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O'Neill sends $5.40 to McMaster as mission dues to aid the Society of St. Michael for the Indian Missions. The prayers are all promised by the donators. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo

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O'Neill sends McMaster 45¢ as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. The 15 contributors are listed. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

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O'Neill sends a poem entitled "An Easter Offering" for the Ave Maria. If the poem is published, O'Neill requests a copy of the Ave Maria that contains it. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Neill received Timon's letter on August 10. It gives O'Neill great consolation and ease of mind to have the opportunity once more of spending the remainder of his life in the service of his Creator. O'Neill's resolution was made three months before he left St. Louis which he told John Cotter, who told O'Neill that his intention was to join the Vincentians before long. O'Neill would not come to this place, were it not for Father Simon P. Lalumière who wrote to him in St. Louis. ...

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He asks the Ave Maria to print the enclosed article. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Niell has previously sent McMaster $6 in subscription fees for the Freeman's Journal and also $4.25 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. He has received receipts for the subscriptions but has seen no acknowlegement of the donation in the paper. He lists the twelve contributors of the money and hopes to see their names in the paper soon. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo

Scope and Contents Father Oram commends Brownson for the good work which he has and is doing for the Catholic Church in America. Father feels he has learned much from Brownson's Review, even though he is a priest. Brownson is not only a staunch Catholic but also a true American. The greatest question of the day is how to reconcile the church with modern society. Father read Le Monde of Paris, an article contained there-in remarks that the liberty of the press and conscience are not defensible by staunch ...

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Ordano sends Hudson a pamphlet of an appendix to the last sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of Our Holy Father. It may be translated into English for publication by the Ave Maria. :: X-3-j A.L.S 1p. 8vo.

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Ordano sends money for postage on the Ave Maria. He sends Hudson a Marian pamphlet. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He sends his thanks for the "Catholic Family Annual". :: I-1-d A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Father MacLoughlin, lately assistant in Trinity Church, Detroit, has applied to O'Regan for a mission. MacLoughlin says that all Lefevere has against him is that he left his diocese without permission. O'Regan asks if he can prudently give him a mission. O'Regan received a letter from Detroit from Father Angelvy making a charge against a priest which would oblige O'Regan to dismiss him forever if true. Last fall O'Regan refused Angelvy a mission. O'Regan asks Lefevere to write what he knows...

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O'Regan has daily been expecting word saying when he might see Lefevere and Bishop Nicholas Patrick Wiseman of London. He trusts it will be soon. Father Charles Chiniquy is daily becoming more bold and has published the most daring falsehoods calculated to do much mischief. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Regan thinks Lefevere could give valuable instruction about a lawsuit now pending. In April 1853 Bishop James Oliver Van de Velde, then Bishop of Chicago, sold a piece of property. The sale was to be null and void unless payment was made on the October 1 following. Such payment was not made and now the buyer claims the property saying that the Bishop being the only administratior of the diocese was not authorized to receive the money. In Illinois the Bishop of Chicago is a corporation...

Scope and Contents O'Regan has just received Facile's letter of October 24, 1856; its tone and statements astonish him very much, and he thinks it deplorable that Facile has been so deceived, and his history of Father Charles Chiniguy is false; no one can manage him and the French Canadians in the Chicago Diocese. O'Regan bore with him until it was almost a crime, as many fine men of Canada and France told him. Yet he did not suspend Chiniquy but sent him to Cahokia, a French Mission far from St. Anne's but he...

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He encloses a copy of a letter which he had to write in reply to a very imprudent letter addressed to him by the Superintendent of the Christian Brothers of Montreal Canada. He expects soon to see Lefevere and the Bishop of London Canada Nicholas Patrick Wiseman . It will be a great charity to rescue a divided people from a very wicked man. A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. Enclosure:

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By this last will and testament Bishop O'Reilly of Hartford, then residing in Providence bequeaths his property to Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston, and in case of his death to Archbishop John Hughes of New York. The will is witnessed by Benjamin Francis Thurston, E.J. O' Brien, and Thomas Dua :: I-1-a D.S. 2pp. 4to.

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O'Reilly requests the Congregation of Holy Cross pray for his deceased brother, Father James O'Reilly :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Reilly sends his appreciation to Hudson for the good his journal is doing throughout the land. He sends the "Two Bridges" by Mr. Carleton, which is his first attempt to help create a pure and elevating popular literature. He feels as though it will be safe in the hands of the young people. He plans to write a series of similar popular and attractive books. O'Reilly believes that his end must be near, as he has been forty years a priest. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. crown 8vo.

Scope and Contents With God's fatherly providence aided by the love of many people the University of Notre Dame will be restored. He is sending a small mite toward the rebuilding of the school. Many times it is a lesson to see the work of a lifetime destroyed in a few hours. He mentions an incident that he heard when he was at Le Mans with Father Basil Moreau of the hard time the Holy Cross had in starting when at one time all alms ceased and everyone for days went hungry. Even though they sat at the...

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O'Reilly sends the amount due Hudson. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Reilly acknowledges receipt of a bill of exchange. He wrote a letter to Corry and another to Father William O'Reilly of Providence about the violations of the mortgage. If matters are not solved he wants a statement that he can place it before the Sacred Congregation. He proposed also that Archbishop John Hughes sign the statement and the mortgage, on the suggestion of Father Bernard Smith . He understands that the Hartford and Providence legislatures are passing laws on church property by...

Scope and Contents The Barrens is as dear as the day he parted from it. He wrote two letters, one to Father John Odin,C.M., the other to John Cotter, but has had no answer. All he ever heard was the death of Father Francis Simonin, C.M.? at which he was much affected, knowing what an acquisition he was to the community. O'Reilly's congregation contains about 200 families, all Irish, two churches 8 miles apart. The other is 50 miles distant, contains 32 families, 18 of which are German, most of whom...

Scope and Contents Father O'Reilly encloses an extract from the Catholic Telegraph, dated the 24th, which stated that one of the first acts of the Ecumenical Council was a vindication of the rights and immunities of science, and that Bishop Augustin Verot in one of the opening speeches in the Council, denounced emphatically, calmly and firmly, the Roman Inquisition for its condemnation of Callileo and the true theory of the motion of the earth. O'Reilly points out that the present council did not...

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Father O'Reilly refers McMaster to the book containing the Decrees of the Council of Baltimore, on p. 192, number 370, and asks for a translation and explanation of the meaning of the decree. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Reilly had succeeded in hunting John Fallon and learning the circumstances referred to. He claims that he was arrested by the girl in Pawtucket on charges of seduction and admits that he appeared before Father McNamee solely to avoid incarceration but swears that he never gave any sign of intention to marry. He denies intercourse with her. Two years after he was sued for bigamy in Worcester but the girl in Pawtucket abandoned the suit. He claims that Father Gibson who lived in Worcester...

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While he was in the country, the Journal came to him and as he was unoccupied, he sends McMaster, in the enclosed manuscript, his impressions of reading the defense of Mr. Bonnety. He would be pleased to see McMaster open the Journal to discussions as he thinks the time is ripe for such things. The lecture referred to was delivered by Father Thomas Quirk of West Virginia. He will send a copy as soon as he obtains one. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Reilly sends a club of six subscriptions for the Freeman's Journal. He mentions that he met McMaster in Cleveland, and is determined to do his best to boost the circulation of the paper in Lima. He encloses $15 for the subscriptions. P.S. He apologizes for the poor way in which he has sent in his club, but things are still upset after the Christmas rush. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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O'Reilly sends a clipping which appeared in the Scholastic stating that O'Reilly read a paper on Civil Service Reform before the Columbian Literary and Debating Society. Since O'Reilly read no such paper he would like to know where the Scholastic got the information. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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He appreciates the kindness of Hudson's invitation to have him, O'Reilly, lecture at Notre Dame, but he doubts whether he will be able to accept the invitation. However, if he goes West to fill a Chicago engagement he promises to visit Notre Dame. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Reilly sent Hudson a copy of the Pilot with Consul Hastings' letter. He thanks Hudson for the souvenir of the saintly priest. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.