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O'Connell thanks Clarke for his letter of the 5th and the prompt acquiescence to his requests. The card will be much esteemed by the Bishop and the Ursulines. O'Connell is very grateful for the information regarding the distinguished dead. He had already written a feeble tribute but it was necessarily deficient because he lacked this information. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents O'Connell wants to ask a favor. He is preparing reminiscences of Catholicity in the Carolinas and Georgia. He wants the dates of the deaths of Commodore Raphael Semmes and Major Fitzgerald . He asks if the remains of Fitzgerald are at Greenville, South Carolina. He would write to Mrs. Fitzgerald if he knew her address. He is grateful for the information he has obtained from Clarke's works and hopes to present Clarke with a copy of his own book this winter. The enclosed letter excuses...

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During the last war he met a soldier who begged him to refund $4.00 to one Samuel Hittel of Detroit; also $4.00 to the heirs of Charles Piquette, deceased. Both probably were watchmakers. If they cannot be found give the money to some poor person. Lefevere's footnote: Paid March 8, $4.00 to Sam Hittel, and $4.00 to Charles H. Dunks, married to the widow of C. Piquette. :: III-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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O'Connell submits a sonnet written by a friend, who has since expired. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Part 2, marked "Private." Preceding pages missing., Immediately after his arrival General Nathaniel P. Banks ordered all officers, soldiers and employees of the U.S. Army who occupied confiscated or otherwise obtained houses to vacate them forthwith, and restore as much seized private property as possible to the owners. All confiscations were to cease, except through due process of law. This means it will no longer be possible for subalterns to order families to leave without removing...

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O'Connell thanks Hudson for his notice of "Faith and Father Conor?" to which she contributed the biography Dominico de Rosario. Her relative Daniel O'Connell's youngest daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Ffrench has sent her a story "Force of Duty" which Hudson may like. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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O'Connell has corrected the mistake of drawing the Post Office order on Notre Dame. The Ave Maria is most creditable to Hudson. Where does Eleanor C. Donnely live? :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents O'Connor regrets that he knows of no documents or other data that will throw light on the life and labor of his brother, Bishop Michael O'Connor, S.J. . His brother destroyed nearly all of his correspondence, before and after his entrance into the Society of Jesus. A few letters of a personal nature were forwarded from Woodstock after his death. The files of the "Pittsburg Catholic", "The Catholic Church in the Diocese of Pittsburg and Alleghany" by Father Andrew A. Lambing, and the...

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O'Connor asks McMaster if he does not think the Protestants of Urbana are hard up for a "defender", when they turn over their church to Rev. J.G. White night after night. He encloses a printed circular advertising White's lectures folio circular enclosed. :: I-2-a

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O'Connor begs to present the enclosed verses to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Connor inquires what remuneration Hudson will pay for a biographical sketch. He asks a specimen copy of the Ave Maria. :: X-3-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Connor remarks that McMaster's article on Professor? Kraus reminds him that he as well as many other priests in this diocese and in St. Paul have been victimized by the professor. He was sent a package, which he immediately returned to the express office, but was informed that there was no return address and that al the English speaking clergy hereMilwaukee and Minnesota had received the same kind of package. O'Connor says that the German priests have not be humbugged to any...

Scope and Contents He just returned from Atlantic City and heard of McMaster's loss for the first time. Although he knew the many virtues of Mrs. McMaster, and how well prepared she was to meet her God, still her death shocks him. She was so good and capable of doing so much good that he had taken it for granted that she had but entered on a mission that was to be long and useful. But her death is another reminder that God has need of no one and claims his own when and how He pleases. McMaster needs no...

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O'Connor asks admission to the Detroit Diocese with the consent of the Bishop of Philadelphia. If affiliated, O'Connor promises to be faithful in all things; he is young and willing. He is staying at St. Patrick's with Father William O'Hara since he left Cleveland :: III-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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O'Connor encloses $5.00 for Mount Carmel, and requests the prayers of the holy contemplatives. He does not wish to have his name published. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He read with pleasure about the outcome of the been sent to Hudson by the Sisters of Mercy. Asks Hudson to send him a few by post, and wants to exchange papers with Hudson. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo

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O'Connor is a student from the Diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, has spent five years in the Kilmore Seminary; he has exeat from Bishop Connaty. Should Lefevere want a student, he will be happy; if not, would Lefevere tell him where he might be adopted. :: III-2-l A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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O'Connor visited all the glass establishments around Pittsburgh to get the glass plate but it is out of their line of business. Timon will be compelled to send to Boston to the Crown Glass Factory a name written here which appears to be Raeteshe?.` A.L.S.` The above letter is written on the same paper as:

Scope and Contents O'Connor has heard that Bishop Frederick Rese is at Hildesheim in Hanover. His mind has given way to a great degree. Lefevere may want to ask a transfer of property from him. Madame Sister Mary Frances Vindevoghel Vandevoghel may be on the lookout for Rese. She has a knack of getting her applications receive a kind of sanction of Rome with which she may obtain grants of property she claims in Detroit. Rese is now in an institution of the Sisters of Charity. O'Connor is told that the Bishop...

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O'Connor sends McMaster 2.70 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

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O'Connor encloses a $5.00 Post Office money order as a Catholic family's offering for the Mt. Carmel fund. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Having seen an appeal from a Rev. P. T. Meagher, O.C.C., to obtain contributions for the erection of a Carmelite Monastery at Paducah, Ky. he sends McMaster his mite toward this good work. Had the appeal appeared in the Journal no doubt would have entered his mind but of other organs he has little opinion. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hudson would oblige by drawing attention of Ave Maria readers to the enclosed circular and earn the gratitude of Religious devoted to their rule, the strick observance of which has been introduced into the Southern division of the Irish Capuchin Province. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents O'Connor is pleased that McFarland has written to Dean Kenny and that all is proceeding to the Bishop's satisfaction. He intends to write to the Dean telling him of his nephew who is now in the novitiate at Frederick. He hopes things at Rome will go as McFarland wishes. The Jesuits have been waiting for the opportune time. They would begin with a house of retreat and a congregation and in time add an educational institution. They would start the first at once. A house of retreat would be...

Scope and Contents O'Connor thinks that the suspension binds the person no matter where he goes but it must be inflicted properly and according to the canons. He is not certain, but he thinks that the first summons must go in writing. He should be required to appear and be properly convicted and the sentence pronounced only then. This mode may have some delays but it is more solemn. Though not habitually subject to the bishop he can be subject by reason of the fault and once properly inflicted, the penalty...

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This letter introduces Richard Henry Clarke, a brother of a Jesuit who is removing to New York to practice his profession. He has hitherto lived and practiced in Washington. He will be an acquisition to the Catholic body of New York. In the Clarke Papers. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Since writing from Ireland, the doctors a advised him to come back. He arrived last evening and received his mail from Dublin and the letter of McFarland of November 3. He is sorry he is not in Ireland to close the matter. He encloses his letter to Dr. Kenny, the Dean of Killaloe which he asks McFarland to send on with explanations. He thinks there will be no difficulty unless there is a delay at Middletown. He supposes the good ladies can come as soon as the season permits. He has alluded...

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Having been busy most of the day, there was not too much time for the correction of the sermon. All that was aimed at was taking the nonsense out of it. He thanks McMaster for the paper and hopes that the parochial question will not be given up. He asks if Mrs. McMaster received the photograph. He asks Mc Master to give the corrected sermon as he does not wish to be accountable for it. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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A Catholic colored woman, rather advanced in years, named Clara or Clarissa Bond died yesterday or the day before. She was from Providence. O'Connor asks if she was the lady who left a bequest for their colored church. If so he desires to know and also its probable value. If it exists it may be a work of Providence influencing a decision in favor of the colored people. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents A few weeks ago O'Connor visited a convent of Sisters of Mercy in Ennis, County Clare, which seemed in excellent condition and full of nuns. He was told that Dean Kenny who founded it was so attached that he would not allow any foundations from it. The nuns are under the same impression about the Dean's unwillingness to part with any of the inmates. O'Connor joked with the dean about it and he denied it and said he was willing if there were proper applications. After some conversation with...