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At the convocation of the University of Chicago, Professor J. Franklin Jameson, the newly elected head of the department of history, is to give the address. They should esteem it an honor or to have Edwards present then and also in the evening at the Quadrangle Club when opportunity will be given to meet other professors of history. :: XI-2-d L.S. (Typed) 1p.

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Harpes accepts (Seton)'s invitation and will meet the Apostolic Delegate on Tuesday.

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He thanks (Seton) for the kind words about Saint Peter's College.

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He thanks Seton for the generous donation. The good people of St. Joseph's will always have a share in their prayers.

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Love to Uncle Joe from Harpis. Note: found among the papers of James F. Edwards :: XI-2-e Postcard, signed

Scope and Contents The Irishman has not yet arrived. Harrington will send Luke immediately when he arrives, but wishes Odin would spare him a little longer. Father John Boullier, C..M. has done just as Harrington expected, that is, nothing at all. Boullier took John Hutchins one day to ride around the old Cape. James Hutchins was employed to gather the corn. John moved his family to the old house at the mill and both only helped 3 days to gather corn. Harrington, therefore, had only Luke, Dory? and...

Scope and Contents Harrington just arrived here, and finds all in good health and spirits. Father John Rosti?, C.M. has not yet returned. There was no opportunity to write Timon from Brazo yesterday. He met Judge Moore there and talked with him of his negro man previous to the sale. More said $800 was his price. After the sale Harrington requested Moore to let Timon know his lowest price. The negroes sold very high so Harrington did not bid for any. Luke sold for $730; Henry, $1000; The woman, $900; the...

Scope and Contents Luke is anxious to go to the Seminary, but he brought no clothing with him. Some of the cattle have left the swamp on account of the flies and the grey mare with colt cannot be found. He will let Luke go on to the Seminary and make inquiries about the animals. They stand in great need of Luke's assistance and have not been able to plant any new ground yet. Rains put them back, also the arrival of Father John Boullier, C.M. deprived him of John Hutchins, whom Boullier sent to look for...

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He has never taken any stories directly from the Ave Maria. Those to which Hudson referred he found among other Catholic papers without the credit being given but he cannot find out where they appeared originally. He has had little experience as an editor Monitor but tries to do what is right and give other publishers what is due to them. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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A series of articles for the instruction of the faithful on the nature and effect of Indulgences will be written. Should Hudson be able to devote a small space in the Ave Maria, he will furnish a short article each week on this matter. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He asks for a program of the commencement exercises or if not convenient, the date of the same. Note by Hudson to send an invitation for an old student. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Harrington submits a poem entitled "St. patrick". She has written several poems of religious character which she would like to publish in the Ave Maria. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 6pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Lefevere's children were unaware that they had said anything to injure any man, especially a Catholic priest. They thought they were doing their duty at the request of the congregation. It was not their intention to complain but to ask for another priest. They are now called robbers by Father Lawrence Kilroy, that they smuggled a priest from Sarnia to assist them to deprive Kilroy of his mission. Kilroy has now locked up the church for a year. In the name of 300 families they are willing to...

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The Cornell University Library acknowledges the receipt of the University of Notre Dame catalogue. :: XI-1-k A.L.S. Postcard

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She informs him that her father has forwarded the books to him. P. S. She sends her aympathy on the anniversary of the death of Edwards' friend, Father Augustus Lemonnier. She too has recently been placed in a position, sadder even than Edwards'. :: XI-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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He sends a blank form for information about the library. The publication of the Statistics of Libraries for 1900 has been delayed owing to the fact that the desired information could not be obtained from many libraries. :: XI-2-c PRINTED 1p.

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He apologizes for not answering McMaster's letter. He had it published in the Morning Age and the person he gave it to forgot to mail it. It is no trouble to receive the help so greatly needed by their suffering friends and he is grateful to McMaster for his kindness. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He has received McMaster's postal money order for $20.50, and the other money as well, for which he thanks McMaster for Sister Helena. He has been fortunate in his receipts this week, but all that can be collected is needed, for everyone is suffering from the Scourge of Sherman. General William T. Sherman :: I-1-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Harrison thanks McMaster for $5.00, and says he immediately invested it in knitting wool which he sent to a lady in Charleston, S.C. who has been stripped of all. Her letter requesting some worsteds for her to knit and some little shoes to sell so she can earn a livelihood, was received the same time as McMaster's letter. He will dispose of some shoes for her benefit. The change for her, from wealth to poverty must be very sad. He sent a lady in Richmond $41, but still has the hair to...

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Harrison regrets that he is unable to accept an invitation to the Second Regiment's First Annual Banquet. He elaborately praises, and wishes for the welfare of the regiment. He believes that a standing army is a menace, that free people should foster its citizen army. :: XI-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents He encloses $10 and a list of club members from Brockport, Clarkson, Sweden and Hamlin, to whom the Journal is to be sent. There should be 500 Catholics subscribers in such a large community, but besides the 25 members of Harrison's club, there are only 6 others who read any Catholic paper. They would rather read the local publication that maligns the Church and country at every opportunity. Some men feel that the Journal is too prejudiced; he asks that McMaster introduce a bit of...

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Harrison has been requested by Father Henry McCullow, C.P., to forward his name to McMaster to be subscribed with the others to the "Petition" on the "Status of the Clergy". Harrison hopes McMaster received another letter, and donation, sent a couple of weeks ago. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Harrison sends his name, to be applied to the petition to be sent to Rome regarding the status of the Clergy. He also sends $5 for the expenses. He would have done this before, but he has been short of money. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Harrison tells McMaster of a priest of Oskolorsa who tended some small pox victims on the Valley R.R. near Fella south of Des Moines. The priest was refused admittance to the train on his return and was served notice by the Mayor of Oskalorsa to keep himself indoors. Harrison says the act was more out of fear of the disease than disdain for the priest and asks McMaster if infection is possible on mere contact like that. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Odin has no doubt learned of the misfortune of the Ursulines. Her heart is broken. Good Mother de Ste. Marie, R.U., although not forewarned of their arrival, received them with a truly material heart. If it were not for her worry that their house will be destroyed and that the sisters who remained will not find refuge in another of their houses, she would be happy. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.

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Were there conditions in the contract Odin made with Mr. Hussey for their new building. This house, only half finished, has cost 8000 piastres and now the bricks are falling and the sides are full of cracks. Hussey should be held responsible. They are all well and busy with classes for 104 pupils of whom 16 are boarders. :: VI-2-j A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents She takes the occasion afforded by Mrs. Winifred McDonnell to send back Miss Murphy to her parents. In spite of all their care she cannot write correctly but she learns her religion well and is pious and good. Mother sends $38 received in 1864 for the Association of the Holy Childhood which she asks Odin to send to Father F. Daniel, the director at Montreal. If Mrs. McDonnell spent some of this for Miss Murphy's trip, Mrs. Coffée will reimburse Odin. They gave 172 pupils. Many were ill this...

Scope and Contents They have just finished their annual retreat. Father Joseph Anstaett had too much to do with his school, the hospital, etc. that he could only give them a few hours for Confessions. Father John J. Magee did not want to give more than one instruction a day so St. Pierre gave the second one. How much she owes to Perché for all the instructions he gave her in her youth. What would have become of her in Texas without it? She thanks him for his letter through Mr. Lombard . The epidemic has...

Scope and Contents Accustomed as she was to seeing and consulting him, she feels like a child who has lost her Father. Added to that was the fact that communications between Galveston and New Orleans had been broken. However, now they have been restored and they intend to write often. She read his letter to the Ursulines all of whom were chagrined at not having seen him before his departure. However, they hope he will come to visit them. On the last day of May, they had two Masses; at the first all the pupils...

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She is much chagrined by the bad conduct of Sister Ste. Anastasie, R.U. who has behaved in a reprehensible manner before the novices and the pupils, becoming very angry and murmuring against the superioress who had placed the children without recreation. She seeks Odin's advice as to what she ought to do. ` P.S. She wonders if he received the letters which Carrie Spann and she wrote him on June 9. :: VI-2-d A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.