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Ryder sent Hudson's postal to Mr. Savage 's publisher and if he responds, Ryder will send Hudson a critique. How soon shall Ryder get more books. Mr. Lee and James R. Osgood have requested copies. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He promises to write Hudson at length very soon. It is too bad their friend Derbey did not appear in 1882 so he sends the above hoping it will be useful. He is grateful for the enclosure but sorry Hudson did not turn over the $3 to Joseph as he wants to get square with him. He is confined to the house most of the time but is able to read and write a good deal. It would please him to make up the Ave Maria index for Hudson as a slight love-offering and help to while away his time. If...

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Ryder was gravely disappointed in being ordered out of Chicago before he could get to Notre Dame to meet Hudson. Next summer he will be back and will surely meet Hudson. He will send letters for the Ave Maria descriptive of the Catholic institutions in the country he travels. He leaves tonight for Sante Fe. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Ryder encloses two photographs of himself. Next Monday he will go to Lawrence, Kansas to report on the annual fair. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Ryder was disappointed in Sedalia, Missouri. There was no money in the newspaper, so Ryder moved on to Kansas City, where he has a temporary job with the "Evening Star". At Hudson's request Ryder had some pictures made of himself and when they are developed he will send two to Hudson. Ryder appreciates the poetic rhymes that Hudson sent him. Newspaper openings are scarce. He doesn't want to go East because he might meet his wife. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Ryder thanks Hudson for his letter and tells him that the copies he ordered were mailed Saturday. He thanks Hudson for his good opinions of his verses and he hopes they are only half as good as Hudson claims they are. He is very grateful for Hudson's kindness and attention, and he is glad to read reports of progress in rebuilding Notre Dame and wishes him much success. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. royal 8 vo

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Ryder thanks Hudson for his interest in the New York Catholic . The paper has been suspended because of legal complications but he will again begin publishing this week and will print the views of Notre Dame's recent disaster. Ryder gives his sympathy to Hudson and thanks him for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. royal 8 vo.

Scope and Contents He thanks Hudson for the notice given his paper in the Ave Maria and encloses some lines for the Ave Maria if Hudson thinks they are good enough. He asks Hudson if he would like to exchange ads with him in their respective papers, as he is alone in the management of the paper and his friends are very limited. He is going to continue his paper The New York Catholic even though it will take a lot of hard work. The clergy of New York are helping all they can and are very pleased with his...

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He thanks Hudson for his letter and tells him that it must be a burden to attend to his correspondence with all of his other duties. He sends a notice which appeared in his New York Catholic of the Scholastic and the Ave Maria. He will send Hudson some copies of the New York Catholic containing an account of the fire without charge and thanks the Scholastic for the kind notices given to his paper. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1 pp Notice enclosed royal 8vo

Scope and Contents Ryder thanks Hudson for the kind notice in the Ave Maria and for sending the recent issues to him. Ryder's sonnet "The Penitent at Prayer" appeared two years ago in the "New York Sun" while Ryder was a member of that staff. Ryder will not be able to establish himself in business for sometimes and would like to secure a position with a Catholic Journal. His ideas of how a Catholic journal should be conducted differ from those of any other Catholic editor he has ever met. The only use to...

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He thanks Hudson for the flattering notice of the New York Catholic. This notice, with the prominence Hudson gives his poem, is going to increase Ryder's vanity. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. royal 8 vo

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He paid Miller $6.20 out of the $8.00 check and from the balance bought Hudson a "trophy." Hudson is to smoke one tonight and give the other to Father Shea. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Ryder talks of his ill health. In the event of his death, he wishes to give his effects unreservedly to Father Hudson. His only request is that Hudson burn all his correspondence not having a literary curiosity. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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A short time ago Ryder lost his mother. Ryder has a lock of his mother's hair and other relics which he intends to send to Hudson shortly. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Ryder has recovered from his illness enough to be comfortable, but is not well enough to do work. His wife's harshness and injustice have been difficult to bear. While in New Orleans, his wife's abuse became so great Ryder packed up and went to Memphis to the home of his wife's mother. She welcomed him cordially, inviting Ryder to stay with her so long as he wanted. She is aware of the trouble Ryder and his wife are having. In Memphis there is little prospect of work and Ryder cannot go...

Scope and Contents Due to poor health, Ryder has been unable to get a job. He has thought of getting a home in a hospital, but he is without money. Because of his wife's conduct, Ryder and his wife have separated. Ryder is glad Hudson likes the verses he sent him, he has also written an article on Father Adrian Rouquette . He thinks his sketches of Rouquette and Hawker are the best he has written. Rouquette was delighted with "Poet of the Woods". Ryder told Rouquette a good deal about Joseph A. Lyons ....

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Changes made in the Catholic World of an economical nature caused that periodical to drop Ryder. The loss of this stipend was a serious blow. Publication of his lines in the place of honor in the New Years issue of the Ave Maria gave him pleasure. Illness makes it impossible to write new material. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Ryder is seriously ill and confined to bed at the Alexian Brothers' Hospital. He is unable to write much. Ryder was gratified at the honor given him in the first issue of the Ave Maria in 1886. The proof reading on the Ave Maria is well done. Eleanor Donnelly 's sonnet on Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., violates the rules, but is pretty in its ideas. His wife writes from New York that she will pay the Brothers $12 a month on his account. Ryder's only expense is reading matter. :: X-3-b...

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Ryder submits a story for the Ave Maria. He submits a list of corrections that should be made in Charles Warren Stoddard 's book, "Staff and Scrip", should Hudson republish it. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Ryder thanks Hudson for the favor. Brother Clement is canvassing in the St. Louis area for the Ave Maria. He read in the New York Freeman's Journal of December 30 that Father Adrian Rouquette is dying. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Proofs reached Ryder Thursday and due to a severe attack of fever he was unable to read them and return them by Monday. He got three rakings for that unfortunate article in the Catholic World. Ryder knows Hudson has confidence in him, but suggests Hudson made a mistake in exposing a spirit of meanness, which is not supposed to exist at Notre Dame. To say that Ryder had a motive in omitting Father Thomas Walsh 's name is idiocy. Ryder will be unable to make a journey for months, but...

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Ryder wants to know if it is necessary to await the publication of a story before sending payment. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Ten days ago Ryder sent Hudson a sketch on Father Adrian Rouquette and since Ryder is in dire need, he had hoped to hear from Hudson sooner. Ryder believes he can live but one year. For light work which he does for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ryder received but $5 a week which is not enough to live on. When he learned that wealthy Lady Georgiana Fullerton accepted payment for articles written for the Ave Maria, he would feel no shame in accepting payment for his contributions. He is...

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Ryder's article "At Death's Approval" was sent from Memphis, but he has received nothing for it. Professor Joseph Lyons may drop in any time he pleases. Ryder is pleased to learn that Hudson liked "Rouquette". :: X-3-a A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Ryder thanks Hudson for the monthly edition of the Ave Maria and the book "A Troubled Heart", which he found awaiting him at the Hunt Hotel when he arrived in St. Louis. He will enjoy reviewing the volume of verses Hudson sent him. Ryder got a position with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a reporter. He sends the promised sketch of Father Adrian Rouquette and he awaits Hudson's comments. If Professor Joseph Lyons visits St. Louis this summer, Ryder asks that he visit him. :: X-2-o A.L.S....

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Ryder has a severe attack of cholera. Mr. Kane's verses are bosh in Ryder's opinion. Enclosed are the lines that Hudson requested. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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After a long illness, Ryder emerges from the hospital and praises the Alexian Brothers who run it. Ryder thanks Hudson for the gifts. During the past year, he has read the Ave Maria most critically and he sould like to offer his criticisms personally to Hudson. He forwards clippings, one on an article published by James E. Goggins, the other an extract from George Alfred Town send's letters to the Boston Globe. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.

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Ryder encloses a letter from Father Adrien Rouquette. When Ryder reached St. Louis he collapsed and was forced to enter the Alexian Brother's Hospital. The doctor says he thinks he can cure Ryder. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Ryder sends Hudson an article. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Ryder's health fails to improve. The World Printing Company has hired him for $6 a week. He is glad that Hudson liked his discourse. Has Professor Joseph Lyons received the articles Ryder sent him on John Cardinal McCloskey . While in Boston Ryder found the two sets of verses Hudson spoke of and sends them to him. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.