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Mellano and his Coadjutor Doctor Beradi have the Ave Maria. He asks Hudson to send him Mass intentions. Mellano asks that Beradi's copy of the Ave Maria be sent to Monsignor Montagnini, secretary to the Delegate Apostolic to India. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Mellano thanks Hudson for his promise to send the Ave Maria free of charge. :: X-3-m L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville sent a wood cut and electrotype of the child figure. A bill and proof are also enclosed. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed are proofs of the autographs. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville has made some alterations to the work that Hudson has requested. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville sends the portrait and three electros. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed is a hand proof cut of the Madonna. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville and Company send Hudson the electrotype of the "Madonna" with a bill reduced to $8.50. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Some alterations have been made in the work that Hudson has requested. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville is in financial difficulty and would like Hudson to send him whatever he can for the work that he is now doing. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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The cuts of the electrotype of the monogram and coat of arms are being sent by express. Melville has photographed the "Madonna and Child" on the wood. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Quotation on prices and quality of engraving. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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It will take three or four days to execute a cabinet design after the photograph is received. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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The portrait and the autograph have been sent by mail. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Melville thanks Hudson for his order and sends a receipt. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Memarbashi and Schelhot thought Hudson would be pleased to know the status of their mission in Syria and Mesopotamia. For a long time these places were in darkness. After a long period they began to turn again to the faith of their fathers. A little Syro-Catholic community was able to be formed. The patriarch of Antioch has under his jurisdiction four archbishops and seven bishops. Six new missions have been opened among the heretics. Innumerable requests are made to Patriarch Ignatius...

Scope and Contents They have been living in the new house, although the rooms above are not yet finished since the beginning of winter. Menet intends to fence in the field down to Reverend Abel Bingham's pasture. He would like to have an abstract of the deed of sale for the property of the church to determine the extent of its boundaries because of the lack of one fence. As to the church itself they have beautified it for the Jubilee and the work is to be finished by February 1. The total will be about 40...

Scope and Contents Menet writes to ask directions on certain problems. He has learned especially through Mr. Ord that the lands of the Sault will be sold. The price will not be more than the price fixed by the law. Those will be given preference who are already in possession. If the government takes possession of some of their properties temporarily, it will indemnify for the cost of the buildings, but will treat each one as if he were an irremovable proprietor. The land of the church cannot be submitted to...

Scope and Contents Mr. Girardin, who is returning to Detroit, is bringing this letter. Nothing of importance has happened since the bishop's visit except the conversion of Thomas Ermintinger . The Ursuline Manual which Menet had given his daughter, Mrs. Catherine Styles, was the cause of the conversion. Menet would like to have more copies of this excellent prayer book. Father M.S.V. Hanipaux has been with Menet since October and is devoting himself to the Indians. He will be a great help for the retreat and...

Scope and Contents Sheldon McKnight is leaving for Detroit and will willingly undertake any commission for Lefevere. Menet forgot to tell Lefevere that last fall he received a letter from an agent of the Hudson's Bay Company written by the chief of the savages at Fort William Ontario, Canada, asking him to write to the Bishop of Toronto that the Jesuits should establish a house, not at Grand Portage, Michigan but at Fort William . The chief outlined the reasons for the preference. Menet sees clearly whence the...

Scope and Contents Menet writes to give an account of the mission and to consult Lefevere about some cases which he foresees he will have to solve. When Lefevere comes to visit he will see for himself whether Menet has used his money to advantage. All is not finished as yet. The old presbytery being no longer inhabited, Menet has been busy enlarging the church. He has had a lean-to made, one part to be used as a sacristy and the other part as a school and a warming room. The part joined to the church has...

Scope and Contents Menet heard last fall that Lefevere intended to visit Sault but since he had no official notices, he thought Lefevere had put off the visit until this year. If the bishop intends to come Menet would like to know in time to prepare his people for confirmation. Not having the regulations for Lent he has followed those of the two preceding years. A temperance society has been formed recently at Sault by three persons, Doctor Petit, who is a Quaker, a Presbyterian minister, and a Catholic. They...

Scope and Contents Menet has Lefevere's letter with the documents relative to the ownership of the church at Sault. He has spoken to Peter B. Barbeau who said that it was one of the most secure ownerships in the place. When Mr. Drew lodged a complaint against the officer at Fort Brady he won and made the officer pay the costs and a considerable fine. However, the Fort remained in possession of the site illegally occupied. Menet has just finished the pews in the church and made a deal with the same workman for...

Scope and Contents Menet has just received Lefevere's letter of July 12. He has sent back to Mr. Peter B. Barbeau the draft for Father Frederic Baraga after endorsing it. Menet sends Lefevere the signature of Brother Lacoste, S.J. . Menet has always received the money of the school but he will not forget to let Lefevere know. As for the mixed marriages, Menet has never allowed them without conforming to the demands of the Papal brief. If there is a new decree from Rome equivalent to an absolute impediment,...

Scope and Contents Menet writes about the church land. No one entered the claim in Washington. They remain provisionally enclosed in the military reserve but subject to expropriation. They have already lost two sites, one occupied by the late Mr. Johnston, the other in the Indian reserve which will disappear with the construction of the canal. The title of their church was recognized as valid in 1823 and goes back to 1796. Two years ago Menet wrote to ask if Lefevere would authorize a community of religious at...

Scope and Contents Menet has already written to inform Lefevere that the commissioners of the government have received orders not to take up the claim of the Catholic Church. The commander at Fort Brady, Michigan came to see Menet twice to tell him that he intended to take possession of a piece of land opposite the church to use for the garrison, and later more could be taken without indemnity. Thus the Catholics would be forced out of the American side and the missionaries would have to withdraw to the...

Scope and Contents Menet has just received Lefevere's letter of April 26, saying Lefevere has received his letter of March 9, but it said nothing about what Menet wrote not long ago, and was mailed by the first steamer, the Albany arriving here. He would be mortified if this letter had not reached Lefevere, but perhaps he already has it. Moreover, Father August Kohler, S.J. who leaves for Europe, will see Lefevere on his passing through Detroit, and more, Mr. Barbeau has written Lefevere. As to the draft which...

Scope and Contents The petition asked by Lefevere has been drawn up and sent. Attorney Cook drew it up and aided greatly in procuring the signatures. Cook also wrote to Robert McClelland whom he knows. Placidus Ord has asked Menet to tell Lefevere that his father is also a college friend of the Secretary of the Interior. The commandant at Fort Brady has not talked to him again so Menet does not know if he has received any orders about the claim of the Church. Menet learned from the Superior that Mother Marie...

Scope and Contents Mr. McGregor leaves today for Detroit and Menet takes the opportunity to write. Up to now Menet has applied to Lefevere to draw the money for Brother Lacoste's S.J. school. On his trip to Detroit last September Menet asked Lefevere to give the $100 for the second semester 1853 to Mr. Palms to whom Menet was indebted. May he apply to Lefevere for the first semester of 1854 or shall he await the return of Bishop Frederic Baraga . He sends the signature of Brother Lacoste. For a year building...

Scope and Contents Menet answers. 1. That the men working on the church ground acted under his direction. 2. He acted under a purchase of said property by the Bishop of Detroit Bishop Frederick Rese more than 15 years ago, who, when he appointed Menet as pastor of the Catholic Congregation of Sault Ste. Marie, entrusted to his care the property of the congregation. What he has done is no more than what every one of his predecessors would have done. He is aware that said lot is in the plan recently made by...