Scope and Contents Clark sends McMaster a copy of the pamphlet he desired the other day. He begs McMaster to disregard the flattering annotations appended by the young friend from whom Clark obtained the copy. The article was originally written in the fall of 1861 for mention in the county paper but the editor was too timid to print it. In the early part of 1862, however, Clark published it in its present form. He promises to send McMaster a copy of the Hamilton times Telegraph as soon as it is ready. ::...

Scope and Contents Clark has received McFarland's letter late because Father John McCaffrey was in Emmittsburg recovering from a fall from his horse while going on a sick call. He is recovering. There are many changes at the Seminary. Ingoldsby, Brady, Futterer and McNamara have left. O'Neill has gone to Frederick for orders. There are new men. The building is being changed. He lists the various changes. Miss Virginia Morgan who had become a Sister of Charity has died of consumption. He has packed McFarland's...

Scope and Contents Clark acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 12 with a check for $72.49 for the board, and tuition of John, the son of Catherine Keegan. He encloses the receipt no enclosure. They will be happy to have a visit from McFarland any time he can come, the sooner the better. Clark should have visited McFarland at Providence but he has been absent a good deal in Boston and Philadelphia. They have 106 or 107 boys, two from Lima, South America. All the Fathers ask to be remembered. :: I-1-b A.L.S....

Scope and Contents He explains why he has been so long in answering McFarland's letter of Oct. 11. He knows that McFarland is not a good beggar but he is a good financier. He finds former students of the Mountain in the vicinity, Father Charles John McCallion, Brady, Keene. William Burke is dead, and Clarke attended his funeral in Harrisburg. He hopes that he will become a Jesuit. Mr. Young will soon finish his novitiate. John Clemson has become a Catholic. William Tehan is still at Georgetown. Lt. Curd died....

Scope and Contents He answers McFarland's of April 8. Bishop John McCloskey and Father John J. Conroy were there last month. Clark was pleased to see Conroy who has not changed except that he was more fleshy than at the Mount. He is coming back to Holy Cross College in the summer. Clark hears of the Mountain through the students. Mr. Kenna left them, he thinks, for ordination. They lost Father Philip B. Sacchi . He says McFarland has a wrong impression of the Jesuits when he regrets that they did not devote...

Scope and Contents Clark should have answered McFarland's letter sooner but he did not receive an answer to the letter he wrote three years ago. Clark would have been pleased if McFarland would have joined the Jesuits, but he has a large field for his endeavors. He is on his way to Holy Cross College, Worcester. He has come this way to spend some time with his parents, reaching the college about Sept. 1. Classes begin September 15. Two of his sisters have become Catholics. Mount Saint Mary's is as usual. Baker...

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A Young Men's Catholic Association is being organized and Clark is trying to find by laws suitable for the organization which is for literary debating and social friendship. All of its members will be Catholics. Clark is anxious to produce a constitution different to any other in the city. Anything that Hudson can give them will be appreciated. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Clarke is a sister of Father Richard F. Clarke, S.J. She was delighted to lend the sheets of her Life of St. Francis di Geronimo to Ellis Schreiber in order that he might find in them something for the Ave Maria. Father Clarke is now at Treves. He sent material for an article the first part of which Clarke will post in a few days. Clarke sends Hudson some pictures she received from Treves. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Clarke wants to know why Hudson did not inform him of his intentions two weeks ago. He tells Hudson that address was signed and shipped to their representative in Rome, who is to present it in person to the Holy Father on Feb. 20. They would have been delighted to have had Father Bigelow and Hudson join them but they did not send invitations to anyone special. The printing was done in Cincinnati and is the most handsome piece of typography ever issued, costing $285.00 for 25 copies....

Scope and Contents While looking through his files he found a letter addressed to Hudson that was never mailed. It was written in reply to Hudson's letter stating that he had sent Clarke different views of the ruins of Notre Dame . He sends a check for $8.00 and Miss Maggie Carroll, $5.00 for two years of the Ave Maria, and the other $3.00 is toward the rebuilding of Notre Dame. He tells Hudson that they may get Father T.P. Thorpe, of Cleveland, as Bishop and he is praying that it will be confirmed by the...

Scope and Contents He thanks Hudson for the favors and hopes to repay him someday. He has received a letter from Hudson's secretary regarding Miss Teresa Handly of Tiffin, who paid her Ave Maria subscription with a postal order. He has left newspaper life for two months to take some time to enter into himself before his ordination during the Christmas Ember days. Some of the students are on a retreat preparatory to ordination in Cincinnati, but he did not get his release from the Columbian in time so will...

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He arrived a short time since from the University of Notre Dame to settle the piece of property which was deeded to him by Father William Whelan and was later transferred to Mr. Gorth. When he arrived in Buffalo he called for the deed and he was directed to McFarland. He asks that the deed be forwarded to him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Clarke requests an order be filled. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Clarke thanks Hudson for the kind notices of his books and the books Hudson sent his daughter. Clarke has read "The Lepers of Molokai" and found it touching. He is unable to accept Hudson's invitation to visit Notre Dame. His work has been assailed by the Nation and the New York Evening Post. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Clarke sends Hudson a copy of the "Special Report on Industrial and High Art Education in the United States" made by Clarke to the Commissioner of Education at the request of the Senate. He sends it because of Hudson's interest in education and to thank Hudson for publishing his daughter's poem which was submitted by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She does not feel she is a stranger to Hudson because she is the niece of Mrs. Fitzgerald and the daughter of Richard H. Clarke, L.L.D. She asks for Mrs. Fannie E. Pequette's Piquette address in Washington and Miss Maude Perley Purly's, who she understands married a man from South Bend Indiana and is living there. Her father hopes Hudson will favor them with a visit when he again comes to New York. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2 pp. 16mo.

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Some representative of the Congregation of Holy Cross ought to be on the Catholic Historical Society. Hudson is asked to send a copy of an address by the Bishop Blasius Enciso of Linares and any other similar historical pamphlets. Professor James F. Edwards suggests that Hudson might send a copy of Bishop Celestine Hailandiere 's letter giving an account of his life. The Catholic Historical Society will gratefully receive any duplicate books or pamphlets. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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He asks Hudson to send him a few vials of "Water of Lourdes." He has many applications for it from people in his missions. He sends thanks for all past kindnesses and best wishes to all his friends at Notre Dame. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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The New York Committee having in charge the movement for erecting a bronze statue to the late Dr. Oretes A. Brownson have requested Clarke to ask Brownson for a list of the subscribers to Brownson's Review an to his Works, with the view of sending to such subscribers the appeal in behalf of the Brownson Memorial Will Brownson kindly aid the Memorial with this assistance? :: III-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Is Father J. Rese, C.S.C., of Hudson's community, a relative of the late Bishop Frederick Rese of Detroit? If Father Rese is a nephew of the bishop, Clarke will write him as he is thinking of writing volume 3 of the Lives of the American Bishops. If there is no copy of the 2 volumes since the burning of the building and library, Clarke will present one to the University. Father Peter Paul Cooney, C.S.C., dined with them at Morristown on Christmas day. A Pencilled note on the letter:...

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The books have been sent as suggested to the University. A suggestion is made for correcting the "Life of Bishop Hailandiere." :: X-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Clarke thanks the Committee on papers to be read at the Catholic Congress in November for the honor they have conferred on him in selecting him to read the historical paper on "What the Catholics have done in the last 100 years." The could have selected a more competent one for this task, but regarding it as a duty of the laity to cooperate in this good work, deferring to the judgment of those clothed with the selection and with a will to do his best, Clarke accepts the invitation and thanks...

Scope and Contents The success accomplished towards the erection of a statue to Orestes A. Brownson is such as to warrant the hope of seeing it standing in Central Park. Clarke has arranged for two lectures here in November by Eliza Allen Starr of Chicago, which with what is in the Treasury will complete New York's quota towards the fund. Clarke inquires whether Brownson or any of Dr. Brownson's family possesses a bust or statue of any kind, or cast of his face, or picture of any kind taken from life, which...

Scope and Contents Clarke thanks Brownson for the information and suggestions contained in his letter of the 11th and will try to fix Eliza Allen Starr's lectures either before or after the Carroll Centennial. Archbishop William H. Gross informed him that the Catholic Lay Congress would assemble the week before the ecclesiastical celebration, November 4th. He would like information as to dates, so that he can arrange the time of the lectures, and since Miss Starr will be his guest she may also wish to attend...

Scope and Contents Having received information fixing the dates of the celebrations at Baltimore and Washington, Clarke postponed Eliza Allen Starr's lectures so as to follow those dates. He sends Brownson a copy of the Catholic News containing and article on the centenary and Congress, in which it is suggested that the Catholic societies in the U. S. send delegations to the Congress. There is great danger of the Congress becoming unwieldy if this is done, as Catholic societies are not counted by thousands,...

Scope and Contents Having taken up his residence for the summer at Long Branch, Brownson's letter as Chairman of Committee was a day or two late in reaching Clarke. He sends his answer herewith. He would like to know what subjects have been chosen for papers, who have been selected to prepare them, and whether any paper will relate to the colonial period or the work of Catholics prior to the 100 years. If Clarke understands Brownson's remarks, while the work of Catholics in literature, science and art is not...

Scope and Contents Clarke was ready with his paper for the Catholic Congress at the appointed time, but the typewriter has delayed it a day. He encloses it herewith. He prepared it during a period of severe prostration and sickness and found it took a great deal of time because he had frequently to consume a considerable time in looking up a date or a correct name. While he does not feel well pleased with it-as he generally feels a little admiration for what he writes-still after so much time and labor he...

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Clarke thanks Brownson for his kind letters on his paper for the Congress and on the lecture for Eliza Allen Starr. In regard to the letter a more direct and satisfactory arrangement could be arrived at by a personal correspondence between Brownson and her. The two lectures here will take place November 18 and 21 and she is paid a fixed price for them, and Brownson and she can make their own arrangements. :: III-3-c A.L.S. 1 p. 12 mo.

Scope and Contents Clarke would like to be informed of the order of proceedings at the Congress, when his paper will be reached, how those having papers will report, and to whom, at the Hall, whether they will have seats on the platform, and such information as Brownson may possess; also how seats at the Sunday celebration at the Cathedral can be procured. He has almost lost his voice from illness. What shall be do in case his voice fails—get some one to read the paper for him? He finds the delegates here, who...

Scope and Contents Clarke asks for copies, and the bill, for Brownson's translation of the "Life of Columbus" and his pamphlet on Masonry. He notices that Brownson is his own publisher—a good thing to keep clear of publishers— and would like to know how he has succeeded in publishing and selling the works himself. There will be organized here, March 16, the Society of American Authors, embracing the best authors in American literature. Brownson is invited to attend. Clarke is going to take an active part in it...