans the Keiley boys have for August, but thinks they have none. He will write on two separate slips memoranda of what he wishes John to attend to at Grafton,...

Scope and Contents John's telegram was received. McMaster wanted to send some letters, and he is sending some photographs in a separate package to Jackson. John is asked if he received the letters addressed to Memphis, and if he received the letter of introduction to Mr. Fitzwilliam of New Orleans, to whom all of John's letters to New Orleans will be sent. McMaster had a nice visit at Carmel, and was present when Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan received the final vows of Sister, now Mother, St. John McMaster,...

Scope and Contents There have been many blunders about getting letters to John. Perhaps the American Consul in Lisbon forwarded Gertrude McMaster's letters to John's new address as McMaster asked him to. Now McMaster is sending letters from Gertrude, from "Frank" Maurice Francis Egan, and from J. Gallagher, now knowing whether the American Consular Agent or Clerk at Caibarien Cuba will forward the letters to Key Frances. The owners of the Havilah have vague ideas of what Captain Atwood may do, since he...

Scope and Contents Although McMaster wrote John on March 6, 1884, he writes again by today's steamer. Gertrude McMaster came home with a cold in her head. The weather is bad, but not so bad as when John left New York, Captain Atwood wrote on Jan. 26, 1884 that the weather was the worst he had ever met, and his owners have not heard from him since, so they were glad to have McMaster tell them of John's letter of Feb. 10, 1884. McMaster encloses a two-dollar greenback not wishing to send more because he...

Scope and Contents The morning's New York Herald announced that the "Havilah" sailed from Lisbon March 2, 1884, which would put it half way across the ocean to Cuba by now. Captain Coombs counts 30 days passage, 10 days to load, and 10 days passage to New York, which would mean that John will come home in May. They will be glad to see him, and do not intend moving until he comes. The Cuban climate is feverish, so he should be on his guard. Enclosed are letters from Gertrude McMaster and "Frank" Maurice...

Scope and Contents McMaster hopes John has by now reached Key Frances and received their letters, but he is afraid John did not get the letters that were sent to Lisbon. He is afraid John will not get to Mass, although there is some chaplain at Caiberian. If he were at Cardenas or to Havana there would be subscribers of the Freeman he could call on, who would treat him well for McMaster's sake. But both these places are too far away unless he meets with an accident; it would be a good thing, however, to...

Scope and Contents John has been good in writing McMaster so often, but McMaster has not answered him as he ought. John knows, however, how hard it is for McMaster to write letters. He has telegraphed John at Bristol Tennessee, telling him there may be passes for him there. Major John J. Keiley has telegraphed the president of the Rail road to send them to Bristol, but if he does not get them John should push on. If he runs short of money John can telegraph McMaster, who will send or telegraph him some...

Scope and Contents McMaster encloses a letter which Major John J. Keiley received from Major Knox, General Freight Agent at Nashville, Tennessee. If John goes through Nashville it would benefit him to call on Major Knox, and if he has no pass from Chatanooga to Nashville, he could write a polite note asking for one. McMaster urges John to read again his letter of March 31 1885, and be assured that McMaster does not wish him to be without money. He tells John to do as he thinks best. Enclosure not present....

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John J. Gallagher proposes John's coming to New York City on his way to Albany. John may do as he pleases. McMaster has just received the enclosed. P.S. Gallagher is writing John today. No enclosure present. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He has little hope this note will find John at Lisbon. They have had terrible weather, and have been worrying about him; many have inquired about him, and many prayers have been offered. They are all well as usual. He asks John to telegraph him "McMaster, New York", each written as one word—"McMaster" being a code word with the cable company. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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In his letter from Evansville Indiana John wrote that he was going to Communion for Corpus Christi, a statement which McMaster had wanted to hear from John for weeks. He hopes John has been thinking of what he wishes to do in life. Friday or Sunday John should renew his pledge to the Sacred Heart. He encloses clippings. Enclosures: An editorial from the Freeman's Journal of June 6, 1885, and a prayer from the same issue. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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John is asked to tell McMaster by telegram where letters mailed April 15, 1885 from New York will surely find him. :: I-2-m Telegram

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McMaster wrote John two letters to Knoxville and two to Chattanooga. Has John received them; he is to telegraph. :: I-2-m Telegram 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hoping this letter will reach John at Memphis, McMaster wonders if John received his letter addressed to Chattanooga Tennessee, with the letter of introduction to Mr. Fitzwilliam of New Orleans. He reminds John that all the letters to New Orleans will be sent to Fitzwilliam, because the Exposition crowds might cause confusion at the Post Office. He encloses a letter from Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C Sister St. John has taken her final vows and is to be known as Mother St. John...