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Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut, 1868 April 28
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Identifier: CDHT I-1-c
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If agreeable he will take advantage of the permission granted by McFarland in February. He proposes being with him by may 17 and asks to begin at the Cathedral if that is agreeable. There is a possible contingency that the same day would be the consecration of Bishop William O'Hara at which he has promised to assist. A private letter from Father H.L. Wright in Rome of March 28 says that Father William McCloskey would be consecrated Low Sunday and bring the bulls with him for the others. Next...
Dates:
1868 April 28
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut, 1868 February 6
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Identifier: CDHT I-1-c
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Elder is compelled to appeal for help. Bishop Frederick Wood has permitted him to beg there. He would like to beg in McFarland's jurisdiction. He realizes that the winter had been hard in the north as well as the south but he wishes to state his case. Their orphans, especially the boys under the Brothers of the Sacred Heart do not have the means to buy provisions and clothes. They are not able to pay their store bills of last year. The failure of the crops has hindered their contributions to...
Dates:
1868 February 6
Elder, William Henry Bishop of Natchez, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 July 17
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Identifier: CACI II-5-a
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On Purcell's proposal in New Orleans last winter several of them agreed to say five Masses for each one who should die. As Elder is acting as secretary, he begs Purcell not to forget this sad duty in behalf of ArchbishopAnthony Blanc of New Orleans. He will leave for Baltimore on Friday. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 1pg. 12mo.
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1860 July 17
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut, 1868 June 13
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Identifier: CDHT I-1-c
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He has been tempted to write to McFarland three or four times. McFarland has provided a sensation with the great ordination, the largest ever held in the United States. The deed speaks of the future of the Church in the diocese and the country. Elder thanks the Bishop for his and his clergy's hospitality. He has received several letters that have been forwarded from Providence. If more come he is to send them to Father James Keveny, St. Peter's Church, Troy. He goes to St. Mary's, Father...
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1868 June 13
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Utica, New York, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1868 July 6
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Identifier: CACI II-5-d
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Elder reminds Purcell that when he wrote to Purcell last winter asking permission to solicit funds in Cincinnati, Purcell told him that Bishop Patrick N. Lynch was expected on a similar errand. Elder desires to know what Lynch has done since then. The charity of Philadelphia helped Elder a great deal. Elder paid off one-sixth of the mortgage on the school house, but there is $350 more to pay each six months. Several priests of the diocese are asking for help. Even money for Elder's...
Dates:
1868 July 6
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Utica, New York, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868 July 4
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-n
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He has just received word from Father Henry Leduc that the Sisters of St. Joseph at Bay St. Louis have decide to make their submission to the authorities. He sends Odin a copy of his circular for the Triduum. He hopes he is not staying away from his diocese too long, but he wants to finish collecting all he can. To date he is about one-half short of his goal. He has not heard any Bishop speak on the matter of raising American troops for the Papal Army nor about the card of those four...
Dates:
1868 July 4
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vannes, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., Lyons, France, 1867 June 14
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-m
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He begs Odin's pardon for his delay in reaching Paris. He stopped to pay a visit to New Hall to Angelique Mitchel and miscalculating the time, he had no connection with the train to Carlow. He reached Nantes Wednesday. His calculation is to go to Quemper tomorrow and start for Lyons on Sunday, to be with Odin on the 20th. He will inquire for Odin at the Lazarists and at the Propagation. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.
Dates:
1867 June 14
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 January 23
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-i
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Odin's letter of the 11th reached him Saturday. At the present value of currency his diocese would lose $550 to $600 in gold. Philip Rotchford has always been a king friend; it would be unworthy to annoy him. If Rotchford feels safe to pay it after the war, Elder can wait. If he prefers to settle it now through the Sisters, would they be willing to pay in specie after the war? He begs Odin to arrange it as he judges fairest. If the $3000 were paid now would the deficit be supplied some...
Dates:
1865 January 23
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 February 2
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-i
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He has received Odin's letter of January 27 with the note for $442 in gold. He is quite willing to make the arrangement Odin proposes for Philip Rotchford. The Archbishop of Baltimore writes that Mr. Behan of Norfolk gas left $8000 to this diocese. The will is in the hands of lawyers in England; if he obtains it, it will pay his debts. He had written to Thomas Layton that if Odin gave him money he would like it turned into gold. Elder would rather leave it in Odin's hands. In Decree 5 of the...
Dates:
1865 February 2
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864 April 14
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-h
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He encloses the document he promised to send no enclosure. He sent it to General James M. Tuttle to read before despatching it. Learning that Tuttle had gone away Elder wrote it over for Abraham Lincoln. Elder has been advised to have it published because it concerns the Church through the whole country. He enclosed it to the President of Georgetown College and asked him to have it presented. Did Odin see the paragraph in the Catholic Telegraph? It stated that a Bishop in the Rebel States...
Dates:
1864 April 14
Elder, William Henry Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburgh, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 September 21
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Identifier: CACI II-5-d
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Elder thanks Purcell for his consent to solicit in the diocese of Cincinnati. His visitation has been lengthened owing to the lack of railroads and the scattered condition of his people and missionaries. He will not be able to go in person to Cincinnati, as he cannot have more than a few days before his necessary departure for the Council. There are yet three churches for which Elder has given heavy personal obligations by notes and verbal engagements. One of these has had three suits,...
Dates:
1869 September 21
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburgh, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866 May 13
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-k
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Last Wednesday Elder wrote by Father Mathurin F. Grignon . He finds it harder than he expected to supply Grignon's place. If Odin has a place to suit his health, Elder will still be thankful if Odin offers it to him. Can Odin give his advice as to the best Community to apply to for a boarding school at Holly Springs. He has thought of Nazareth, the Ursulines and the Sisters of Notre Dame at Terre Haute, Indiana. Would it not be well to propose at the Council a "Ratio Vivendi"? Those big...
Dates:
1866 May 13
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburgh, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 January 9
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-i
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He asks Odin to give Thomas Owens of Natchez letters that will be of service to him. Elder has given him a letter in French; Odin will see from it that he need not be afraid to recommend him. He thanks Odin for the Concilium Provine. :: VI-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.
Dates:
1865 January 9
Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburgh, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 February 6
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-i
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He asks Odin's judgment as to a marriage case. He authorized Father O'Connor to state it to Odin. It involves a couple married before a civil magistrate in Vicksburgh. Elder gives full details. :: VI-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.
Dates:
1865 February 6
Elder, William Henry, Bishop os, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864 August 15
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Identifier: CANO VI-2-h
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Elder thanks the Blessed virgin that he has been able to celebrate her Assumption at home in the Cathedral. On the 12th the General sent Elder a copy of a special order suffering him to return to Natchez until they could hear from Washington and suspending the original order of Colonel Bernard G. Farrar about prayers for the President, leaving each one at liberty to omit them if he pleases. At first Elder's impression was that sending him to Vidalia was for the purpose of not letting his...
Dates:
1864 August 15
Elder, William Henry, Bp., Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 July 19
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Identifier: CACI II-5-b
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He implores Purcell let there not be any division between them. For the sake of the Church let them not show their differences of opinion before the world. Elder did not intend his last letter to be angry; he intended it to be frank. If Purcell reads the correction he sent to the Catholic Mirror dispassionately, he will be pleased with its moderation. His mention of Rome was not intended as a threat. He humbly begs Purcell to forgive him for any offense that he may have been guilty of. He...
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1864 July 19
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor Bishop, Cincinnati, Ohio to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Chateaugiron, Ile et Vilaine, France, 1880 June 15
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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He hopes that today he may write Cardinal John Simeoni what he thinks about Leray's business, but it is hard for him to express his thought in Latin. For fear of a delay, he writes Leray. As he believes a great deal can be done by persons of influence, he recommends that Leray ascertain from Monsignor Louis E. Hostlot Hosstot what persons will be most serviceable. The best one Elder is acquainted with is Bishop Achille Rinaldini. He was a long time engaged in the Propaganda and for a while...
Dates:
1880 June 15
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor Bishop of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Chateaugiron, France, 1880 August 25
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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Elder received Leray's letter of the 21st and thanks him for what he has done in behalf of Natchez . There is one all the time that many recommend most strongly, Father Frederick W. Wayrich, C.SS.R. Elder forgets whether he sent his name. He had heard from some that he was disposed to be overbearing and for that reason did not give his name for Natchez. But some, who ought to know him well, declare that his disposition is the very contrary. He is an American by birth. He was at Baltimore...
Dates:
1880 August 25
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor Bishop of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880 December 26
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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Leray's of the 10th reached him on the 23rd. It was the best of all his Christmas gifts to learn that everything was going so well with him. Leray's last from Rome he answered, after a considerable interval, addressing it as he had directed. Cardinal John Simeoni had not told him anything about Natchez :: VI-3-b A.L.S. 12mo. 1p.
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1880 December 26
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Chateaugiron, France, 1880 August 27
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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In his last he intended mentioning another name, Father James F. Callaghan of Cincinnati. Elder has been somewhat prejudiced against him before he came, but every conversation with him increased his opinion of him. He is now in Europe for a year. P.S. If Leray should think of him seriously he should inquire first of the Bishops who know him. :: VI-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.
Dates:
1880 August 27
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880 May 7
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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Elder has just received Bishop Casper Henry Borgess ' answer to his enquiries about Father Nicholas A. Gallagher . Borgess says he is a good and zealous young priest, but he was only an honorary candidate on the list sent to Rome, urged to remove another who was thought by several to be unfit. This seems a different estimate from that presented by the other Bishops whose letters he has given. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. Enclosure:
Dates:
1880 May 7
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880 May 20
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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He thanks Leray for his letter of the 15th and the Bishops for their action. Bishop Patrick N. Lynch' s letter shows that he will oppose Father Harry P. Northrup for any place but Charleston. Elder will write Lynch, not telling him that Leray has sent the name but that he has sent it to Leray. Archbishop James Gibbons may be yet in Rome, and if Leray can interest him his influence will be strong. A private letter from Rome informs him that Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis is urging the appointment...
Dates:
1880 May 20
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Franncis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880 April 29
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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Leray should hasten the nomination for Natchez . Since he last wrote, Bishop Willaim G. McCloskey has begged him to remove the name of Father M. Bouchet . McCloskey is disabled with rheumatism and says it would to disastrous to lose his vicar general. His health is said to be more feeble than Elder had Known. All at Cincinnati recommend very strongly Father Nicholas A. Gallagher, administrator of Columbus . He was second for that diocese and several preferred him first. Also Father Henry...
Dates:
1880 April 29
Elder, William Henry, Coadjutor to the Archbishop of, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880 May 4
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Identifier: CANO VI-3-b
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Since Elder gave Leray the names, Bishop William George McCloskey of Louisville writes that he is suffering so much from rheumatism, he begs that Father M. Bouchet be not taken from him, and Father George McCloskey, he learns, is not in as good health as he thought. Consequently he would remove those two and substitute Father Nicholas A. Gallagher, administrator of Columbus, and Father Harry P. Northrop of Charleston. His first preference is always for Father Francis Janssens of Richmond....
Dates:
1880 May 4
Elder, William Henry, Rome, Italy, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, New York, 1845 October 27
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Identifier: CDHT I-1-a
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He explains his delay in answering by the number of visitors they had to entertain. For a week they had Father Secchi, S.J. who took them on trips. Another was Bishop Hughes of Gibraltar who told them of his own persecutions. Prof. Scholz of Bonn, member of the Noble College, the Prince brother of the King of Naples, Monsignor Brunelli also came. One day the Holy Father Himself came for half a day, along with many who came to see him, such as the General of the Jesuits. He described other...
Dates:
1845 October 27
Elder, William HenryBishop of Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1859 July 4
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Identifier: CACI II-4-o
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Elder writes to Purcell asking for information concerning the establishment of a Boys Orphan Asylum. The widow of the Testator gave the diocese a note for $27,500 for a Catholic Asylum. Charge of the institution is to be taken by the Bishop of Natchez and for this reason Elder asks Purcell, who has within his diocese many institutions, for advice concerning trustees and power and the drawing up of the Constitution and By-Laws. Elder thanks Purcell for suggesting. Bishop John Quinlan to the...
Dates:
1859 July 4
Elder, William Henry,Bishop of Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 February 2
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Identifier: CACI II-5-d
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Elder noticed in one of our Catholic papers a paragraph stating that the United States was to exact a legacy tax on the diocese of Alton as bequeathed by the will of the late Bishop Henry Damian Juncker . Elder asks whether the letter Purcell read to him from someone in Washington Dec., 1866 could still be relied upon. That letter promised that the bequests of Bishop Juncker would not be taxed. He wishes to know if the letter is incorrect, if the statement in the papers is incorrect, or if...
Dates:
1869 February 2
Elder,Archbishop William Henry, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mgr. D O'Connell Rector, American College,, Rome, Italy, 1889 April 22
Item — Box CEDW 4: [Barcode: 00000039034095], Folder: 03
Identifier: CEDW XI-1-g
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This letter makes Known Prof. James F. Edwards of the University of Notre Dame. Besides his professorial duties he has been energetic and highly successful in establishing the Bishops' Memorial Hall at the University: a collection of objects connected with the history of religion in America. Whatever O'Connell can do will be a service to the work he is doing for the University and for the Church. :: XI-1-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.
Dates:
1889 April 22
Eldridge, Robert P., Lansing, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere,, Detroit, Michigan, 1848 March 1
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Identifier: CDET III-2-h
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Eldridge received Lefevere's letter enclosing a copy of the power of attorney, last evening. He is favorable impressed with the justice of Lefevere's application and will give his assistance to the passage of the bill. In doing so he believes he will oblige a large portion of his constituents. Sent from Senate chamber. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.
Dates:
1848 March 1
Eldridge, Robert P., Lansing, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1848 March 10
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Identifier: CDET III-2-h
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Lefevere's letter of March 8 was received. Eldridge wrote yesterday giving the result of the vote of the Senate on Lefevere's bill which was taken yesterday. Quite strong opposition was made by certain senators, induced, he understands, by letters from Edward V. Cicotte . Believing the act just, Eldridge is satisfied with the part he has had in the matter and it would give him pleasure to aid Lefevere in any effort for the benefit of his church. Sent from Senate Chamber. :: III-2-h A.L.S....
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1848 March 10