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Scope and Contents Although he is tardy in acknowledging it, he appreciates McFarland's report relative to his missions and is glad that he is safely through the winter despite the severity of the climate. Since his first visit to Watertown he has seen and heard of the deplorable condition of the Canadian Catholics. He flattered himself that the appointment of Father Michael Guth would aid in this work. He had told him to visit Watertown or even to exchange places. This arrangement did not seem to work out....

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Cardinal McCloskey asks McMaster to visit him Saturday or Monday of the coming week. He wishes to speak to him in regards to the school question and wishes to do this in person since it is much more conductive to accomplishment and discussion. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She asks to renew the Scholastic in September; she will pay next June for it. She reads every line as she did when a student at St. Mary's Academy . Notre Dame, Indiana. Since her brother intends to enter Notre Dame, she requests a catalogue. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents McCloskey has just arranged for the Sisters of Nazareth to take charge of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum. The poor little children cannot be cared for by Brothers. Two sisters also go to school at the negro church in Louisville. He sent Purcell the opinion of Judge Muir on the power of attorney given by Archbishop Martin J. Spalding to Messrs. Bax, Dent, and Coleman to tie up the estate of his brother. McCloskey is afraid it will go into other hands in case ofSpalding's death and that it is his...

Scope and Contents Purcell's note with the letter which Purcell will find enclosed were received yesterday. This was a painful process to which McCloskey has been subjected but it has given him an insight into the weakness of human nature. McCloskey did not go farther than Cleveland where he spent ten days. His duties prevented him from going to Saratoga. He hopes that the people of Cleveland will understand that he kept quiet only to conserve his strength. BishopJames F.Wood was at Saratoga for his rheumatic...

Scope and Contents If McCloskey can get away he will accept Purcell's invitation. His vicar general is absent because of ill health, another priest is palsied, and two are disabled from cholera. McCloskey is tired of having runaway nuns from the convent at Mt. Olivet and has taken things into his own hands. He believes the Abbot Benedict Berger is not sound. He calls this convent of Franciscan Sisters the "grasswidow convent" which he described to Cardinal Barnabo. The Paulists in New York have one who claims...

Scope and Contents Archbishop James R. Bayley of Baltimore has told him he is going to visit Louisville, and he feels he should be there to receive him, although he did not ask it. He is sorry for this as it deprives him of the pleasure which he had anticipated from his visit to Brown County. He knows, however, that Purcell will approve of his action. Any time during the month that Purcell may be disposed to go to Brown County, he shall be glad to go with him. He regrets that the hurry of these few days has...

Scope and Contents McCloskey acknowledges Purcell's two letters. He will write to the cardinal. He asks if there is any rule of law or courtesy requiring a bishop to write or comment upon the action of the bishops of a province after the names for a successor has been settled on. He notes that Purcell married the Colonel from Harrodsburg. Father F.H. Farrelly was the name he mentioned for Covington, not Farrell. He presumes that Purcell alluded to Father Thomas Farrell of St. Joseph's in New York. McCloskey...

Scope and Contents There is a person here who professes to be a Chaldean and a convert and who also says he is a Bishop-elect, and has collected in France for four years. He has papers to prove this and they seem to be all right, but McCloskey thought it prudent to write Purcell and ask him if he knew anything against the Rt. Rev. Joseph George, as he calls himself. If he does, McCloskey asks that he telegraph at once, otherwise he will wait for his letter. He believes the Archbishop of St. Louis Peter R....

Scope and Contents He has just returned from the dedication of a church in Danville and found Purcell's letter and one from Bishop Maurice de St. Palais enclosing a Roman document. He signs it and sends it on regretting the delay in sending it. St. Palais dined with him Nov. 2 and had heard nothing of it then. McCloskey has had a very fine letter from Cardinal Barnabo expressing his satisfaction with Purcell's and St. Palais's reports. Father Francis Chambige is ecclesiastically dead. McCloskey regrets his...

Scope and Contents He cannot find the copy of his faculties, but presumes that he has the power to confer all the orders, including priesthood, regardless of the document from Rome of April 27, 1871. He wishes to be informed as he wishes to ordain some young men very soon. Father George McCloskey is with him but was too lame to change care and so came to Louisville in a sleeping car. Otherwise, he would have been delighted to spend a day with Purcell in Cincinnati. Purcell would be surprised at the change this...

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He introduces Mr. Henry Nunes, a gentleman who desires to make Purcell's acquaintance. Nunes is not a Catholic, and has a brother in Cincinnati. McCloskey thanks Purcell for the kindness and courtesy he knows will be extended to Nunes. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He had hoped to spend a day with Purcell on his way home but as he missed his train in Altoona, he stayed there and did not reach Cincinnati until two o'clock Thursday. He thanks Purcell for ordaining his young men and for confirming while in Louisville. He visited Rome while in Europe but only remained a week. The Holy Father is looking very well. Don Bernard Smith was away at the Springs. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo's mind is partially clouded. He did not know Bishop Thomas A. Becker of...

Scope and Contents McCloskey postponed engagements for May 30 and June 1 to go to South Bend, but did not feel able to make the trip, although he would have had Father Ryan the greater part of the way. He is not well and when the summer confirmations are over he will remain quietly at the seminary. Did Purcell take the documents of which he read parts to him and Bishop Maurice de St. Palais . If so, Purcell should guard them carefully and send them by express. What a sad fate for the Archbishop of Paris, and...

Scope and Contents He has asked Father Richard Gilmour of Dayton Ohio to give the retreat to the clergy this year and as he has consented, McCloskey now asks Purcell's approval. As soon as he can, he plans to go to some springs. He has been very ill since his return from Indiana. The doctor insists he narrowly missed typhoid and needs some some of these waters. Bishop John McGill of Richmond was at French Licks and his description of the "cabinet" was enough to cure any one. He sends regards to Father Edward...

Scope and Contents His reason for wishing to see Purcell in Cincinnati was so that he could return on the afternoon boat, as he is too busy to be long away from home because of his engagements. Later he hopes to be able to spend two or three days with him. He sees by the paper that Purcell had more outside work to do than he has. He asks what Cardinal Alexander Barnabo proposed on the investment of the funds collected for the American College, and if he proposed that the amount be funded in Rome. He wrote to...

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He thanks Purcell for blessing the oils for them. His foot is improving, but he is still in bed. He regrets that he has no vacancy in the Seminary for the Cardinal's theologian, Father G. F. Schrader. He read Captain Coleman's will in the paper. The old gentleman did not intend that his children should have too much pocket money for the next 25 years. He sends regards to Father Edward Purcell. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He has just received Purcell's letter of Mar. 17. He agrees with Bishop Sylvester Rosecrans that Bishop John Henry Luers should not go to Detroit . Until he knows about his health, he objects to sending Father F. Garesche to Detroit. McCloskey has a high opinion of Father Caspar Borgess, and if Purcell thought him fit, he will endorse the choice. Of Father F. Boff he knows nothing. Is there no one suitable in Detroit? Since Bishop Amadeus Rappe wants to erect a new see in Toledo, and since...

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He will be in Cincinnati on Wednesday without fail. A Father E ward Joos of Monroe, Michigan is highly spoken of by some to succeed Bishop Lefevere. McCloskey does not know him. He regrets to hear the news about Father James M. Lancaster's health. The impression is abroad that he is to be bishop. A letter tells McCloskey that Bishop Bernard McQuaid is being sued by Father Thomas O'Flaherty for libel and that Bishop McQuaid is anxious about the result. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 1pg. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Bishop Richard Gilmour wrote to him, as he wrote to Purcell, regarding a Coadjutor. In reply to his question, McCloskey said he thought a Coadjutor was needed, since Gilmour could not carry on the work of the diocese for a long time and be subjected to the wear and tear of a bishop. Gilmour suggested Father F.M. Boff, who would be the man, as far as McCloskey is able to judge. Since they should be in accord, as these two seem to be, and since Boff is there and familiar with the business of...

Scope and Contents McCloskey acknowledges Purcell's letter of Nov. 25 and gives Purcell Permission to attach his name to the protest, asking, however, that Purcell be not too severe. On his return he came straight through from New York, but he hopes to visit Purcell soon. All goes well and McCloskey has prospect of reopening St. Mary's College with a body of religious, two of whom are with him now. The news from Rome is not encouraging and his own impression is that if they escape a revolution they may feel...

Scope and Contents McCloskey has been at Paducah or he would have answered Purcell sooner. The young man to whom Purcell entrusted his luggage has been locked up in Alsace since August and McCloskey has only now been able to hear from him. He regrets the inconvenience caused Purcell, as well as that to himself in the loss of a young priest. He wishes he could see Purcell but is tied up there. Mrs. Worthington called Saturday but the bad weather keeps him from calling on her. He asks if there is news of the...

Scope and Contents McCloskey thanks Purcell for his letter. He believes that Father Francis Chambige is at the bottom of this. A priest told him the other day that Father T.J. Disney had received a letter from Chambige saying that he had written against the bishop. Chambige later claims he said he would but did not write. McCloskey thinks Chambige does many things that he does not remember. McCloskey wishes that Purcell would write to Cardinal Alexander Barnabo that he will come to Louisville himself to...

Scope and Contents McCloskey hopes that Purcell will not refuse him the favor he asked in his letter of the previous day. He wuld like to select a time when Purcell could spend at least a week to set at rest those individuals who are under an erroneous impression. The thing is providential. His desire is that the visit be made by his own archbishop. He can bring Father Edward Purcell, who is prefectly capable. He urges Purcell to write to the Cardinal and say that he will come to Louisville, as an act of...

Scope and Contents McCloskey thanks Purcell for his letter of Feb. 16. He will try to be in Cincinnati after returns from Cleveland. He received a document from Cleveland, sent to all the bishops of the Province. He hopes that Purcell will soon be able to put this scandal out of the way, as it is doing great mischief. Father Thomas Farrell has brought the trouble on himself, yet he is a kindhearted man. McCloskey asks if Purcell has seen the letter of the Roman Rectors to La Marmora. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 2pp....

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McCloskey thanks Purcell for his kindness. A retreat begins at the cathedral the day after tomorrow given by Fathers John L. Spalding, Ivo Schacht, and J.A. Rooney, O.P., and he would not like to be absent. He will go to see Purcell immediately after it is over. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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McCloskey will be in Cincinnati Thursday or Friday, when the visit to Louisville can be arranged. A young Carmelite from Paducah has been sent to him for ordination without any announcement of his coming. The mission at the cathedral was well attended. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McCloskey is in the midst of business concerning the St. Thomas Orphan Asylum, which does not permit him to leave Louisville that week. He is going to Nazareth to have the Sisters of Nazareth take charge of the smaller boys. He is tempted to give up his "commision" and let some one more congenial to Archbishop Martin J. Spalding take charge. He wishes to consult Purcell about the late Father Benjamin J. Spalding's property. A lawyer announces Archbishop Spalding's power of attorney void, and...

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He returned home last night after ten days absence and received Purcell's letter of Sept. 14, calling him to Cincinnati to meet the rest of the bishops of the Province on the 28th. He shall be there and is very glad of the opportunity of meeting Purcell again. His ride through the hills has done him immense good. P.S. Kindest regards to Father EdwardPurcell. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Purcell's letter of Feb. 10 was received. McCloskey has been confined to the house since Christmas and his physician is awaiting warm weather so that he may be sent South with safety. Although his strength is gone, nothing serious is the matter. It is a part of the attack he suffered last summer. He mentions these facts to Purcell so that he can see how impossible it is for him to comply with Purcell's wishes in regard to the Father E.M. O'Callaghan business, and that he may appoint someone...