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Mallet sends the papers McMaster requested. He has been sick and unable to get them sooner. There is no report from the committee in the case of Mr. Zach Montgomery so far. Father Conradi has gone back to Umatilla, Oregon. Mallet starts for Oswego tonight, and will try to see McMaster in New York. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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He thanks Edwards for the Scholastic Annuals. He sent volumes 3 and 4 of Brownson in exchange for the volume of Vermont, the Annauls and Indexes. He has none of the Annuals of Propagation of the Faith mentioned by Edwards, but wrote to Dublin for the price of the set. He already has Judge Law's History of Vincennes. It is important foe the library to keep pamphlets, many libraries find out too late. Mallet will do he can to help Edwards complete the Lemonnier set.

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Out of all his duplicates he finds only four numbers of Brownson's Quarterly. He sends these as a gift to the Lemonnier Library . If Edwards sends him a list of his duplicates, Mallet may be able to arrange for exchanges. :: XI-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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He sends the seven numbers of Brownson's Review which Edwards selected from their list. Mallet asks for a list of Edwards' duplicates. He also sends a list of books he would like to have for his collection in the hope that Edwards may have some for exchange. He shall be glad to receive the Notre Dame publications. He is collecting historical data on the French and Canadians in the United States and shall have to examine into the early history of Notre Dame. :: XI-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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He has received the General Index to Brownson's Review and sends his sincere thanks. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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He was terribly disappointed in not seeing Edwards when he was in Washington. He wanted Edwards to look at his collection of portraits in the hope of finding something for his Hall. He has collected pretty much everything extant concerning Bishops Blanchet of Oregon and Washington Territory. He is now engaged in writing the life of the archbishop. :: XI-1-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He informs McMaster that the opponent McMaster has been discussing the school question with is James Harlan, ex-U.S. Senator and former Methodist preacher. Perhaps this will be of help to McMaster, whose articles in the Freeman are admired by Catholics in Washington. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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An editorial clipped from "The Catholic News" Probably written by John Gilmary Shea protests Mallet's dismissal from the Indian Bureau. :: III-3-c News clipping 1p.

Scope and Contents He delayed so long in answering Purcell's letters of Dec. 19 and 26 until he could go around and see the men who belonged to the old committee, and hear their sentiments concerning Mr. Bley's claim. They felt that the company should have been sued for damages because the way the work was done was an outrage. He could do nothing but recommend patience and justice. It looks suspicious that the bill should be due for 12 years without being presented for payment. Frey never comes to Church, does...

Scope and Contents On Sept. 28 he sent McMaster a registered letter containing money taken up by collection for the Pope, asking McMaster to publish in the Journal the donors from Richmond, St. Stanislaus, and St. Vincent, Iowa. He has received a circular from Bishop John Hennessey of Dubuque commanding such a collection be taken up. Mally intends to notify Hennessey that this has been done and was sent to McMaster, but since no notice has yet appeared in the Journal, He is afraid the money did not reach...

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He lists the delegates from Turtle Mountain College, Belcourt, North Dakota to the Columbian Catholic Congress.

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Father Malo is thankful for the invitation to take part in the Columbian Catholic Congress. He has secured now a sufficient number of delegates whose names are submitted. Father Malo encloses $5.00 as a contribution. (Notre by Onahan: First Such received. C(hec)k $5.00 sent to M. W. O'Brien, Treas.)

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He lists the delegates from Turtle Mountain College, Belcourt, North Dakota to the Columbian Catholic Congress.

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He encloses copy of a Church history of Ireland which he hopes to have published in a few months. Reports received from Ecclesiastics and laity have urged him to the conclusion that Purcell cannot be indifferent to the history of the old Church, and will become a subscriber, in which event his name would be published with those of some 20 prelates who have honored him by their subscriptions. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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He will do all in his power to furnish Edwards with a file of the "Colorado Catholic". He thinks Edwards work a very commendable one, worthy of the great university of Notre Dame. :: XI-1-j A.L.S. (Typed) 1p.

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Having heard that prayers are offered for contributors, Theresa Malone gives $3.00 for Mount Carmel. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Malou and Lefevere are the only ones of the diocese of Bruges upon whom the Lord has laid the heavy burden of the episcopate. Malou offers Lefevere a crosier because he has learned from Father Peter Kindekens that Lefevere wants it. :: III-2-i A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.

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Hudson should inform through the Ave Maria if an English edition of the life of St. Michael de Ganti has ever been published. :: X-2-j A. Postcard S.

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Since receiving the Bishop's letter he is relieved of all uneasiness and is hopeful of the prospects in the region. Father Thomas Drea left no directions except to a brother who lives in New Jersey. A letter directed to him at Thomastown, Kilkenny, would reach him as it is in the neighborhood of his native place. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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As he is leaving the city he asks McFarland, with the Bishop's permission, to take Possession of his house and parish for July 3 and 4. He wishes him particularly to say Mass the next day and Saturday or there would be no Mass at all. :: I-1-a A.L.S 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Nothing has been decided about the journey to the beautiful and rich country where Timon lives. In any case, outside his special function as a doctor, he guessed what Timon wants, and has tried, in case he goes, to improve his knowledge of the exact analysis of the minerals. He has some information on a chemist who could be suitable for finding out some ideas about mineral analysis. Mr. Guerin de Vary, Quai de St. Michel, already well-known in the intellectual world, has a profound...

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Photograph of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-c Photograph 12mo.

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Lists of delegates from the Diocese of Albany, New York to the Columbian Catholic Congress.

Scope and Contents Mangan writes in the names of himself and five other priests of this diocese Alton and sends a order for $60 to be applied to defraying the expenses of the Mission to Rome. He writes that none of them would shrink from signing the "petition" were that course considered advisable. He feels that all the true men of the clergy of this diocese endorse McMaster's course and the letters of "Jus ". Others are worthless on occasions like this either through servile fear of authority or assumed...

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Father Mangan wishes McMaster to let him know whether or not he received a letter sent him on the 1st containing an order for $66.00 on the Ocean National Bank, New York. Six dollars for the Freeman's Journal, and ten dollars each for five other priests of this diocese of Alton and Mangan, which is their contribution towards defraying the expenses of the mission to Rome. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mangan encloses $5.40 from his band for the aid of the Indians and lists the donors. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mangin is sending by mail a copy of the Kyriale, a little booklet of Gregorian Chant for the churches of this country. This and other books of the same collection have been arranged by the order and under the eyes of the late Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann of Philadelphia. They have been approved by several Bishops and introduced into their dioceses. He asks for Lefevere's approbation. Such approval will further their success, and be a reward for Mangin's labor and an encouragement for...

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Maniett submits a poem, "Mary our Mother". :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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He noticed (Seton)'s letter in Monday's Tribune on Abraham Lincoln. (Seton) stated that there are only forty families in the United States that can prove their origin in the aristocracy of the mother country. He asks Seton to tell him where he can obtain a list of those families. (Seton writes on the same paper that he) was not yet prepared to make 39 ingrates and 400 enemies.

Scope and Contents He tells McMaster that Father J.M. Townsend of this parish is on an excursion through the Middle States asking help for his parish. If he should go as far north as New York, he asks McMaster to offer advice in furtherance of his object. He recommends Father Townsend to McMaster and commends him for his education, zeal and excellent morality, which entitle him to a high social position and confidence. Manly adds his approbation to what McMaster has been saying in the Journal upon, "Our...