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Scope and Contents Mr. Girardin, who is returning to Detroit, is bringing this letter. Nothing of importance has happened since the bishop's visit except the conversion of Thomas Ermintinger . The Ursuline Manual which Menet had given his daughter, Mrs. Catherine Styles, was the cause of the conversion. Menet would like to have more copies of this excellent prayer book. Father M.S.V. Hanipaux has been with Menet since October and is devoting himself to the Indians. He will be a great help for the retreat and...

Scope and Contents Sheldon McKnight is leaving for Detroit and will willingly undertake any commission for Lefevere. Menet forgot to tell Lefevere that last fall he received a letter from an agent of the Hudson's Bay Company written by the chief of the savages at Fort William Ontario, Canada, asking him to write to the Bishop of Toronto that the Jesuits should establish a house, not at Grand Portage, Michigan but at Fort William . The chief outlined the reasons for the preference. Menet sees clearly whence the...

Scope and Contents Menet writes to give an account of the mission and to consult Lefevere about some cases which he foresees he will have to solve. When Lefevere comes to visit he will see for himself whether Menet has used his money to advantage. All is not finished as yet. The old presbytery being no longer inhabited, Menet has been busy enlarging the church. He has had a lean-to made, one part to be used as a sacristy and the other part as a school and a warming room. The part joined to the church has...

Scope and Contents Menet heard last fall that Lefevere intended to visit Sault but since he had no official notices, he thought Lefevere had put off the visit until this year. If the bishop intends to come Menet would like to know in time to prepare his people for confirmation. Not having the regulations for Lent he has followed those of the two preceding years. A temperance society has been formed recently at Sault by three persons, Doctor Petit, who is a Quaker, a Presbyterian minister, and a Catholic. They...

Scope and Contents Menet has Lefevere's letter with the documents relative to the ownership of the church at Sault. He has spoken to Peter B. Barbeau who said that it was one of the most secure ownerships in the place. When Mr. Drew lodged a complaint against the officer at Fort Brady he won and made the officer pay the costs and a considerable fine. However, the Fort remained in possession of the site illegally occupied. Menet has just finished the pews in the church and made a deal with the same workman for...

Scope and Contents Menet has just received Lefevere's letter of July 12. He has sent back to Mr. Peter B. Barbeau the draft for Father Frederic Baraga after endorsing it. Menet sends Lefevere the signature of Brother Lacoste, S.J. . Menet has always received the money of the school but he will not forget to let Lefevere know. As for the mixed marriages, Menet has never allowed them without conforming to the demands of the Papal brief. If there is a new decree from Rome equivalent to an absolute impediment,...

Scope and Contents Menet writes about the church land. No one entered the claim in Washington. They remain provisionally enclosed in the military reserve but subject to expropriation. They have already lost two sites, one occupied by the late Mr. Johnston, the other in the Indian reserve which will disappear with the construction of the canal. The title of their church was recognized as valid in 1823 and goes back to 1796. Two years ago Menet wrote to ask if Lefevere would authorize a community of religious at...

Scope and Contents Menet has already written to inform Lefevere that the commissioners of the government have received orders not to take up the claim of the Catholic Church. The commander at Fort Brady, Michigan came to see Menet twice to tell him that he intended to take possession of a piece of land opposite the church to use for the garrison, and later more could be taken without indemnity. Thus the Catholics would be forced out of the American side and the missionaries would have to withdraw to the...

Scope and Contents Menet has just received Lefevere's letter of April 26, saying Lefevere has received his letter of March 9, but it said nothing about what Menet wrote not long ago, and was mailed by the first steamer, the Albany arriving here. He would be mortified if this letter had not reached Lefevere, but perhaps he already has it. Moreover, Father August Kohler, S.J. who leaves for Europe, will see Lefevere on his passing through Detroit, and more, Mr. Barbeau has written Lefevere. As to the draft which...

Scope and Contents The petition asked by Lefevere has been drawn up and sent. Attorney Cook drew it up and aided greatly in procuring the signatures. Cook also wrote to Robert McClelland whom he knows. Placidus Ord has asked Menet to tell Lefevere that his father is also a college friend of the Secretary of the Interior. The commandant at Fort Brady has not talked to him again so Menet does not know if he has received any orders about the claim of the Church. Menet learned from the Superior that Mother Marie...

Scope and Contents Mr. McGregor leaves today for Detroit and Menet takes the opportunity to write. Up to now Menet has applied to Lefevere to draw the money for Brother Lacoste's S.J. school. On his trip to Detroit last September Menet asked Lefevere to give the $100 for the second semester 1853 to Mr. Palms to whom Menet was indebted. May he apply to Lefevere for the first semester of 1854 or shall he await the return of Bishop Frederic Baraga . He sends the signature of Brother Lacoste. For a year building...

Scope and Contents Menet answers. 1. That the men working on the church ground acted under his direction. 2. He acted under a purchase of said property by the Bishop of Detroit Bishop Frederick Rese more than 15 years ago, who, when he appointed Menet as pastor of the Catholic Congregation of Sault Ste. Marie, entrusted to his care the property of the congregation. What he has done is no more than what every one of his predecessors would have done. He is aware that said lot is in the plan recently made by...

Scope and Contents Menet wished to tell Wilkins that he had no right over the land. But Mr. Ord told him to do no more than answer the questions. Brother Lacoste brought the above answer to Wilkins, who, after he had read the letter said it was a very satisfactory answer. He then spoke with great respect for Lefevere and said that he was a Catholic and that he intends to pay Lefevere a visit, but Menet will be very glad when the church property is more secure. Lefevere knows about this matter and can judge...

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Frequently Menet meets with circumstances in the mission entrusted to him which force him to inform Lefevere as soon as possible. Such is the following letter which he copies.

Scope and Contents Since 1886 he has been building a presbytery, schools and churches. Since his contributions have ended he asks for help in America. This idea would never have come to mind if he had not read the Ave Maria. Meneuvrier asks Hudson to publicize his cause in the Ave Maria. If Hudson wishes to help him, Meneuvrier asks him to write either to him, or Monsignor Gasnier, the Vicar Apostolic of the Malayan Penninsula, or to the Superior of the Foreign Mission Seminary. Signature certified by A...

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The Brownson Review would be of more value to Edwards than to them, but Menill has no authority to dispose of any volume not a duplicate. :: XI-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Francois Morsard lived in Blanc's diocese for 10 years; he was a butcher. He has returned to his family and wants to marry soon. Menjaud asks for certificates to prove he is single. He left America at the beginning of the present year and arrived in France last May. His future wife is Madeleine Trouel, daughter of Nicole Trouel who was also a butcher in New Orleans and now lives in the Nancy diocese. :: V-5-j A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents He apologizes for his long silence, but has heard of Purcell's activities through his letters to Father Silas M. Chatard. Menke took a five week trip last vacation and saw the Passion Play at Ober-Ammergan, and passed through Einsiedeln. In Rome things are in the condition in which the breach of Porta Pia left them. The government ventured to confiscate the ancient church of San Vitale and the convent. The Cardinal Vicar protested and the property was immediately restored. An American lady,...

Scope and Contents In reply to the questions asked by Purcell in his letter of Apr. 7, Menke will pass his examinations according to Purcell's wish and the advice of Father Silas M. Chatard. Chatard has advised him to remain another year in Rome, but the answer rests with Purcell. If Purcell desires him to return, he will arrive about the first of August, as he wishes to pass through Germany and visit his relatives. On Mar. 7 they celebrated the Month's Mind of Archbishop Martin John Spalding of Baltimore....

Scope and Contents Menke wrote to Purcell April 10 informing him of his ordination. They received his answer to Mr. HenryMoeller's letter. He sent the Pope's Encyclical on the Guarantees with a note giving all the information received from Signor Fabri concerning Purcell's cases. The vessel has been detained by the war but should be nearing New York now if it is not already there. He received the album of the Bishops of the Council from Signor Senglorne. Purcell paid Senglorne sixty francs last year in...

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A document attesting the authenticity of a relic of St. Stanislaus Kostka. Signed by Dominic Conseptabile as secretary. In the Vincentian Papers. :: IV-3-i D.S. Latin 1p. folio, 1

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The enclosed note from Messrs. Sadlier Co. explains why Menton addresses Brownson. The Brownson Library Library Ass'n is named after the late Orestes A. Brownson, and it wishes to procure a photograph of him in any size, since it will have suitable copies of it made. A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. Enclosure:

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A bill for $55.40 for drugs from the Rulh Pharmacy from March 3, 1953 through September 30. . Chevalier receipts the bill on January 14, 1854. :: VI-1-f Bill French 4pp. folio

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A receipted bill for $100.45 for drugs. Signed for Mercenier by L.D. Jaham ?. :: VI-1-o Bill French 5pp. folio

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She permits her servant Bequi to baptize her son Leopold, 4 years old. :: V-5-c A. Note S. French 2pp. 32mo.

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After submitting a subscription for the Ave Maria, Mercho describes the life and death of her daughter. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Bill for $27 for various items of clothing bought by Raymond for Father Francis Rougé :: VI-2-o A.D. 1p. 12mo.

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Carroil as a statement'- a paper by Mercier. (Among the papers of William J. Onahan on the American Congress, Baltimore, Maryland.)

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'Carroil as a statement'- a paper by Mercier. Among the papers of William J. Onahan on the American Congress, Baltimore, Maryland. :: IX-1-b Typed D. 40pp. 4to.

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They ha ve a mitre that was used by Bishop Michael O'Connor of Pittsburg and is more tha n 50 years old. If it is of any use to Edwards they will send it. :: XI-1-k A.L.S. 1p.