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Fitzpatrick is unable to attend the meeting at the Pacific Hotel due to an appointment with Alderman Powers. Any information given him for the future will be gladly received.

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Four dollars is enclosed to apply on a year's subscription to the Journal with the balance going to the Indian fund. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Fitzpatrick offers a couple of contributions to the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Fitzpatrick sends a poem written for her by Mrs. J.E.U. Nealis . She has received her permission to send it for publication. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Father Fitzpatrick says he would have written sooner, but he wished to see Father Emil de Augustinis, S.J. before writing, to make known Mc Master's request. He met him Sunday. Dec. 7., and reports that Father de Augustinis will be happy to do a favor for McMaster and his daughter, Sister St. John. Father de Augustinis and Father Alois Sabetti S.H. will share the intention; McMaster and his will be remembered by them and theirs. He has been asked by the Father Provincial to help out in...

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After spending sometime at the Catholic Summer School and in Canada he received the invitation to attend the Columbian Catholic Congress. Fitzpatrick will come as will quite a number of representatives of the Catholic Union and other associations.

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Fitzpatrick sends information about Dr. R.R. Madden, Charles Phillips, William Bowman McCate, Justin McCarthy, Lady Wilde . He encloses a note by P.W. O'Callaghan on William John Fitzpatrick and a note by John Patrick Prendergast :: I-1-d A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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According to Archbishop (Feehan), St. Mary's Church has been chosen for the religious services of the (Columbian) Catholic Congress. Father Murphy is also notified of this fact.

Scope and Contents He is pleased to have received McFarland's letter and to hear about the old croneys at Mt. St. Mary's College but is sorry that he worried about the money. About politics between the Tippecanoe parties, Democrat Associations, school fund meetings and Steamship companies there is confusion. He is afraid that the hard cider men will make a poor turnout. The Democrats are going steadily ahead. He thinks the philosophers in the school are doing more good than the politicians. He is sorry to hear...

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Onahan has been selected to serve as a member of the Reception Committee at a public reception to be given President William McKinley under the auspices of the Chicago Autumn Festival. :: XI-2-b PRINTED 1p.

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FitzSimons recommends a woman who is desirous of writing for a Catholic paper. Her specialty is children's stories. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed is a piece of poetry for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Fitzsimons thanks Hudson for the notice given to his "My Automatic Sanctuary Lamp". He wishes to make a correction regarding the winding of the clock. At the request of Archbishop Patrick Riordan, the clock was sent to Baltimore for inspection by the Bishops and clergy at the Third Plenary Council. Brother John Chrysostom saw the clock and thought it had considerable merit. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The "Freeman's Journal" of the February 28th to March 14th inclusive did not reach Fitzwilliam. He wishes the missing ones sent and that the Journal come regularly hereafter. Note on reverse side Fitzwilliam is to be written and told the papers will be sent. Unfortunately the New York Post office is in bad condition and regular delivery cannot be guaranteed. Note: McMaster sends his kindest regards. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents On the 19th Fitzwilliam and family spent part of that day at Mr. Minnis ' where Father A. Doyle is staying. Doyle had heard that Fitzwilliam had consulted with Minnis about writing to Blanc and he commenced on Mrs. Fitzwilliam in the severest manner before Fitzwilliam got there, telling her of his ignorance of his catechism. Doyle also told Fitzwilliam that he threatened him with the law, which is entirely false. On the first Sunday of Lent, when Doyle gave instructions to masters and...

Scope and Contents From the time Blanc said the could go to France, Sister has thought seriously of it. And when Father Superior promised to give her permission in writing, she hesitated no longer. If the work is supported by her Superiors Sisters, Marianites of the Holy Cross in France under the direction of the Superiors of the orphan asylum, if her sacrifice is unnecessary, she will remain in France. If on the contrary, she obtains the application of their rule on the subject of this establishment, that is,...

Scope and Contents Blanc has heard of a child who was put into the kitchen of the orphan asylum during the epidemic and whom the Sisters Marianites of the Holy Cross brought to the orphans' "Ouvroir ". Sister had told Mr. Layton of her desire to rent a room where she could gather all the abandoned children like this. The word reached the mayor who sent her $83?. She took two children from the ouvroir and a woman to care for them. The two children died at the end of a few months leaving her $52 of this gift....

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Blanc wishes to know what Sister thinks about the Ouvroir St. Marie before undertaking anything in its favor. She sends no enclosure the request which she made to the Father Rect?or? together with her sister. Blanc will understand better by reading that, the sort of independence she asks for the Ouvrior. She hopes soon to be able to repay Blanc's kindness by her devotion to a work which he has encouraged up to now and without which it will fail. :: VI-1-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

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He asks if Edwards has received the shipment of antiques. :: XI-1-g A.L.S. Postcard Italian

Scope and Contents If Flaget followed the impulsions of his heart he would have to write every week, but his head, whose limitations are well known is filled with disparate things that he doesn't know where to begin much less where to end. Without speaking of the spiritual sollicitude of his diocese which demands ten times more than he is capable of doing. Flaget is in a labyrinth of temporal affairs all as important as the other. Mr. Scheiffers, one of his young priests, who only two days before...

Scope and Contents In accordance with Brute's wishes, Flaget who through some good fortune has acquired 50 dollars has passed them on to Mr. Gabriel Richard to soothe the bitterness in his heart from his frustrated desire for reelection to congress. Flaget does not agree with Richard who holds that it is quite proper for the Catholic Church to have some of its priests as members of Congress from time to time and in his way of thinking Richard was more "interesting" in the obscurity of his prison cell...

Scope and Contents Bruté's letters are always a grand pleasure and he hopes that he will write often although Bruté must not expect a letter in answer to each letter. He fears the arrival of the religious ladies from Bordeaux and regrets that they did not receive his letter. Their hopes will be frustrated and they will not like either Baltimore or Emmitsburg. If there is time yet to turn from their project Flaget advises them to do so. At least, the spirit of Emmitsburg offers little hope for work in ...

Scope and Contents Bruté's letter of July 8 found him confessing, preaching, confirming, etc. The holy services consume nearly all his time. Bruté's prodigies from Maryland edify him but intrigue him also. It is good to strive to imitate the best but to realize that such is unattainable. Up to the present he gives Confirmation only on Sunday and to those who are well instructed and have made their First Communion. He is usually accompanied by two or three ecclesiastics. The people are from every ...

Scope and Contents Flaget dined yesterday at the home of Mr. Chatard and Bruté is well loved in that house. Madame Bredy Bagh has come to see Flaget twice about her boy who is in Brute's seminary and more on the subject of the girl whom she would place in a convent. Her brother-in-law, a Protestant, pays the bill but she is afraid there is no place in a monastery for the girl. He wants her to go to live with the nuns lest she lose the faith since all except her mother, a convert, are opposed to the...

Scope and Contents Flaget tells Chanson that he has received his two letters and Flaget was pleased to see that Providence was taking care of his seminary. Himself a native of Auvergne Flaget will receive him with open arms. He likes all subjects from that Province. The recommendation of Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat, his teacher, is sufficient. But Chanson must realize that Flaget's seminary is very different from anything he has seen. It is not built of stones and bricks but is a log house 20 by 18 feet...

Scope and Contents Flaget has written two letters, one to Father William DuBourg and one to Father Simon Gabriel Bruté in which he had endeavored to call to his mind the promises to get ready and come from that sterile land to the rich land of Kentucky. He writes now to say that the time has arrived and that everyone at the seminary is ready to receive them. He has no doubts that the devil is making objections to impede the departure, but Flaget wishes to recall that after six months in Maryland Clauzel...

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A sacred poem inscribed of Bishop Flaget, first bishop of Bardstown, on his arrival in his diocese. :: II-3-o A.D. - English - 2pp.

Scope and Contents He received on the eve of the New Year the two theses of her son Father Simon Gabriel Bruté and the letter telling about the young man who accompanied him to America. His renown had preceded him especially from Saint Sulpice Seminary. Living with him for seven months has taught him more about his talents. His talents will probably produce great fruits now that they are transplanted. The Archbishop of Baltimore John Carroll has great affection for him and invites him for a day of ...

Scope and Contents Rese will find attached the powers of attorney so that he can attend to the matters connected with the will of Father Gabriel Richard. Rese is to keep a strict account of his actions so that Flaget can bear the whole expense. Flaget is desirous of doing something for the Catholics of Detroit but he is sure they will excuse him for taking care of his old age since he confides their interest to one so devoted and so dear. What Rese says about the promotion of Father Nicholas D. Young to the...

Scope and Contents Flaget received a letter towards the end of the previous year from the people of the Cote du Nord Est, a petition abounding in religious sentiments. Flaget answered them without reproach promising them a pastor and the establishment of a college on the property as soon as possible. He expected them to restore peace and union and such would have been the case if they had been sincere in their protestations. But since that time there have been continued troubles. They have organized a...