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On last Sunday, Nov. 15, there was a meeting in the church of Wyandotte to talk up the building of a Catholic school in that village. It was stated that neither the bishop nor the pastor had anything to do with it. De Preiter told the meeting very kindly that it was against the rule of the diocese. De Preiter asks Lefevere what rule he is to follow in the matter so he can instruct the people the following Sunday. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Yesterday, Sunday, De Preiter had a visit with Captain _____ Ward of Detroit who gave a lot for the church. De Preiter asks Lefevere to come this week to judge its suitability. The Catholics want to build and will expect Lefevere in order to receive his rules. The collection prescribed for Whitsunday has been made. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Concerning building their church a committee, Russell, Murphy, and Marcke, has been appointed by the congregation, they are very suspicious, will not give him their regulations but will take them to Lefevere. The congregation says they should first go to their pastor; if he disapproves, he should consult the bishop, all the different nations are very well united; so the wishes of the people are that money should go to the pastor so nothing be lost. He asks Lefevere to tell the committee to...

Scope and Contents Some rascal from Detroit asked De Preiter for money. When he refused he has threatened with accusation in the Detroit papers for bad transactions. As De Preiter next week is going to visit sick persons for their Easter duty he will have no time to read papers; if anything comes up he hopes Lefevere will vindicate him. All is right in his mission, the church will be built. If its committee visits him would Lefevere suggest a brick building with slate and copper cover. Since the great fire...

Scope and Contents After reading Lefevere's letters, De Preiter thinks Lefevere has been misinformed. De Preiter had spoken to Father Peter Andre the first time he saw him that he would give him all that was necessary for the altar, and before Lefevere's first letter, De Preiter had given him all that was required to say Mass and told him with a little patience he would have all that was necessary; he told the same to Arche Campeau. He also told a man in Ecorse Wayne Co. if he should come to Wyandotte this...

Scope and Contents McMaster is to disregard the personal attacks on himself by the "Irish World ." McMaster should show up the false Catholicity of those on that paper. Catholics will always prefer Charles VI to Garibaldi, despite statements of the "Irish World". Father Dieleman, pastor in Salem, Oregon will pay for his subscription. De Roo tells of a statement in April copy of the M. E. Church's "Missionary Advocate", on page 57. The Statement concerned a Catholic priest Alcerte Varma, pastor of the...

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Sr. De Sales sends some pictures of Our Lady with an Oleograph of the same in the hope that Hudson will find one suitable for a design. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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De Vere thanks Hudson for the copy of "A Troubled Heart". An article in the Catholic World describes quite well the evils in which the world is immersed. These evils according to de Vere impede conversions to the Catholic Church. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 6pp. 32mo.

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The sonnets are returned corrected for publication. :: X-3-f A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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De Vere inquires if Hudson received his latest volume of poetry entitled "Legends and Records of the Church and Empire". He would like to send a copy of it to William F. Dennehy, who reviewed his poetry in the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents DeVere thanks Hudson for sending him 2 numbers of the Ave Maria. He encloses a few poems that Hudson may use if he wishes, for he is always glad to aid in furthering the holy cause for which the Ave Maria has been established. But he has few poems with him, except such as have already appeared on his side of the Atlantic. Because he has found that mistakes invariably occur in the printing of poetry, he asks for three copies of each proof to be sent him. He will return the proofs...

Scope and Contents Conforming to the instructions in Rese's letter of May 28, concerning the alms collected in Sardinia, they have made a copy of his letter for Father Reynaud and kept a copy for their own use in reference to the necessary steps that may be necessary in Turin to secure the sums of which there is question for the treasury of the Association of the Propagation. The answer that was made to them forced them to have recourse to Rese. This response was in effect what they presumed. Some have refused...

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Father DeVilas asks that McMaster insert under the name "Amicus veritalis" the Freeman's Journal concerning the Bishop in one of the dioceses of North America has ordered all priests to attend a Retreat which will not end until Sunday night. Thus there will be no priest in many missions to say mass on Sunday. He wishes to know if the Bishop is justified in doing this, and if there is any precedent in the whole history of the Church to justify his action? :: I-1-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mary De-Vlegher sends in $1.80 for the benefit of the Indian Missions and says the four bands of her school will send in regular dues and say the necessary prayers. The bands are busy headed by Katie Kennedy, Annie Owens, Mary Quill and herself. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents De Vries has been allowed to say Mass again and that they are trying to assure him in Rome that his Bishop William McCloskey will gladly receive him again with a parish as good as his former one. They would not put this into writing and, so far, De Vries has not committed himself about returning. His book is to be published in a few days and he sends a copy of its introduction to McMaster. The Cardinals are anxious about American affairs but Franche is a rascal and keeps everything to...

Scope and Contents He encloses a letter from a priest of the Diocese of Bois-le-duc, Father William DeBevere who has determined to come to this country; he was a fellow-student of De Vries and of Father Remigius Van Der Heiden of Lefevere's diocese. He is gifted with fair talents, but has a tongue inclined to lisping. De Vries proffered him his humble hospitality until he could acquire a sufficient knowledge of the language. His bishop and the president of the theological seminary had advised him to go to...

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De Wolf requests Hudson publish Bishop Joseph Dwenger 's pastoral "Secret Societies of Capital and Labor" in the Ave Maria. It recently appeared in the Catholic Review. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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He introduces the bearer John McGee, a former student in the College and a deserving young man. He will inform McMaster of the object of his visit and Dealy is sure McMaster will do all he can to assit McGee. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Antonius Kohlman was born June 28, 1771; entered the Society of Jesus, June 21, 1805; obtained his degree November 21, 1812. There exists at Georgetown College a little pamphlet containing his necrology, written by a Dominican, Father Theiner, who was converted some years ago in Rome by Kohlman. The pamphlet is being sent to Dealy and he will send it to Bayley. :: II-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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He asks that Otis call James Alphonsus McMaster's attention to the fact of their Annual Retreat, in which Otis has been interested. There are hundreds of Catholic gentlemen in New York who should be making these spiritual exercises and who would benefit by them. They need a good stirring up from some one and made to take a greater interest in Catholic affairs. In the McMaster papers :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Sermon by Father Dealy: "The knowledge of Jesus Christ." Blessed are the Sufferers. Lessons from the Life of Our Lord. Crowning the Virgin. Interesting ceremonies at St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception, Brooklyn. Church of the Holy Cross - Sermon on the unselfishness of Christ and the power of prayer - Father Charles McCready. St. Patrick's Cathedral - sermon on prayer - Father Hogan :: I-1-e Newspaper Clipping 2 columns folio

Scope and Contents A few days before Lefevere left for the national Council at Baltimore, Deare and Oliver Belaire were chosen by the congregation of St. Ann's Parish Detroit to be members of a corporation to take charge of the St. Anthony's Male Orphan Asylum, Detroit which, on Lefevere's return, would be organized. Not having heard from any of the other members who he presumes have been appointed from other congregations, Deare asks for information. He is ready to obey Lefevere's orders or instructions if he...

Scope and Contents DeBruycker has McFarland's letter concerning Father O'Reilly 's account with the Willimantic church but has had no time yet to look into the accounts. He expects to leave Monday next but will do anything the Bishop wants before. He wrote to Peter Sheahan, Assumption, that the Bishop will pay what he intended to pay in Montreal College but not anything else. Considering the generosity of his brother in Baltic, DeBruycker will pay the rest himself. He hopes that McFarland has revived from the...

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McFarland will see by the contents of the letter of Bishop, Larocque that no help for their French is to be expected from those quarters. He suggests that McFarland ask Father John DeNeve to send another Belgian priest whom McFarland might place in Putnam., DeBruycker will try to pay off the Baltic debts and prepare that place for Father Eugene Vygen if McFarland approves of the plan to make a mission of Baltic, Jewett City and Eagleville. ` A.L.S. 1p. ` On the same paper:

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He takes the liberty of writing that his son asks that the pension of Thomas Broderick be charged to the Bishop of Hartford at the College of St. Nicholas. He encloses the bill for the first and second terms no enclosure. A.L.S. French 1p. :: I-1-c A.L.S. English and French 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents DeBruyn sends Rese a makak of sugar of the best Indian quality which was prepared especially for himself. He sends two other smaller ones for Father Francis Vincent Badin and Van de Poel. In his previous letter he had said that the union was not broken here, but it now remains true that the death stroke has been given to all these missions. The moment that they brought in Augustine Hamelin there was a schism. One chief and several families have gone to Canada. But what is worse they have...

Scope and Contents New things succeed new things until all is destroyed. Probably their Indian agreement will not obtain the sanction of the Senate, and so the Indians will, within 20 days, meet at Mackinac where it will be proposed that they, after 50 days, depart from the territory. If Rese knows anything better to be done in his name or that of DeBruyn, he should write immediately as this matter will not be settled in a day. He asks that Rese decide something positively about Father Francis Pierz whose...

Scope and Contents In sending him there the Bishop wanted him to be on his guard but the moment he got in the canoe he noted that the girl had a sympathetic interest in the young man to which he could not be insensible. Things may happen while he is busy with his interpreter hearing confessions. He cannot be charged with the consequences. By a fatal accident Father Francis Pierz having returned from Saulte to Mackinac, being unable to go farther, has returned to Arbre Croche by way of Cheboygan. DeBruyn thinks...

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Foreseeing that he cannot have an answer from Rese for some time but not wanting the government agents to be able to say he had not made his claims in time he will give Mr. Henry Schoolcraft the enclosed letter tomorrow. He adds a copy of his letter in duplicate as follows:

Scope and Contents Seeing that it will be some time before he will hear from Bishop Rese, DeBruyn asks Schoolcraft to consider his letter of August 26 in which he made application for the just shares to which the late Indian treaty entitles the Bishop for his religious denomination. For Schoolcraft and on the part of the Bishop, he sends a memorandum listing the claims. He mentions: 1. Arbre Croche, 2. LaCroix, 3. Grand River, 4. St. Mary's Falls, although at present without a priest, 5. Port of the Lake...