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Pinsonnault sends $1 to McMaster to be included in the contribution for the lamp of Paray-le-Monial to be offered by the U. S. Catholics. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Will Lefevere write to Archbishop Charles Francois Baillargeon of Quebec about Father T.J. Kirwan of Sarnia Ontario to withdraw him from this mission? Pinsonneault has named him to another, which Kirwan has refused, and yesterday he prevented his Vicar General and Father E.B. Kilroy from saying Mass at Sarnia. Kirwan has been engaging in business under the name of McDermott. :: III-2-k A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.

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The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith were first published in English in 1838, while the French began in 1823 or 1824. He believes an attempt was made to translate the numbers previous to 1838, but it was given up. So very few numbers probably were printed. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. postcard

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Piquette is going to marry George Van Dyke. They will probably be married in September. Has Hudson heard that Sam returns to college in September to study bookkeeping and in the spring Alexis Coquillard will give him a position as bookkeeper in one of his factories. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She appreciates Hudson's kindness. All of Hudson's friends speak of him. George Van Dyke received an invitation to exhibition. She has not seen Father Ernst Van Dyke yet, but had the pleasure of meeting Col. Elmer Otis at St. Mary's. Harry the Dr. has not arrived but she expects him in July. She has a special business trouble that needs Hudson's prayers. She is very interested in Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey's story and Maude promised to send her the numbers but has forgotten. Dr. Toner...

Scope and Contents She thanks Hudson and expresses her regrets and those of the Doctor that he did not find Hudson at home when he called. The doctor is to remain there until December 1 so Hudson must accept Father Ernest Van Dyke 's invitation and theirs to come to Detroit some Sunday in September or October. It is pleasing to have Harry with them. She received Miss Starr's "Patron Saints" and admires her work. She has enjoyed her stay of two months in Detroit although she has the ague contracted, they...

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They thank Hudson for the notice of their brother's orders. She has been to Detroit and back since she saw Hudson. Saturday they go to St. Mary's; Hudson must come for a visit. A Mass request is added. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2 pp. 32mo.

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Mrs. Piquette wishes Hudson a Merry Xmas. She has written to Maude to have her ask Hudson for a letter of introduction to Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey. They are fine and living in this hotel where Mr. and Mrs. Boyle O'Reilly of the "Boston Pilot" are passing the winter. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents She congratulates Hudson on his birthday. The little ones bore the journey well. She has only met Father F.E. Boyle to deliver Hudson's remembrance. She ran into him accidentally at her sister's. She is pleased with Washington. Hudson must see Maude Perley? and not let them talk a "religious state" to her, as she has no vocation for it. A city life in the world is as requisite to Maude's happiness and constitution as daily food. Hudson need not let Maude know she told him these things....

Scope and Contents As Piret is so exceedingly anxious to preserve the good opinion which Lefevere has always had of him, he will inform him of what has been going on here. Lefevere's council was wise in advising Piret to return to Mackinac, and he congratulates himself for following his advice, especially because of Father Eugene M. Jahan . Bishop Frederic Baraga admits that it is Jahan who is the author of the letter from which Piret quotes. Calumny is present but the judges' certificate is in his favor....

Scope and Contents Piret thinks Lefevere has forgotten the conversation they had about the Protestant schools at Mackinac, Lefevere told him to go to Bertrand, Michigan where he might obtain Sisters of Holy Cross . Piret went to Bertrand and to South Bend, Indiana and obtained Brothers of Holy Cross and Sisters. It was George Wendell who gave his house to the Sisters for a time only and it is Piret who pays the rent for the schools. They have rented a house for the Brothers. If Lefevere buys the Madame...

Scope and Contents The arrival of the Sisters at Mackinac has killed the two Protestant schools and thrown that of Mrs. Mary Ann Fisher into confusion. The metis came to see Piret yesterday to ask Lefevere to place the Indian schools under the care of the Brothers and Sisters. They say that Mrs. Fisher is going to remain near her daughter at Green Bay, Wisconsin . Already there are 22 seats unoccupied which brings about a change. The cholera claimed two victims at Mackinac. P.S. Piret's congregation is doing...

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Manuscript of his book, "Zenosius or the Pilgrim Convert," printed by Edward Dunigan of New York. The numbered pages are 43 but there are other insertions. The 3rd edition number 245 printed pages. :: I-1-j Handwritten Manuscript in Notebook 43pp. 4to.

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The Nun of Kenmare Sister Mary Frances Cusack wrote to the Dispatch telling how Sister Gonzalez, one of the nuns at the Ursuline Convent, Oakland, has been persecuted by the authorities of the Catholic Church and is restrained of her liberty at Dixmont Insane Asylum. :: X-3-l Newspaper-clipping 1p. 32mo.

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Newspaper clipping concerning a benediction of the Pope to the people of New York diocese upon the opening of the Vatican Council. :: I-1-e Newspaper clipping 1 column 8vo.

Scope and Contents A declaration of the elevation of St. Alphonse de Liguori to the title doctor of the church. Having promised to guard his Church, Christ has raised up St. Alphonsus, founder of the Redemptorists and Bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths between Naples and Capua to counteract and eradicate Jansenism by his writings and teachings, that guides of Christian souls might progress along a true and safe way between the opinions of lax and rigid theologians, to reform the clergy and defend Catholic...

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Father James Roosevelt Bayley asks permission of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda to recite the office and say Mass according to the Roman rite wherever he may be. The request is granted on that day. Signed by the Archbishop of Thessalonica as secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda. :: II-2-n D. Latin Italian 1p. 4to.

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The occupation of Rome by the national troops of Italy has excited the Catholic population of the United States. Archbishop John McCloskey has prepared a protest. :: I-1-e Newspaper clipping 1 column 32mo.

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Encyclical letter on the Holy Year of 1875. In James Alphonsus McMaster papers. :: I-2-j Printed Latin 12pp. 8vo.

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Pages 15 and 16 of the encyclical of Leo XII on the extension of the Jubilee to the whole Church, reissued by order of Pius IX on the occasion of the Jubilee Year of 1875. In James Alphonsus McMaster papers. :: I-2-j Printed Latin Incomplete 3pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents In virtue of his apostolic power given him for the provision of churches, and seeing the zeal of Borgess, and that the see of Calydonia has been vacated by the transfer of Bishop Antonius Grech Delicata Cassia Testaferrata to the see of Gozo, Pope Leo appoints Borgess to that vacant see. He is to receive consecration from a Bishop in union with the Apostolic See, assisted by two bishops or, if they cannot be present, by two priests. Signed by Nicholas Cardinal Paraciani Clarelli. The bull is...

Scope and Contents The Pope thanks the parish for its filial piety and good wishes and the pious sentiments and sympathies expressed for the warfare upon the church and the person of the Pope by temporal authorities of Italy and all others. It is best to pray to Him who can calm the minds and order the seas to be still, and to try in every way to enable truth and justice to conquer. He gives the Apostolic Benediction to the entire parish. In the James Alphonsus McMaster Collection. :: I-2-a copy of L. S....

Scope and Contents She extends her sympathy to McMaster on hearing of the death of Hugh Murray, stating that Catholicity has lost a friend. Since the first news of Murray was published in the Journal she has taken a deep interest in him. She thanks McMaster for his photograph and that of Murray. Her husband has been a subscriber of the Journal and her father for years admired his stand. Dr. Charles Macgill wishes to be remembered. Enclosed is a contribution for the Holy Father, one for the Banner for Our...

Scope and Contents Having learned of the erection of the diocese of Cincinnati coterminal with the diocese of Quebec and knowing that his priests will have occasion of crossing into the new diocese and that the priest of Fenwick may have business in the diocese of Quebec, Plessis makes Fenwick his Vicar General giving to him all his faculties insofar as the apostolic indult of his faculties permits. This is signed in the seminary of St. Rose, Kentucky by A. Robert, Vicar general at the command of the bishop of...

Scope and Contents Pococke sends his son Augustus Pococke in the care of J. Pratt, to make both a French and an English scholar of him. Pococke is sorry he did not see Timon when here yesterday. Pococke paid $75 to E. and J. Walsh and took their receipt for the same on account of St. Mary's College, Barrens, Missouri. Augustus is making a list of all his goods and chattels he is taking with him, to be pasted in his trunk., P.S. Pococke would like Timon to compel Augustus to write frequently. :: IV-3-j...

Scope and Contents The recent grand event proved to the world the growth of Catholicity in America. This union must have struck particularly the disunited Protestants. Catholicity has taken a deep root in this country. Father Julius regrets that North Carolina is in the Catholic sense a dreary desert. Of a population of more than 1,500,000 the number of Catholics does not exceed 2,500 and they have little to expect from the people here. The Benedictine Fathers came from the North to work here, realizing the...

Scope and Contents Lefevere talks of having the Redemptorists return to Monroe, Michigan. Doubtless if their Superior sends them back, they will go with great pleasure. Lefevere has treated him like a Simonist for something for which he had the full consent of their Superior General in America, something about which he has said nothing more to Father Bernard T. Hafkenscheid, C.SS.R. or to any higher authority. Lefevere has allowed them to be called "holy raskels." If Poirier had made his report in Rome, he...

Scope and Contents They have received recently from Rome a letter of Very Rev. George Ruland, C.SS.R., their Provincial, on the subject of remaining or leaving Monroe, Michigan . Poirier sends a copy of the reasons given to Propaganda by their Vicar General Rudolph Smetana, C.SS.R. in opposition to Lefevere's last petition. Since Lefevere claims he has never seen the figures on the parish, Poirier lists the receipts and expenses for the church and house. Ruland has the same figures. He is all the more...

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Laurent Durocher wishes to marry … Bordeau related to him in the second degree, Durocher's deceased wife being a first cousin of N. Bordeau. They will also need a dispensation from the three banns. N. Bordeau, actually Madame Naverre, is a widow. Relatives on both sides are displeased because of their somewhat advanced age. They are poor. :: III-2-i A.L.S. French 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Poirier sends this letter by Mrs. Wendel to ask Lefevere what to do for three young ladies who wish to join the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe. They are Marie Martin, Marie Laferte, Cornelia Godfroid, daughter of Richard . Sister Marie is her cousin and Sister Alphonsine is her aunt. Considering the needs of the community Poirier favors the admission of all three to the retreat for the taking of the religious habit. Cornelia is, like Sister Marie and Sister...