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Scope and Contents McMaster advises that Billuart's Commentaties on St. Thomas are worse than worthless because Billuart was badly tinged with the heresey of Gallicanism, lately condemned by the Vatican Council and by the Pope. Pilluart's work, like the text of St. Thomas, is written in Latin, and in the Latin of the schools of the middle ages, and though one may be a fair classical latin scholar, he may find St. Thomas or any of his commentators written in a language unknown to him. A background of...

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He received the $20 and drew to the order of the sender's son a bill of exchange on a banking house in Brussells, Bilgium through the house of Mali Co. New York. Mali is the Belgian Consul General and a New York banker. McMaster sent the bill of exchange to Petit Seminaire, the matter of writing letters. The Bishop Promised to say a Mass for the intention that he should overcome this habits but he has not improved. :: I-2-d A.L. incomplete 2pp. 8vo. 10

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McMaster, Writing to whom it may concern, states that he wishes his son, John Alphonsus McMaster, to travel in the South, and also to attend to some business for the Freeman's Journal. He is glad to say his son has given evidence of his honor and correctness of conduct. Accordingly he commends John to the kindness of his friends. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. 10

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He asks that the book, Vie de Saint Joseph, as advertised in the L'Univers, be sent to McMaster. He is sending a money order for 10 francs to pay for the book. If the book costs more than that, he will send the remainder when notified. :: I-1-o A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McMaster has received from Theard a copy of the "Appeal", to which he sees Leray's name signed together with others. He will publish the "Appeal" if Leray wishes, but he would advise Leray to consult other legal advice than that of Theard alone. Theard's affection for the deceased prelate Archbishop Napoleon J. Perche may have warped his judgment. Perhaps another lawyer, the Honorable Mr. Semmes would advise Leray not to admit the consolidarity of Perche's personal debts with the...

Scope and Contents McMaster asks Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan's pardon for this week's Freeman's Journal and for the aberrations of the previous week. His time has been completely absorbed by his family lately. The previous week he saw his olnly son set out from Baltimore, Maryland, to begin his career on the sea. He was informed by the Brooklyn Eagle that it was an Oxford man who criticized his translation, and while planning his answer, returned home from Baltimore to find Corrigan's letter. The...

Scope and Contents McMaster relies on the forgiveness and charity which the Bishop has exercises through his long years in the Confessional to pardon him for his great delay in answering the Bishop's correspondence. Seventeen years ago he apologized to the same worthy prelate for gross neglects of the same kind—his great neligence and distaste in Basse Wevra, Belgium. If it is not heard from soon, McMaster will send a duplicate. He has found that letters sent to Europe are greatly delayed since the war in...

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McFarland's name is "writ large" in their mailbook under the Providence heading and he regrets that the Bishop has not received the Freeman regularly. They will try a change in the package and if they still go astray the Post Office will be at fault. He congratulates McFarland on his safe return from Europe. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Wadhams must not scold him for not entering religion. McMaster says that he had and still has a great desire to enter religion but according to the Novice-Master he did not have a vocation for the Redemptorists. McMaster and his directors think it would be dangerous for him to enter any of the religious order or to become a secular priest. It is his duty to become editor of a religious journal or professor in some Catholic College, and he is waiting for God to present him with one or...

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McMaster believes Clarence Walworth 's letter will give Wadhams the news. He wishes Wadhams would visit Walworth and him. McMaster states that this note concerns business and begging; because he is financially embarrassed and wishes to borrow five dollars from or use the credit, at the bookstore, of Wadhams. He expresses his desire to have Wadhams come down for a last embrace. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 1p. 2 ¾ by 6 ¼

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He thanks Hudson for the letter and offers to publish the prospectus of the Ave Maria at stated prices. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McMaster encloses currency to Father Costa for two copies of Father Lockhart's rendition of the posthumous manuscript which the pious Rosmini probably never intended to be published. The manuscript is careless, undigested, and contains the worst that his "friends", the Jesuits, alleged against his metaphysical fancies. The fact that some pretentious Sisters ordered several copies from a New York publisher and intend to teach the contents in their instruction courses to young girls...

Scope and Contents The previous day McMaster received Arnoldi's letter of the 30th, but could not print it because his publication day had arrived. He will hold it until the next issue. He has already ordered Mr. Neale's advertisement removed from his columns and has dispatched a confidential clerk notifying Neale that he would break the business contract which the Freeman's Journal made with him. Neale showed the clerk a few letters Arnoldi had written him, and in the opinion of the clerk these letters...

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McMaster is very well, and Gertrude should please stay until Aug. 28.. Mother Beatrix Of the Holy Spirit, D.C. 's letter is enclosed. A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. Enclosure:

Scope and Contents McMaster telegraphed John about going to Youngstown. He asks John to telegraph the office informing them here he is, and how he is feeling. He should take good care of himself, and buy whatever he needs if the weather turns cold. He should keep his soul right also, and make arrangements to be home at Christmas. McMaster saw Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C. and Sister Teresa McMaster, D.C. on Nov. 11, 1885. Sister Gertrude is well, and Sister Teresa, who had suffered terribly, felt better....

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McMaster will reach Union Station Nov. 20, 1883, and expects his son to meet him. He asks Riorden to supply John with pocket money if he wishes. it. :: I-2-m Telegram

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Gertrude McMaster says John would neither expect nor care for a letter from her, but McMaster writes one regardless. John has been doing well, and the eighty dollars came at a welcome time. Bert L. Dempsey having been ill all week. John should be careful so that he is not robbed, nor should he forget St. Alphonsus' day next Friday. If he changes lodgings he should notify McMaster. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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John is asked to come home very soon. His friends want him. :: I-2-m Telegram

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He urges John to get home by next Sunday, so that he will be with them for Christmas. The Keiley' expect them. He urges John to take good care of himself, and to wear warm clothes. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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McMaster asks John why he does not write, and tells him he is much concerned with how John is behaving. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McMaster is glad that John is getting nearer New York, and that he is going to see the sisters. He urges John to make a long visit at Baltimore, Maryland, and to visit Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, both going and coming. If he can, he should hunt up Mr. Sneeringer in Baltimore. He may skip any of the places this side of Pittsburgh if he wishes John should receive Communion on St. Alphonsus' Day if he can, but if he cannot, he should remember that the feast has an octave in all Redemptorist...

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McMaster sends love, and is glad John found time to see old "Aunty" Brown, although it did not cheer him up much. He misses John, but is not lonely and is reasonably well. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents John's letter, which he wrote after eleven days of silence has been received. It is a rule of the office that agents should report at least once a week. McMaster reminds John that he promised to let him know how he is and where a message can reach him. He hopes John does not deal so lightly with other promises. McMaster was threatened with congestion of both kidneys a few days ago, which attack, had it gone unchecked, would have left him but three or four days to live. His written...

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McMaster will be at the Union depot at three in the afternoon Nov. 20, 1883. If John wants money he should ask Mr. Riordan at Mr. Stewart's. :: I-2-m Telegram

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McMaster and Gertrude McMaster are on the train. John should meet them at Charles Street or at Daly's Hotel at 2:15. :: I-2-m Telegram

Scope and Contents McMaster has received John's letters and ought to have written him at Wilmington, Delaware. He thinks Father Ben J. Keiley must have been a pleasant friend, and he was glad John went to Communion. He hopes that he will do so often. He misses John very much, but consoles himself with the thought the Sisters so often express, that it will not to be long before they will all be together, not to be separated again. Separation for a time is the lot of this world, and troubles must be faced...

Scope and Contents He would have written John before, but feared the letter would not reach him; he urges John to tell where he will be two or three days after his letters are received in New York. If John wants his red flannels, they will be sent before his winter suit, but he should not wait until the sudden cold weather to order his suit. McMaster visited his daughters and found them all well. Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C. was getting fat. McMaster is well. He has tasted distilled liquor only once in...

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McMaster has received John's letters, and hopes John has not cought cold. He himself took a bad cold yesterday evening, and Major John J. Keiley is suffering from rheumatism. McMaster has heard from Sister Gertrude McMaster, D.C., and thanks God for three such sisters. He wonders if John can receive Communion on St. Teresa's day. He asks John to send his address a week from this writing. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents John wrote a nice letter which cheered McMaster, who misses him. But John is at the age of manly responsibilities, and McMaster himself is not past it. John should rejoice in his youth, and should not forget to pray. He should try to receive Communion once a week, at least. In Boston he will have a cordial welcome if he calls at the Redemptorists, "Our Lady of Perpetual Help", where there are more Irish than Germans. If the Jesuits at St. Mary's Church, and Father O'Connor, S.J., of the...

Scope and Contents Because McMaster is old and hurried, he did not write to John at Memphis, Tennessee. He urges John to see all he wants to see and not to hurry, for summer is a dull time in New York unless John has some plan for spending the months until September. He hopes that, even while travelling, John will keep up the love of God and His Blessed Mother, and that daily he reads a little from some book of devotion. John should not be offended at his reminding him of this, for he himself is glad when...