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Condon wishes that Hudson would come to see him instead of going to Detroit. Father William Corby advised Condon to invite Hudson to Watertown. They were not aware that Father Daniel Spillard was sick. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Enclosed is $10 from Mrs. E. Johnson in payment for several subscriptions to the Ave Maria. Condon is pleased to learn that Father William Corby, C.S.C., and Hudson are well. Condon would like to know what Hudson thinks about the changes in general and about the new Missionary Corps. He hopes Father Peter Franciscus, C.S.C., will not come to live at Watertown. It seems to be hard to please the gentlemen at the novitiate. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Frank McKearnan sends the enclosed money order for a subscription to the Ave Maria. Congiato thanks Hudson for the copy of the book "Glimpses of the Supernatural". :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She was disappointed at not seeing McMaster the first of May. She had just returned from New Orleans and had much to inquire about. She asks for a letter of introduction to Charles O'Connor who is at Saratoga every summer. She does not court personal compliments, but wants him to understand that she is a convert, the wife of the President of Syracuse and Oswego R.R., and sister in law of Judge Allen, Court of Appeals, former State Recorder. She has her reasons for wanting this and shall...

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Conklin acknowledges the receipt of a book. :: X-3-f A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents He lost no time in laying McMaster's letter of Feb. 26 before the First Assistant Post Master General who has furnished the enclosed copy of a letter addressed to William B. Taylor, Post Master at New York. Mr. John Adam Kasson's reply to McMaster's propositions was that the Department could not comply with such conditions. The only terms upon which McMaster can be permitted to enjoy the facilities for distributing the Freeman's Journal are those set forth in the enclosed letter. ::...

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Conlan is grieved he cannot give a very favorable account of Father John B. O'Connor . O'Connor was received into Cleveland diocese by Bishop Amadeus Rappe after being dismissed by the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Michael O'Connor , by whom he was ordained. He began to relapse into his old habit of drinking. Lefevere might place O'Connor with a well-tried priest; it would be a great charity to do so. In other respects O'Connor is a very amiable person. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He encloses $6. For the past ten years he has taken the Journal. The Irish World was went him for two years but it has not appeared on his desk. Bishop Baltes may know Ford, but for him to put the Journal on the same level as the Irish World is at least incorrect. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Gonley thanks Brownson for the two excellent lectures on anthropology by Father Thomas A. Hughes, S.J., which he sent him; he would like to see the lectures on biology. The lecturer has made good use of the doctrine of reversion of varieties to the original species. This doctrine is admitted by those who assert that man was evolved from the ape, but they have failed to give an example of man's reverting to the original apish type. It is more likely that the offspring of the original human...

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He was personally unknown to McMaster but he tenders him his deepest sympathy. He reminds McMaster that both faith and fortitude are required to meet such a sad affliction and the best consolation is, "Blessed are those who die in the Lord". As soon as he is able to say Mass he will not forget Mrs. McMaster at the Altar. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Connelly sends McMaster $2.00 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. He names the 5 contributors of the money, all members of St. Mary's Choir. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 8 vo

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Connelly, in answer to Hudson's request, sent two copies of the Catholic Mirror for June 4. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Connelly sends $50 which he has collected since leaving Bay City. Since the action of Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes, of Alton, Illinois has been publicized, Connelly has been asked by many subscribers to express their sympathy. Everyone condemns the action. One German priest who Connelly mentioned the matter to, referring to it as a mistake on the part of Baltes, exclaimed that "mistake" was a charitable word and that "gross stupidity" would better express it. The readers of the Journal...

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The Household Library of Ireland's Poets; an advertising leaflet containing notices of the book. In the papers of Father Daniel E. Hudson. :: X-3-f Printed leaflet 3pp. 8vo.

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Connolly sends The Household Library of Ireland's Poets. He hopes that it will merit a notice in the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Connolly is a student in the seminary, and encloses an article which he wishes McMaster to publish. He is compelled to have recourse to this means, as the system of teaching in use here in the seminary. He takes this means of justifying Maynooth, or at least of giving other an opportunity of defending it against the prejudices of German doctors who never lose a chance of making anything outside of Germany a butt. He does this from his sense of duty and honor as a theologian, and asks...

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Connolly remarks that no notice has been made of his letter concerning "Jansenism in Maynooth", in the Freeman's Journal. He is satisfied if McMaster felt the article not worthy of notice, but would like to know if the letter reached him, or if it was intercepted here the seminary. He wishes to know if the article has been received and if McMaster thinks it worthy of insertion. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He asks if McMaster can print 5000 copies of an enclosure, sending the proof to Mr. Cady, Clerk of Arrears at the office of the Comptroller. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He was sorry to hear of McMaster's illness and hopes for a speedy recovery. McMaster should not consider this an intrusion, for though only slightly acquainted personally, he has know McMaster well through the columns of the Freeman for many years. He wishes McMaster a happy Christmas and many happy returns. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Connor ? asks McMaster to send him a book he had mentioned. The writer's purpose is to obtain information on Monsignor Pacca, and Monsignors Vitaleski, Randi, Nino Simoni, Antui Mattei. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Conolly has received the Ave Maria, money order and letter from Hudson. He has mailed their last years volume containing all their published numbers and will appreciate any notice in the Ave Maria. He returns the $3 Hudson sent and will try to make known the Ave Maria. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 1 p. 8vo

Scope and Contents Conrardy makes Henry's acquaintance through Miss Ruth ? Elbers ? . He would have been happy to have known Henry's illustrious father, Orestes A. Brownson . Conrardy had heard of Brownson before he had come to this country and had known that he was a convert. Conrardy had read the "Convert" and the "American Republic" but has been unable to procure the Review. He will ask Archbishop Francis N. Blanchet of Oregon but if Henry has some numbers he can spare, Conrardy would greatly appreciate...

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Bishop Conroy will receive McMaster on the coming Friday or Saturday at any time McMaster wishes to appoint. He is staying for the present at St. Joseph's Presbytery in order to be near his former Pupils who are pastors in that parish and in surrounding parishes. He intends to leave for the South after the coming Tuesday and then to spend several weeks in New York upon his return from the Southern and Western States. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Miss Conroy reads the "Ave Maria" constantly. Sister Agnes advised her to send the enclosed lines to Hudson. She has never sent her work for publication before. The only time she has the inspiration to write is on "Feasts of Our Lady" or "Our Lord." P.S. She will pray for blessings on the "Ave Maria." :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 16 mo

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Mrs. Conroy sends McMaster $10.80 as mission dues from 2 groups to aid the Indian Missions. She names the 30 contributors of the money. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo.

Scope and Contents It has been the custom of bishops having business with the Sacred Congregation to send the matter directly to the Sacred Congregation. However the custom has grown up of sending these matters through proxies, sometimes of private men; and this the Fathers of the Sacred Congregation do not approve. Hereafter, all business with the Sacred Congregation-doubts, recourses and similar business must be sent directly to the sacred congregation. The Cardinal is sure that Fenwick will follow these...

Scope and Contents Considine encloses $60 for thirty subscribers to the Journal, whose names are enclosed. He has not been a subscriber before, but an occasional reader and always an admirer of the paper and its editor. He feels that the Freeman deserves well of the friends of Truth everywhere, and it is his fervent wish that McMaster may be spared for many years to come so that he may continue to do battle in the cause of Truth and justice, and that he may be found as in the past, among the foremost...

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Considine encloses $2.00 from a few wearers of the scapular. He asks that the name of Bridget Talty, whose mind is disordered, be mentioned and recommended to the prayers of the Sisters. He recommends McMaster on his good work. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The writer sends $2.00, and says he would have sent it before, only he thought he could collect more. The sum he sends was collected from poor people in small amounts. He requests prayers for the cold Catholics in Leadville. He does not want the contribution acknowledged. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The writer has just finished reading the Oratorian edition of the "Life of St. Philip Benize", and would like to know more about the Servite Order. He has looked through the Catholic Publishers catalogs and found no work on the subject, so he asks McMaster for information about them, if they are established in the United States, and where. He would also like information regarding the saints and fathers of the order. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.