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Hill informs Hudson that he lacks a couple of numbers of the Ave Maria. Hill asks Hudson if he has received the two packages that he sent to him. :: X-3-f A. Postcard. S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Hill sends the revised article. Hudson will have seen some notice in the papers of the terrible disaster which befell Valparaiso on the 11th of August: a storm of wind and rain of extraordinary duration. Five vessels were wrecked in the harbor one day and another the next. Along the bank on which the railway runs, next to the sea, a reservoir suddenly burst and precipitated its contents down on inhabitated valley and along the the business part of the town and into the sea. Houses and...

Scope and Contents The St. Joseph's Journal is a school affair but others besides school girls write in it. What Hudson says about Hill's pen and his article "Short Cut to the True Church" is encouraging. Father R. Clarke, S.J. would have influence at Longmans. Father Matthew Russell, S.J. wrote to Father Thomas Jenkins about Hill and said that he would like to see a fresh collection of Hill's poems. A.B. Hill is his sister Amy B. Hill. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. reached Buenos Aires on the Vigil of the...

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Hill hopes to send Hudson a poem for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-i A. Postcard. S. 1p. 32mo.

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Hill and Father Fidelis Stone,C.P. will start for the United States next month on a collecting tour for their foundation. They will probably visit Mexico before San Francisco. He has finished his long poem and after revision it will consist of fifty-five Spenserian stanzas. Hill hopes to visit Hudson at Notre Dame. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hill returns the proof with one correction. He had hoped the two Monica poems would be published in one of the Ave Maria's Lenten numbers. The Poor Soul's Advocate came from Father Jenkins. He is glad the Ave Maria is ahead of all other Catholic periodicals and he does not think The Month will take in the United States. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., who recently returned from Buenos Aires found Hudson's long awaited letter and the extra copies of the Ave Maria. At Buenos Aires his community is building a one hundred thousand dollar church as well as a novitiate. He received a letter from Father Richard Clarke, S.J., editor of the Month requesting he contribute poems and prose. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Hill submits a lyric poem. He inquires if Hudson received those forwarded by Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. His sister Amy B. Hill is studying at a private hospital where she has learned much about surgical nursing. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hill spent the past few days in New York with the Paulists, who were most cordial. Father Thomas O'Connor, C.P ., a member of the American province presently in Rome as Consultor writes praising "Short Cut". Hill fears Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. will have to go to Buenos Aires within two to three weeks. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Hill thanks Hudson for the letter from France and for the proofs. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. has not returned from Boston. How would "Stella Matutina" do for the the Ave Maria series? :: X-3-j A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Hill asks Hudson to thank Father Walsh for the offer of the retreat. He and his companion, Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. cannot take it. Stone is scheduled to give a lecture at the Cathedral in Scranton, November 3. They will return to South America soon. Father Thomas J. Jenkins and Hill met while Hill was giving a three day retreat to the boys at Manhattan College. Hill traveled to Calais, Maine where he visited Sister M. Francesca Angela, R.S.M. whom he had not seen in eight years. He...

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They leave for Baltimore today with the Provincial. He encloses a letter Hudson forwarded from the Ave Maria office; the writer imagines Hill an editor. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. and Hill are not off yet; it appears they cannot manage it till Saturday. They are going by way of England as the result of the yellow fever epidemic at Rio. He is thankful for the chance of seeing Amy and his other sisters. The General Chapter next May is going to discuss the question of giving Buenos Aires to the English Province and Chile to the Spanish. He hopes this will be done and that within a couple of years he will be back in the United States. ::...

Scope and Contents Was Hudson referring in his letter of June 9, to the lyric "Virgo Fidelis" as being received? Hill also sent "Mater Dolorosa" for Passiontide. Father Fidelis is away and Hill will have to send him everything so that he may approve it before it is forwarded to Hudson. What does Hudson think of the story "Short Cut?" Hill hopes it will be noticed in England and by the Catholic Truth Society. Hudson has not given Hill credit for Ad Mariam Pro Maria. They do not get the Ave Maria at the...

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Hill mailed a letter with the revised points of "Short Cut" Friday evening. He believes he sent "Virgo Fidelis" in the same envelope with "Mater Dolorosa." He is enclosing to Father Fidelis at Buenos Aires, two lyrics, which if he approves will be sent on to Hudson. :: X-3-h A. Postcard S.

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Hill saw the Ave Maria of April 21st, but has not received his own copy. He is anxious to see if the last article of the "Short Cut" is published. He asks Hudson not to bring out the series in book form until Hill sees the corrected copy. Hill supposes the stoppage occurred elsewhere than at Panama. F.F. has just returned to B.A. for three months. Hill is alone as chaplain of the "hospital." :: X-3-g A. Postcard S. 1p.

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He asks pardon for having forgotten to give a list of the costs of the parochial school. He gave the particulars to Br. Moses who applied in Purcell's name 10 days ago. The school building cost $12,000, but it is not large enough for the 650 boys who attend. The income is insufficient to pay the nine teachers. If there were more room they would have many more children. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Since Hill had seen Onahan in Baltimore, and missed seeing him in Washington Nov. 13, he had intended to write. He congratulates, and praises Onahan's work in the Congress, and thanks him on the part of all Catholics. The Congress was an eye opener for the Protestants, as Fr. Schapman of Chicago informed Hill, it was for most of the Catholic clergy. Hill was unable to contact Onahan in Washington, since he had to leave in a hurry to make a report for the New York Tribune. Hill likes ...

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Hill thanks Onahan for the copy of the "Proceedings of the Catholic Congress," and wishes him a Happy Easter. :: IX-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He is 15 years old and is turned out into the world to make a living for himself. He realizes the advantages of a good education and asks if he can work his way through the university. :: XI-2-g A.L.S. 2pp.

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He has the pleasure of informing Edwards that he has been made an honorary member of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Their action has been prompted by a sincere appreciation of Edwards' labors in the field of American Catholic history.

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Scope and Contents Father Hill returns the newspaper article Onahan sent calling it a spirit of rebellion against papal authority. He has read the three papers for the (Columbian Catholic) Congress. Horan's doctrine needs to be qualified. Father Hill will try to visit Onahan again, and ask him to note the St. Louis "(Western) Watchman," which is on the warpath against those Jesuits of St. Louis who have taken part in the anti-(Archbishop Francis) Satolli and anti-(Archbishop John) Ireland fight, naming some...

Scope and Contents Father Hill has read Brownson's remarks on the notes sent to him for the forthcoming volume of his father's writings and has conveyed Brownson's comments to the writer of them. The writer has no objection to Brownson's appending his own views to the writer's notes. Rather Hill feel there is nothing else he can say on the subject and leaves the decision to Brownson. He is confident of the good results to come from the entire undertaking and sends Brownson his best wishes. :: III-3-b A.L.S....

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Father Hill asks Brownson to return to him the notes of a writer who has observed that Brownson has not used them. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Circumstance will prevent him from attending the commencement but he will be there in spirit. Notre Dame University has reached preeminence among Catholic institutions through the zeal of its venerable founder and his successors. He has followed its development from its beginnings. Its final triumphs give him much pleasure.

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Through a recommendation of their mutual friend, Mr. George Meyers he spent between two and three years at Notre Dame and remembers Edwards' kindnesses to him. He recommended the University to Robert Phelan who will enter in the fall. Edwards might call on Phelan while he is East. :: XI-2-j L.S.(Typed) 1p.

Scope and Contents Enright and Hill send $5, to be applied against their bill for the Freeman's Journal. Hill writes that Enright tries to be a good Roman Catholic, despite his imperfections, while Hill himself, though a professed Presbyterian, is not up to the standard. They are both Irishmen born, Hill states with Enright of pure Celtic extraction, while Hill's ancestors were Scotch. P.S. Enright adds that if McMaster sends hi claims against others who owe for the Journal, they will undoubtedly pay. ::...

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Hillen states that he finds no mention of the school of the Sacred Heart at Manhattanville, New York, in the columns of the Freeman's Journal. He is interested in placing his daughter in some Catholic institution and would be obliged if McMaster would give a letter of his opinion of the institution, for he places absolute confidence in the judgment of McMaster. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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His lordship the Bishop Herbert Vaughan desires Hill to thank Hudson for his note and asks Hudson to place Vaughan's name on the subscription list for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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They sent a copy of Edwards' letter to the Commissioner General in Brussels. As soon as they get his reply, they will let Edwards know. :: XI-2-g L.S.(Typed) 1p.