James Roosevelt Bayley papers, 1836-1872 ADN 0002.001

Papers of James Roosevelt Bayley, the first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey.

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spellingShingle	James Roosevelt Bayley papers, 1836-1872 ADN 0002.001 Catholic Church--Pastoral letters and charges. Catholic converts--New Jersey. Catholics--Newark (N.J.)--History Bayley, James Roosevelt, 1814-1877 Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel, 1779-1839 Hughes, John, 1797-1864 Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1796-1863 Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Baltimore (Md.). Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.). Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.)--History. Seton Hall University - History - Sources.
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spelling	ADN0002-001 James Roosevelt Bayley papers, 1836-1872 ADN 0002.001 Finding aid prepared by M. Kenny The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center Walsh Library, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-09-24T11:45-0400 Finding aid written in English. Rules for Archival Description James Roosevelt Bayley papers ADN 0002.001 The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center 8.0 Linear feet 25 boxes 1836-1872 Papers of James Roosevelt Bayley, the first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. Bayley, James Roosevelt, 1814-1877 Biographical Information James Roosevelt Bayley, son of Guy Carleton and Grace Roosevelt Bayley and nephew of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Newark's first Roman Catholic Bishop was born at Rye, New York, on August 23rd, 1814. Descended from prominent New York physicians, and raised in a devout Episcopal household, James Roosevelt Bayley alternately planned careers in medicine and religion. Upon his 1835 graduation from Washington (now Trinity) College, however, Bayley chose the ministry and began studying under Middletown, Connecticut clergyman Dr. Samuel Farmar Jarvis in 1836. In October 1840, he was ordained and appointed rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Harlem. Bayley soon began entertaining doubts concerning the Episcopal Church's validity, however. A trip to Europe and study in Rome increased his uncertainties, and on April 28, 1842, Bayley converted to Catholicism. He began preparing for the priesthood at Paris' St. Sulpice Seminary and, upon returning to New York, was ordained by Archbishop John Hughes on March 2, 1844. Hughes appointed Bayley Vice President and Professor of Rhetoric at St. John's College, Fordham (the Diocesan seminary), and the newly ordained convert assumed the acting president's post in 1845. Bayley was named pastor of the New Brighton, Staten Island Church in June 1846, and six months later he became secretary to Archbishop Hughes. When the Holy See erected the Diocese of Newark on July 29, 1853 (thus severing northern New Jersey from the New York Diocese and southern New Jersey from the Diocese of Philadelphia), Bayley was consecrated its first Bishop. He served in Newark until 1872, when he received a promotion to Baltimore's Arch-Episcopal See. Ill health forced him to seek a coadjutor (James Gibbons) in 1877, and Bayley returned to Newark, where he died on October 3 of that year. More detailed biographical information might be obtained by consulting Sister Mary Hildegrade Yeager's Life of James Roosevelt Bayley 1814-1877 the Dictionary of American Biography entry for James Roosevelt Bayley; and Rev. Edwin Vose Sullivan's unpublished doctoral dissertation, "An Annotated Copy of the Diary of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, First Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, 1853- 1872." The latter author also contributed a chapter on Bishop Bayley to the New Jersey Catholic Historical Records Commission's The Bishops of Newark. See Appendix A for a genealogical sketch of the family by Monsignor William Noé Field. Scope and Content of the Collection This collection focuses primarily on Bayley's tenure as Bishop of Newark from 1853 to 1872, but spans the years 1836-1877. During Bayley's episcopate, the Diocese embraced all of New Jersey, and the Bishop's papers document Catholic activities throughout the entire state. Materials are in English, Latin and French. An Episcopal register chronicles visitations from Macopin to Cape May, blending the Bishop's commentary on parish activities with observations concerning significant state and national affairs. Available letters include correspondence with parish priests laboring throughout New Jersey, seminarians studying at St. Sulpice, prominent laymen, religious communities, and fellow American Bishops including John Hughes of New York and Francis Patrick Kenrick of Baltimore. Other valuable items also appear throughout the papers. Personal diaries relate details of Bayley's European travels during 1842-1843, as well as his 1867 pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Family correspondence, letters to the Propaganda Fide, documentation concerning the founding of Diocesan institutions and financial accounts exist for the entire period. In addition, the collections boasts Bayley's original handwritten manuscript "Sketch of the Life of the Rt. Rev. Simon William Gabriel Brute de Remur, first Bishop of Vincennes." Published in 1860, this manuscript version of one of Bayley's two scholarly works, the other being his Brief Sketch of the Early History of the Church on the Island of New York, constitutes one of the archives' most significant individual holdings. Researchers will note that a considerable portion of the collection consists of photocopies. Original manuscripts for these items reside in the Archives of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and locator numbers in the upper right hand corners of these documents refer to their place in that repository. Bayley carried the bulk of his personal papers to Baltimore upon his 1872 promotion to that Arch-Episcopal See, however all Newark-related material was borrowed and duplicated for researcher convenience. Please consult the archivist for proper method of citation. Arrangement of the Papers Forms part of Archdioces of Newark record group 2, Bishops and Archbishops records The papers are arranged into 11 series: I. Personal papers, 1836-1872, 1947 and 1970 II. Episcopal documents, 1852-1880 III. Legal documents, 1852-1880 IV. Diaries, journals and notes, 1842-1867 V. Pastoral letters and circulars, 1853-1872 VI. Correspondence, 1842-1880 VII. Speeches, sermons and writings, 1848-1869 VIII. Institutions and agencies, 1836-1872 IX. Petitions, 1853-1870 X. Financial documents, 1844-1876 XI. Scrapbooks, 1855-1872 Preferred Citation James Roosevelt Bayley papers, ADN 0002.001, The Monsignor Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University. Related Records Baltimore, MD. Archdiocese of Baltimore, Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary & University. James Roosevelt Bayley papers. Notre Dame, IN. University of Notre Dame Archives. James Roosevelt Bayley papers. Michael A. Corrigan papers, 1870-1902, ADN 0002.002, in the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Conditions Governing Use All materials available in this collection (unless otherwise noted) are the property of the Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center and Seton Hall University, which reserves the right to limit access to or reproduction of these materials. Reproduction of materials or content is subject to United States copyright restrictions and may be subject to federal or state privacy regulations. Permission to publish exact reproductions must be obtained from the Director of the Archives and Special Collections Center. Conditions Governing Access note Collection is open to researchers at the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Advance appointments are required for the use of archival materials. Processing Information Collection reformatted by M. Kenny 2007-2008. Immediate Source of Acquisition Bulk of the materials were transferred to the Archives and Special Collections Center from the Archdiocese of Newark, date unknown. Accession numbers 2006.11.07.AC and others. Digital Content Select items from this collection have been digitized. To view these items, click here. Bayley, James Roosevelt, 1814-1877 Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel, 1779-1839 Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Baltimore (Md.). Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.). Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.)--History. Hughes, John, 1797-1864 Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1796-1863 Seton Hall University - History - Sources. Account books. Catholic Church--Pastoral letters and charges. Catholic converts--New Jersey. Catholics--Newark (N.J.)--History Diaries. Letters. Scrapbooks. Personal papers, Series I. 1836-1872, 1947 and 1970 Bank books, 1 1 1853-1871 College catalogues, Seton Hall, photocopies, 1 2 1860-1862, 164-1865 and 1870 College catalogues, Trinity College and Mount Pleasant Classical Institute, 1 3 1855-1875 Correspondence: Carlton Bayley and family, Maria Bayley, and Mary Dietz Bayley and family, photocopies, 1 4 1849-1872 Correspondence: Guy Carlton Bayley, William A. Bayley and family, and Carlton Bayley and family, photocopies, 1 5 1836-1869 Correspondence: Isaac and Mary Roosevelt, James, R.H., Robert B. and J.A. Roosevelt, photocopies and originals, 1 6 1836-1875 Correspondence: Robert Seton, photocopies, 1 7 1857-1875 Correspondence: William, Isabella, and Catherine Seton, photocopies, 1 8 1860-1873 Invitations, circulars and announcements, 1 9 1851-1866 Legal and financial documents of William Carlton Bayley and James Roosevelt Bayley, photocopies and originals, 1 10 1849, 1857-1859 and 1865 List of books in Bayley's library, 1 11 ca. 1970 Newspaper clippings, elevation of Bayley to the See of Baltimore, 1 12 1872 Passport and diary, 1 13 1842 Travel documents, 2 1842 Will, (and Justice O'Connor's opinion of will, 19, photocopy, 1 14 November 2, 1877 Signature plates 26 undated Episcopal documents, Series II. 1852-1880 Episcopal register, 3 September 21, 1853 - September 24, 1876 Existence and Location of Copies note The Register is also available on microfilm and in photocopied format. Archdiocese property book, 4 1852-1880 Archdiocese property book, 5 1852-1880 Exeat from Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul, Archbishop of Rouen for Bartholomeo LeFebvre, XOF-1 XOFF-3 1854 Invitation, 1 15 1862 Program of the day, reception and installation of Bayley, 1 16 November 1, 1853 Legal documents, Series III. 1850-1872 Scope and Contents note This series includes court record searches, maps, deeds and other items relating to property. Some of the matters continue after Bayley's tenure as Bishop and the papers of Bishops Corrigan and Wigger should also be consulted. Abstract of title, Bayley to certain properties in Millburn, NJ, 23 30 ca. 1870s Agreement between Bayley and Jacob R. Newkirk Item: Bond, XOF-1 XOFF-3 November 9, 1865 Item: Mortgage, 3 November 16, 1865 Court records searches 23 31 Item: On Joseph W. Foster, December 18, 1850 Item: On Joseph W. Foster, December 20, 185- Item: On John Utter, Ambrose Williams, Edward C. Dodd and Elisha Boudinot (a Seton relative), September 30, 1851 Item: On Robert McKenzie and John Armin regarding land conveyed to John H. McKernan on the east side of High Street, July 9, 1853 Item: On James Taylor, Thomas Youngs, Aaron Butler, Barnabas S. Haight and Ziba H. Kitchen, October 11, 1859 Item: On Allen Hay, James P. Swain and Ziba H. Kitchen, October 29, 1859 Item: On Robert Lavielle, John M. Gervaizo, Lavielle Du Berceau, David C. Tomkin, Peter Sanford, Stephen B. Sanders, Peter H. Lerow, Francis Mackin, Jonathon Fairchild and Harriet Fairchild, XOF-1 XOFF-3 August 15, 1863 Item: On William Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Samuel Griffing, Edward E. Prindle, Albert G. Waterbury, Ann Prindle and Phebe Waterbury, October 29, 1864 Item: On Thomas Smith and Michael Garret, January 20, 1870 Item: On John Libenow, Valentino Jaehrling, Francis Hechtel, Bernard Farrell, Michael Farrell, William Farrell, Timothy O'Leary, Isaac Halsey, Patrick McCrickard, George Schweigert, John Schieman, for land near Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, December 1870 Item: On Isaac Halsey, Francis Hechtel, Charles Fischer, for land near Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, September 10, 1872 Maps and drawings Item: Map of property in the 5th Ward in Newark, NJ, undated mapcase Item: Plan of the lots at the junction of Nassau and Moore Sts in the Borough of Princeton, NJ undated mapcase Item: Map of the property of C. N. Buck, Esq., situated in the South Ward of the City of Newark, NJ, mapcase ca. 1849-1850 Item: Map of the new manufacturing town of Elizabethport, NJ, mapcase ca. 1835 Item: Hand drawn plan of property in Montclair, NJ 23 32 Item: Hand drawn map of properties between Division Lane and Mulberry Street, undated 23 32 Item: Hand drawn survey of properties on Main Street, undated 23 32 Notes on properties and searches, 23 33 1871-1872 and undated Diaries, journals and notes, Series IV. 1842-1867 Archbishops Bayley's diary of pilgrimage to the Holy Land, photocopy, 1 17 1867 Diary, photocopy, 1 18 January 1, 1842 - July 1850 and January 1 - June 22, 1842 Diary, photocopy, 1 19 January 1, 1842 - July 14, 1850 and June 23, 1842 - July 14, 1850 Notes, 1 20 1842 and 1853 Pastoral letters and circulars, Series V. 1853-1872 Scope and Contents note The series contains mostly the pastorals and circulars from Bayley to the diocese but also includes circulars sent from Rome to Newark. Pastoral letters, 1 21 1865, 1868 and 1872 Circulars from Rome to Bayley, 1 22 1862-1863 Circulars, loose, 1 23 1853-1870 Bound circulars, 2 volumes, 6 1853-1870 Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley Circular "Rules for the Administration of Churches that have no Trustees," November 1, 1853 Bishop Bayley letter to the Clergy re: extraordinary indulgence proclaimed by Pius IX and dispensations, October 24, 1854 Sample church report, ca. 1855 James Roosevelt Bayley's faculties, 1853 Bishop Bayley letter to the clergy re: the necessity of establishing a Mother-house of religious women in Newark, August 20, 1853 From the publication of the banns of marriage, undated Bishop Bayley to Rev. John Hogan, St. Peter's in Belleville, N.J. re: resignation of Church trustees, November 14, 1853 Bishop Bayley re: his opinions of suggested clergymen for the vacant Archbishopric of Hartford, 1856 Bishop Bayley to Rev. Gottffied Prieth of St. Peter's in Newark re: instructions for celebrating the festival of Corpus Christi, May 29, 185 Circular from Chancellor Victor Beaudevin, re: publication of banns, February 15, 1856 Bishop Bayley letter to the Clergy re: regulations for the burial of the dead, November 5, 1856 Chancellor Beaudevin circular re: establishment of Association for the Propagation of the Faith, April 13, 1857 Circular announcing the establishment of a Purgatory and Good Death Sodality in St. Mary's Church, Hoboken, 1856 Announcement of the opening of Seton Hall College in Madison, including sketch of property, September 1856 Bishop Bayley circular re: drunkenness, January 21, 1858 Announcement of Jubilee granted by Pope Pius IX and instructions for the celebration, August 30, 1858 Bishop Bayley to Rev. J. Kelly, St. Peter's, Jersey City, re: article in Boston Pilot concerning picnics, August 16, 1858 Bishop Bayley to Rev. Prieth, St. Peter's, Newark re: congregation's petition for a graveyard, September 19, 1858 Secretary George H. Doane's form letters announcing retreat, clergy dinner, and Lenten regulations, 1858-1859 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for American College in Rome, June 1, 1859 Bishop Bayley circular re: encyclical letter of Pope Pius IX praying for peace, June 10, 1859 Bishop Bayley circular re: prayers for Pope Pius IX and for peace and prosperity in Christendom, December 22, 1859 Blank notitiae form, undated Bishop Bayley circular re: purchase of property in South Orange, need for removing Diocesan College there, and collection to be levied for same, May 16, 1860 Bishop Bayley faculties, undated President Bernard J. McQuaid circular, re: laying of College cornerstone in South Orange, and Seton Hall's removal there, May 7, 1860 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for ecclesiastical students, September 1, 1860 Bishop Bayley circular re: peace, January 28, 1861 Bishop Bayley circular re: annual collection for support of ecclesiastical students, September 26, 1861 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for the Pope, March 25, 1862 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for Chapel at College, May 1, 1863 Scope and Contents note This document reads "it is my wish that you would take down the names of the contributors, with the amount affixed to their names, and send me a list, which shall be transcribed into a book prepared for the purpose, to be deposited in the College archives." Bishop Bayley circular re: 40 hours devotion, 1864 Bishop Bayley circular re: indebtedness of parishes, December 23, 1864 Bishop Bayley circular re: drunkenness; American Civil War, February 5, 1863 Secretary Doane circular re: Lenten regulations Bishop Bayley circular re: Pope Pius IX granting a Plenary Indulgence for the Diocese of Newark on St. Patrick's Day, March 6, 1863 Bishop Bayley circular re: incorporation and new method of parish organization, includes sample form, February 22, 1865 Bishop Bayley pastoral letter, 1865 Secretary Doane form letter re: collections, September 6, 1865 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection of ecclesiastical students, September 4, 1865 Bishop Bayley circular to the clergy re: congregations of religious women making collections, September 5, 1865 Bishop Bayley circular re: St. Patrick's Temperance Benevolent Society, September 22, 1865 Bishop Bayley circular re: regulations to be followed by parishes, December 12, 1865 Notitiae form, undated Bishop Bayley circular re: fire at Seton Hall special collection to rebuild main building, January 31, 1866 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for Catholics in Portland, Maine, July 19,1866 Bishop Bayley circular re: Second Plenary Council, August 6, 1866 Bishop Bayley circular re: annual Diocesan collection for support of ecclesiastical students, undated Bishop Bayley circular re: need for Cathedral Church, purchase of lots for that purpose, and collection to finance it, February 4, 1867 Lenten regulations, 1867 Bishop Bayley circular re: Peter Pence collection, March 20, 1867 Secretary Doane form letters, May 1, 1867 & April 10, 1867 Bishop Bayley pastoral letter, 8 February 2, 186 Bishop Bayley circular re: Peter-Pence collection, May 30, 1868 Bishop Bayley pastoral letter, August 28, 1868 Bishop Bayley circular re: marriage banns, September 10, 1868 John Cardinal McCloskey to Bishop Bayley, September 8, 1868 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for ecclesiastical students Lenten regulations, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for the new Cathedral lots, March 31, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: convocation of a General Council of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius IX, May 25, 1869 Sr. Paula, of Mt. Francis, Provisional Supervisor of the Sisters of the Poor to Bishop Bayley, June 16, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection to support ecclesiastical students of the Diocese, August 2, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection to support ecclesiastical students of the Diocese, August 2, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: retreat on May 24, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: instructions to be followed during his absence, August 2, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for ecclesiastical students, September 8, 1870 Prospectus of the American College of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary at Louvain, undated Bishop Bayley circular re: affairs in France and Italy, October 16, 1870 Form Letter from parishes in Newark Diocese expressing support for Pope Pius IX, December 1870 Lenten regulations, 1869 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for support of ecclesiastical students, August 31, 1871 Bishop Bayley circular re: Cathedral lots, July 31, 1871 Bishop Bayley circular re: 25th Anniversary of Pope Pius IX's Pontificate, October 30, 1871 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for ecclesiastical students, October 30, 1871 Bishop Bayley circular in Latin, January 29, 1872 Bishop Bayley circular re: collections to support the work of the Propagation of the Faith Bishop Bayley pastoral letter, January 29, 1872 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for new Cathedral lots, May 1, 1872 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for Peter-pence, July 2, 1872 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for ecclesiastical students, September 12, 1872 Bishop Bayley circular re: collection for Peter-Pence, May 23, 1871 Secretary George H. Doane, re: Regulations for Lent, February 6, 1873 Secretary George H. Doane, re: Order for the Forty Hours' Devotion, AD 1871 and 1873 Bishop Bayley, Episcopus Novarcensis, Rev. McLoskey Bishop Bayley, Episcopus Novarcensis, D. Jacob Corrigan Correspondence, Series VI. 1842-1880 Scope and Contents note Includes "Letters from Rome" a bound compilation of documents relating to formation and function of the Diocese. Significant documents include the granting of faculties to Bishop Bayley; letters from Archbishops Kenrick and Hughes; letters from Cardinal Bornabo; letters on the founding of the American College; minutes of a meeting of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Province of New York, January 10-12 1860; and circulars from Rome. Many of the documents are in Latin. Many letters are from the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith (S.C.P.F.). The Episcopo Novarcensi is the Diocese of Newark. Translations for some of the documents found in "Letters from Rome" may be viewed at The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collections reading room. Some of the correspondence are photocopies and not original. Letters from Bayley, 1 24 1854-1875 Letter book, 7 1853-1880 Letters from Rome, 8 1851-1870 Letter, French, October 11, 1853 Letter, Latin, to James Bayley, Bishop of Newark, S.C.P.F., signed Cardinal Perfect, November 22, 1853 Faculties granted in favor of James Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop of Newark, for period of ten years, July 3, 1853 Letter from Francis Patrick Kenrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, to Archbishop of New York, re: new faculties received from Rome, December 10, 1853 Communication, Holy See, setting forth faculties granted by Pope Pius IX in favor of all Archbishops and Bishops of the U.S.A., and signed by A. Barnabo, secretary, S.C.P.F., October 3, 1852 Letter, Pope Pius IX, to the Archbishop of New York and his Suifragan Bishops, January 1, 1855 Communication, S.C.P.F., Alexander Barnabo, Secretary re: Declaration of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, of December 8, 1854, January 22, 1855 Letter, Francis Patrick Kenrick, AB Baltimore, to Bishop of Newark Baltimore, July 26, 1855 Letter, French, addressed to Most Holy Father, from Bishop of Buffalo, requesting dispensation from the obligation of reciting Matins and Lauds of the Divine Office in favor of priests who hear confessions for five hours on a given day, December 3, 1854 Communication, Cardinal Pref S.C.P.F. to James Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop of Newark, July 15, 1854 Communication from Francis Patrick Kenrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, re: oath taken at Custom House, copy, undated Communication, S.C.P.F. re: admissions of students, Collegium Urbanum, Rome, signed by Cardinal Franzoni, Perfect, sub-signed by Alexander Barnabo, Secretary, August 1, 1854 Letter, Archbishop of New York to the Rt. Rev. Dr. Bayley, signed by Wm. V.G., June or January 8, 1855 Letter from Cardinal Franzoni, Perfect, S.C.P.F., sub-signed Al. Barnabo, Secretary, to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, re: priest, James MadDonagh, and a Mr. Jeremiah Cummings, 1855 Letter from Cardinal Franzoni, Perfect, Al. Barnabo, Secretary, S.C.P.F. addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt, Bayley, Episcipo Novarcensi, November 10, 1855 Letter addressed to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, S.C.P.F., July 18, 1856 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F. addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, signed by Al. C. Barnabo, Praefectus, November 26, 1856 Letter in Latin addressed to Jacobus Episcopus Novarcensi in America, faculties granted by Pope Pius IX to erect Confraternities of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, S.C.P.F., Cajet. Archiepus, Thebar, Secretary, July 6, 1856 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F. addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, Episcope Novarcensi signed Cajet. Archiep. Thevar, Sec'y, sending a student to the Urban College in Rome, August 31, 1857 Instruction from the Holy See re: indulgences, in which reference is made to a Decree issued by Pope Alexander VII, 6 February 1651; a Decree of the Sacred Congregation on Indulgences and Sacred Articles, issued 5 June 1721; and a Constitution issued by Pope Benedict XIV, Pia Mater, undated Letter from S.C.P.F. addressed to John Hughes, Archp. Of New York, re: nomination of candidates for the Episcopacy, to be sent to all bishops of the Province of N.Y., signed by Al. C. Barnabo, Prefect, and Cajet. Archiep., copy, May 12, 1857 Instruction, Holy Office, The Vatican, dated August 4, 1856, signed V. Card. Macchi, addressed to all Bishops, re: heretical abuses (Adversus Magnetismi Abusus), postmarked Roma, December 10, 1856 Response, in Latin, to letter of Bishop Bayley dated November 5, 1857, re: admission of Robert Seton as a student of the Urban College, Rome signed by Cajet. Archiep. Thebar, Secretary, S.C.P.F., December 15, 1851 Letter in Latin S. C. P. F. to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, Newark, signed Cajet. Archiep. Thebar, Secretary, acknowledging receipt of letter of Bishop Bayley dated December 10, 1858 re: a Redemptorist Father, R. S. Stecker, January 7, 1858 Letter in Latin signed Al. C. Barnabo, Prefect, S.C.P.F. re: R. S. Stecker of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Redemptorist Fathers, 1857 Re: meeting to consider candidates to succeed Bishop O'Reilly, Hartford, New York, May 5, 1856 Notice re: Declaration of Dogma of the Immaculate Conception Forms of Mixed Marriages Instruction of the Holy Office re: marriage to infidels and/or heretics, undated General Communication to all Archbishops and Bishops of the USA, S.C.P.F., Feast of the Assumption of BVM, Al. C. Bamabo, Perfect, re: establishment of American College in Rome, Ecclesiastical Seminary, 1858 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F. addressed to Jacobo Roosevel Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, signed Cajet. Archiep, Thebar, Secretary, in response to letter of addressee dated January 1, 1859, February 12, 1859 Prescript, S.C. Holy Office, Rome, Office of S.C.P.F. re: secret societies, September 7, 1850 Instruction, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Perfect, re: The Most Holy Sacrament and Priests, February 25, 1859 Encyclical Letter, Pius IX, April 27, 1859 Communication, American College, Univ. of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, Day of Dedication of St. Mary Major, signed by Rector of the College, P. Kindekene, Vicar General, Diocese of Detroit, 1857 Communication, Provisional Committee, the St. Peter's Pence Association, London, Feast of St. Martin, setting forth resolutions of the Association, November 11, 1859 Letter in Latin addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi S.C.P.F., and Cajet. Archiep. in response to letter of D. Michael Corrigan re: American College, November 23, 1859 Letter addressed to Rt. Rev. J.R. Bayley from John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, December 19, 1859 Communication from Archbishop John Hughes, New York, inviting Bishop Bayley and 11 his other Suifragans, to a Provincial Synod to take place in New York on the 10th day of January, 1860, December 19, 1859 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, signed Al. C. Barnabo, Perfect in response to letter of October 5, 1859 re: Thomas Killeen, student at the Urban College, November 30, 1859 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., 21 Jan. 1860, to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, re: a student of Collegio Brignole, January 21, 1860 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., 20 Nov. 1859, from Acjet. Archiepus. Thebar, Sec., to Episcopus Novarcensis, November 20, 1859 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., in response to letter of Bishop Bayley, Bishop of Newark, dated January 31, 1860, March 7, 1860 Communication in Latin, S.C.P.F., re: the Provincial Council of New York, addressed to Joannes Hughes, Archiepiscopus Neo-Eboracensi, signed by Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., and sub-signed Cajet. Archiepus. Thebar, Secretary, copy, 1860 Questions concerning faculties to absolve, put to the Holy Office in the year 1859 by Mons. ? of Cincinnati, reference made to the Council of Trent, attestation of concordance with the Original, copies, November 7, 1860 Communication from Holy See in response to request for faculties for self and Suifragans made by John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, and Metropolitan of the Province of New York, September 26, 1860 Communication in Latin, S.C.P.F., addressed to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, signed Al. C. Barnabo, Praef. sub-signed Cajet. Archpus. The bar, Sec., April 24, 1858 Legal opinion, entitled "Grays Reports 11, vol. XIII, p. 400, sent to Bishops of the United States, for their information, by order of the Bishop of Boston, re: tenure of ecclesiastical property, concerning which a trial had taken place in the Superior Court," printed copy, August 1859 Communication, S.C.P.F., addressed to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, Newark, signed by Al. C. Barnabo, Praef, sub-signed Cajet. Archpus, Thebar, Secretarius, re: a Pastor in the Diocese of Newark, Meriglio, November 7, 1860 Communication, S.C.P.F., signed Al. C. Barnabo, Praef, sub-signed Cajet. Archpus. Theb. Sec., re: Mr. Killeen, who was to be sent as a student of the Urban College during the following scholastic year, February 1861 Communication sent at the direction of John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, by his Secretary, addressed to J.R. Bayley, Epis. Novarcensi, April 10, 1861 Allocution, Pope Pius IX, March 18, 1861 Printed instruction in Latin, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., January 21, 1861 Apostolic Blessing granted by Pius IX, to President, professors, and all students commencing scholastic year 1860 at Seton Hall College, Diocese of Newark, at request of William Seton, under the usual conditions, August 7, 1860 Communication in Latin, S.C.P.F., in response to communication received from Bishop Bayley under date of July 15, 1861, August 24, 1861 Communication in Latin in the 16th year of the Pontificate of Pope Pius IX, attested to as a true copy and sealed with the seal of Joannes Hughes, Archiepiscopus Neo Eboracensis, August 8, 1861 Allocution, Pope Pius IX, September 30, 1861 Decree & Declaration, S.C.P.F., number 1, question number 2, Illmus Rev. Card. Bamabo, Prospectus, number 3, re: Urban College, February 5, 1862 Instruction, S.C.P.F., signed Al. C. Barnabo, Praef, April 24, 1861 Instruction, S.C. of the Council, addressed to Epo. Novarcensi, January 18, 1862 Declaration of Erection, Di Basilius Griffoni, Order of St. Benedict, June 23, 1862 Communication, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef. in response to letter dated February 5, 1862 of Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensis, April 7, 1891 Decree, S.C. of Bishops, signed G. Card. De Genga, Prefect, re: Redemptorist postulants Clarence Walworth, August Hewit, George Deshon, and Francis Baker, together with Fr. Isaac Hecker, and dispensation from simple and permanent vows in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, March 6, 1858 Communication in Italian, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, to Msgr. Giacomo Roosevelt Bayley, Vescovo di Newark, February 7, 1863 Communication in Latin, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensis Newark, in reply to three questions put to the Sacred Congregation re: absolution from latae sententiae penalties, November 17, 1864 Duplicate of letter from Msgr. Giacomo Roosevel_ Bayley, Vescovo di Newark, S.C.P.F., to the Holy Father, Pope Pius IX, September 1, 1864 Duplicate letter of Msgr. Giacomo Roosevel_ Bayley, to Holy Father, Pope Pius IX, requesting renewal of faculty to dispense on 10 occasions from the Impediment of Affinity in the First Degree, Collateral Line, half of which faculty granted January 27, 1861, have already been exercised, and five propagated until January 25, 1863; and notice of grant of request by Holy Father, September 1 1864, Al. C. Barnabo, Praef, S.C.P.F., undated Printed notice, attested to as true and accurate copy of original, addressed to Joanni Hughes, Archiepiscopo Neo-Eboracensi, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., H. Capalti, Secretarius, undated Extr. C, printed copy, attested to as true and accurate copy of original, Pope Pius IX, S.C.P.F. grant R.P.D. Joanni Hughes, Archiepiscopo Neo-Eboracensi, faculties for 10 years, and the power to communicate the same to suifragan Bishops of his Province, sighed H. Capalti, Secretary, January 25, 1863 Extr. D, printed copy, Pope Pius IX, S.C.P.F., H. Capalti, Secretary, January 25, 1863 Extr E., printed copy, Pope Pius IX. S.C.P.F., H. Capalti, Secretary, January 25, 1863 Instruction to all Archbishops and Bishops, re: faculties to dispense from the Impediment of Mixed Religion, granted Pope Pius IX, Rome, J. Card. Antonelli., November 15, 1858 Communication in Latin, S.C.P.F., re: faculties, Al. C. Barnabo, Praef. addressed to R.P.D. Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi Newark, August 22, 1863 Communication in Latin S.C.P.F., H. Capalti, Sec., addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, notifying that faculties requested were granted by Holy Father Pius IX, August 2, 1863 Printed notice attested to as true and accurate copy of original, re: grant of faculties to Archbishop of New York and Suifragan Bishops. H. Capalti, Sec., S.C.P.F., August 16, 1863 Printed Pagella attested to as true and accurate copy of original, sealed with seal of Archbishop John Hughes, undated Printed notice of faculties granted R.P.D. Joanni Hughes, Archiepiscopo Neo-Eporacensis, and Suifragan Bishops of Province of New York, Al. C. Bamabo, Praef. H. Capalti, Sec., September 14, 1863 Printed notice, Rome, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Bamabo, Praef., stating that priests in mission areas may accept two stipends on the same day for Masses celebrated, and reminder that in accordance with the Council of Trent, a priest may not accept stipend for a second Mass on the same day, but may apply a second Mass "Pro Populo," which was confirmed by Pope Pius IX "in camera," September 25, 1858, October 15, 1863 Printed communication, copy of pastoral Letter of James Frederic, Bishop of Philadelphia, Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, 1864, with a note from Aug. McConomy, Sec., requesting letter be read at all Masses on the following Sunday, January 19, 1864 Communication, in Latin, S.C.P.F., Al. Ca. Barnabo addressed to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensis Newark, January 6, 1866 Decree, Sacred Congregation of Indulgence and Relics, Card. Patrizi, S.R.C., Praef. D. Bartolini, S.R.C. Secretarius, December 10, 1863 Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Latin and English, printed, undated Official communication from Rome re: prayer to be recited, March 23, 1866 Letter in Latin, of petition by Msgr, James Roosevelt Bayley, requesting of Holy Father faculty to dispense in 10 cases from the Impediment, 1St Degree Affinity, Collateral Line, and illicit intercourse, and notification of grant of request by Pope Pius IX, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., September 1, 1864 Petition for Instruction of the Holy Apostolic See re: Fenian Society from Martin John Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, addressed to Cardinal Alexander Barnabo, Prefect, S.C.P.F., dated Baltimore, copy in Latin, October 28, 1864 Petition of Jacobus Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop of Newark, for privilege of celebrating Forty Hours Devotion in favor of the Faithful of the Diocese, notation of grant by Pope Pius IX, S.C.P.F., H. Capalti, Sec., February 28, 1864 Circular printed notification of Holy Father's (Pius IX), great concern re: the errors of the age, false doctrines which he proscribed and condemned, concerning which a Syllabus was published and was to be faithfully adhered to by all Bishops, signed Antonelli, Rome, December 8, 1864 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Prefect, to Bishop of Newark, re: secret society known as Fenians, July 13, 1865 Letter in Latin, Rome, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Pr., re: correspondence with Holy See in Latin, and in corresponding with the S.C.P.F., not only French, but English, German, and Dutch, September 29, 1868 Letter in Latin in response to letter of Bishop of Newark dated July 17, reference to Priest named Michael Wirzfeld, Rome, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., September 7, 1866 Letter in Latin, 15 Dec. 1865, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Praef., December 15, 1865 Notification re: recommendation of S.C. of Rites concerning inclusion by Solemn Decree among the Blessed, Certain Martyrs, Confessors and Virgins, S.C. of the Council, Feast of the Immac. Conception, signed by Prefect, December 8, 1866 Letter re: petition of Bishop of Newark for permission to celebrate the Feast of St. Patrick in Churches, Oratories, or Chapels and notification by Secretary of S.C.P.F., H. Capalti that petition was granted by Holy Father, Pope Pius IX, June 29, 1862 Decree, S.C. of the Holy Office, advising that all Bishops-Ordinary by concession of the Apostolic See, may absolve from all cases reserved to the Holy See, except those reserved in the Bull of Benedit XIV, "Sacramentum Poenitentiae," June 27, 1866 Decree notifying Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., that Holy Father, Pope Pius IX, granted permission for the erection of three convents of Sisters in the towns of Erie, Newark and Marytown, G.C. De Gena, Prefect, A. Archiep. Philipp, Secretary, undated Instruction in Latin re: marriage, Rome, Cong. of Holy Office, C. Card. Patrizi, June 7, 1867 Instruction in Italian re: Catholics attending Protestant and Schismatic Schools, and Protestants and Schismatics attending Catholic Schools, Rome, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Pr. Joannes Semiani, Sec., April 25, 1868 Instruction re: distribution of the Eucharist at funeral masses, and the color of mass vestments used when celebrating masses for the dead, S.C. of Rites, S. Ruflnae Card. Patrizi, S.R.C. Praefectus, Dominicus Bartolini, S.R.C. Secretarius, July 23, 1868 Letter, S.C.P.F., in Latin signed Al. C. Barnabo, Praef, Joannes Simeoni, Sec., and addressed to Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, April 8, 1868 Decree in Latin, "Urbis et Orbis", Pope Pius IX, re: mass and Holy Office designated for St. Paul of the Cross, approved July 11, 1867, the feast to be celebrated April 28, S.C.R., S. Rufinae Card. Patrizi, S.R.C., Praefectus, Dominicus Bartolini, S.R.C., Secretatius, January 14, 1869 Letter in Latin, S.C.P.F., granting faculties to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Episcopo Novarcensi, to absolve in 10 cases from the Impediment of Affinity in the first degree of the collateral line, and from illicit intercourse, Joannes Simeoni, Sec., January 23, 1870 Rescript granting faculty to the Bishop of Newark to rebaptize conditionally, one Annetta Wilhelnina Wilkens of New York, who was desirous of embracing Catholicism, December 15, 1869 Letter in Latin addressed to Jacobo Roosevel_ Bayley, Epo. Novarcensi, Newark, Nuova Jersei, United States, S.C.P.F., Al. C. Barnabo, Pr., May 8, 1869 Rubrics & prayer for blessing of statues (images) of the saints by a Bishop in Latin, undated Newspaper clipping in Latin, Allocution, Pope Pius IX, July 14, 1864 Letter from Pope Pius IX in Latin, English translation reprinted in a New York newspaper, not indicated which newspaper, acknowledging the address forwarded to him by the Archbishop of the Province of New York, assembled in Provincial Council, given at Rome, 5 March 1860, 14th year of his Pontificate, May 5, 1860 Clerical and general correspondence, 9 1 1842-1845 Clerical and general correspondence, 9 2 1846-1849 Clerical and general correspondence, 9 3 1850-1853 Clerical and general correspondence, 9 4 September 13 - December 31, 1853 Letters to the Bishop, 1854 9 5 Clerical and general correspondence, A-E, 9 6 1854-1855 Clerical and general correspondence, I-Z, 9 7 1854 Clerical and general correspondence, F-L, 9 8 1855 Clerical and general correspondence, M-Z, 9 9 1855 Clerical and general correspondence, A-J, 9 10 1856 Clerical and general correspondence, K-Z, 9 11 1856 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Ca, 9 12 1857 Clerical and general correspondence, Ch-J, 9 13 1857 Clerical and general correspondence, K-M, 9 14 1857 Clerical and general correspondence, N-Z, 9 15 1857 Clerical and general correspondence, A-G, 9 16 1858 Clerical and general correspondence, H-Q, 9 17 1858 Clerical and general correspondence, R-Z, 9 18 1858 Clerical and general correspondence, A-D, 9 19 1859 Clerical and general correspondence, E-Z, 9 20 1859 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 9 21 1860 Clerical and general correspondence, A-H, 9 22 1861 Clerical and general correspondence, I-Z, 9 23 1861 Clerical and general correspondence, A-H, 9 24 1862 Clerical and general correspondence, I-Z, 9 25 1862 Clerical and general correspondence, A-J, 9 26 1863 Clerical and general correspondence, K-Z, 9 27 1863 Clerical and general correspondence, A-K, 9 28 1864 Clerical and general correspondence, M-Z, 9 29 1864 Clerical and general correspondence, A-M, 9 30 1865 Clerical and general correspondence, N-Z, 10 1 1865 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 10 2 1866 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 10 3 1867 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 10 4 1868 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 10 5 1869 Clerical and general correspondence, A-Z, 10 6 1870 Clerical and general correspondence, A-H, 10 7 1871 Clerical and general correspondence, I-Z, 10 8 1871 Clerical and general correspondence, A-I, 10 9 January 1 - October 3, 1872 Clerical and general correspondence, 10 10 January 1 - October 3, 1872 Clerical and general correspondence, 10 11 October 4 - December 31, 1974 Clerical and general correspondence, 10 12 1875 Clerical and general correspondence, 10 13 January 1 - October 26, 1876 Clerical and general correspondence, undated 10 14 Clerical and general correspondence, undated 10 15 Propagation of the Faith correspondence, bound photocopies, 10 16 1866 - 1896 Bishops and Archbishops, correspondence, A-G, 10 17 1852-1875 Bishops and Archbishops, correspondence, H-L, 10 18 1852-1875 Bishops and Archbishops, correspondence, M-O, 10 19 1852-1875 Bishops and Archbishops, correspondence, P-S, 10 20 1852-1875 Bishops and Archbishops, correspondence, T-Z, 10 21 1852-1875 Religious communities, correspondence, 10 22 1854-1874 Religious communities, correspondence, 10 23 1854-1874 Correspondence with Msgr. Doane, 11 1 November 1868 - June 1870 Speeches, sermons and writings, Series VII. 1848-1869 Scope and Contents note Includes materials used in the writing of articles, books and sermons. By Bayley Account of St. John's College, Fordham, 11 2 ca. 1848 "A Brief Sketch of the History of the Catholic Church on the Island of New York," bound copy of microfilm version, 11 3 1853 "The Life of Simon Williams Gabriel Brute de Remur, first Bishop of Vincennes," and letters regarding the French Revolution, 11 4 1855 Frontier Bishop: the Life of Bishop Simon Bruté, printed 1971, 11 5 1861 Notes for a book on colonial and native relations in Canada, photocopied, undated 11 6 Anecdotes for use in sermons and notes on Catholicism, photocopied, undated 11 7 Newspaper clippings, 11 8 1854 and 1865 By others Pierce McCarthy, "Sermon on the Permanency of Catholic Faith," 11 9 November 21, 1869 Institutions and agencies, Series VIII. 1836-1872 Scope and Contents note The series includes financial documents, such as reports to the Bishop, as well as correspondence. Cemeteries, 11 10 1857-1872 Hospitals and orphanages, 11 11 1859-1872 Parishes St. John's, Lambertville, 11 12 1854-1855 St. John's, Lambertville, 11 13 1854-1855 Schools St. Benedict and St. Pius, Newark, NJ and Madonna School, Fort Lee, NJ, 11 14 1859-1872 Mount St. Mary's, Emmittsburg, MD, Acts of Incorporation and By-Laws, photocopies, 11 15 1836 Seton Hall College, 11 16 1860-1870 Petitions, Series IX. 1853-1870 Petitions from parishioners and clergy, 11 17 1853-1870 Petitions to Pope Pius IX, churches A-E, 11 18 December 1870 Petitions to Pope Pius IX, churches F-M, 11 19 December 1870 Petitions to Pope Pius IX, churches N-Z and other religious communities, 11 20 December 1870 Financial documents, Series X. 1844-1876 Scope and Contents note This series includes the financial documents of the Archdiocese. Included are some bills relating to Seton Hall College. Deposit fund accounts Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 1 1854 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 2 1855 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 3 1856 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 4 1857 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 5 1858 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 6 1859 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 7 1860 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 8 1861 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 9 1862 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 10 1863 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 11 1864 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 12 1865-1866 Deposit receipts, A-Z, 12 13 1867-1868 Deposit account books, volumes 1,3 & 4, 13 1855-1857 and 1859-1876 Deposit account books, volumes 2 & 5, 14 1860-1866 and 1864-1866 Deposit books, numbers 1-200, 15 1854-1857 -4 Deposit books, number 201-399 and 464, 16 1 1854-1857 Enclosures from deposit books, 16 5 1854-1857 Ledger book, 1 of 3, 17 1853-1872 Ledger book, 2 of 3, 18 1853-1872 Ledger book, 3 of 3, 19 1853-1872 Checks, loose 20 1 October 1853 - December 1855 20 2 1855 20 3 1856 20 4 1857 20 5 1858 20 6 1859 20 7 1860 21 1 1861 and 1863 21 2 1867 21 3 1868 21 4 1869 21 5 1870 and 1873-1876 Tax bills 1844-1860 22 1 1854, 1857, 1860-1866 22 2 22 3 1867-1871 Bills 22 4 1847-1849 22 5 1850-1851 22 6 1853 22 7 January - April 1854 22 8 May - July 1854 22 9 August - October 1854 22 10 November - December 1854 22 11 January - May 1855 22 12 June - August 1855 22 13 September - December 1855 22 14 January - August 1856 22 15 September - December 1856 22 16 January - March 1857 22 17 April - July 1857 22 18 August - September 1857 22 19 October - December 1857 22 20 January - February 1858 22 21 March - May 1858 22 22 June - August 1858 22 23 September - December 1858 22 24 January - October 1859 22 25 November - December 1859 Scope and Contents note November 29, 1859 in box 2 22 26 January - February 1860 22 27 March - May 1860 22 28 June - July 1860 22 29 August - September 1860 22 30 October - December 1860 23 1 1858-1859 23 2 January- March 1861 23 3 April - June 1861 23 4 July - September 1861 23 5 October - December 1861 23 6 January - June 1862 23 7 July - December 1862 23 8 January - June 1863 23 9 July - December 1863 23 10 January - June 1864 23 11 July - December 1865 23 12 January - May 1866 23 13 June -December 1866 23 14 January - September 1867 23 15 1868 23 16 1869 23 17 January - June 1870 23 18 July - December 1870 23 19 January - March 1871 23 20 April - December 1871 23 21 1872 23 22 Undated Seton Hall College, 23 23 1856-1869 St. Charles Seminary, 23 24 1856-1872 -27 Chancellor's papers, 23 25 1856-1872 Notes on dispensations during Bayley's absence, 23 28 1855 and 1857 Archdiocese of Baltimore financial documents, photocopies, 23 29 1875 and undated Scrapbooks, Series XI. 1855-1872 Newark Diocese scrapbook, 24 1855-1872 European scrapbook, 25 1871-1872 Appendix: Addendum to the biographical information of James Roosevelt Bayley March 22, 1991 Scope and Contents note by Monsignor William Noé Field A concern with ancestry and recognition of persistent characteristics, physical and dispositional, in a given family has left constant traces in every culture. In Genesis, and indeed from Genesis to Matthew, there is almost a preoccupation with descent and familial lines. In the cultures of South America and the Orient there is an insistence upon imperial descent from the sun and the conferring by that descent characteristics associated with solar descent. Even in the colloquial expressions of ordinary people "He's his father come to life" or "Your Mother won't be dead so long as you are alive" express that belief in the genetic transmission of traits and tendencies. Surely this universal practice validates a review of the ancestry of James Roosevelt Bayley. It is easy to over-reach this theory/speculation in order to arrive at a desired conclusion. There are some, for example, who find in Elizabeth Ann Bayley as much of the Huguenot as of the Catholic, with her deep religious introspection and her unbending conviction once she felt that she had found irrefutable truth. It is just as easy to stretch beyond believability recognition of genetic traits in Bishop Bayley but at the same time, his familial background and descent do appear in a serious consideration of his lineage. When one discovers his heritage includes French and Dutch, English, and possibly Saxon in a racial sense and Catholic, Huguenot, Dutch Calvinism, and Anglican in a religious sense, it is not easy to separate the intertwined inheritance. It is of interest, however, without attempting and far-fetched conclusions to set forth the main lines of Bishop Bayley's descent. He was descended from the LeConte family whose records go back to the 13th Century in France. Noblemen whose estates were centered in Normandy, the LeContes were distinguished in military service and administration for seven centuries. Exchanging the ancient Catholic faith so associated with Normandy for the Huguenots . . . equally associated with Normandy, they went through the La Rochelle experience, flourished for a little after the Edict of Nantes and, when Louis XIV rejected the Edict, fled to the French islands in the Caribbean. Persecution was stayed there for a little, and the family, successful traders and merchants, opened lines of mercantile communication with Charleston, New York and New Rochelle. When Louis XIV began to threaten the Huguenots in the islands, they moved on to Charleston, New Rochelle and New York. (Parenthetically, while it had no reference to the descent of Bishop Bayley, the Charltons, parents of Elizabeth Ann Bayley, followed the same course and settled in Staten Island.) It was the custom of the Huguenots to settle in tight racial familial groups and, as a result for at least two generations, the refugee Huguenots, from the islands and the Southern colonies preferred New Rochelle as the center of their life. While their church was established in Manhattan, they preferred to walk the long miles from New Rochelle to Manhattan. This willingness to travel long distances for the practice of their religion may constitute a clue to the willingness of their descendant, Bishop Bayley, to travel innumerable miles in the actual missionary territory of New Jersey where he was the Bishop. The first ancestor of Bayley who was truly a member of the New World society was Guillaume LeConte, born in 1659 in Rouen in Normandy, served in the army of William and Mary (as did many Huguenots in a kind of reprisal for their treatment by France) came to America, went down to Martinique, found a wife, Marguerite de Valleau (note the cemetery in Ridgewood, N.J. where those who rest are either descendants of Dutch Calvinists or Huguenots), and fathered two sons and one daughter, dying in New York in 1711. His son, William LeConte, bore about 1694, Married Marianne Mercier. One daughter, Susanne, according to one set of genealogical records, married William Besly (later Anglicized to Bayley) from whom eventually William Bayley and Richard Bayley (father of Elizabeth Ann and grandfather of Dr. Richard Bayley were born. According to a second set of conclusions, William married first. Elise Anne Besly and their daughter, Elise Anne LeConte married William Bayley (from England). William and Richard were their sons, and Mother Seton their granddaughter and James Roosevelt their great-grandson. To this moment these varying accounts have not been squared although in a letter written by Bishop Bayley, the changing of Beslie to Bayley was denied and the English William Bayley was seen as the husband of Elise Anne LeConte and the father of Richard and William, and the grandfather of James Roosevelt Bayley. The conflict has been caused by contradicting letters and apparently conflicting records in the church at New Rochelle. Baird, the traditional historian of the Huguenots in America prefers the Beslie/Bayley transformation. Later historians have attempted to cancel what seem to have been a misimpression formed by inaccurate reading and a casual acceptance of some family musings. Be that as it may, it is clearly evident that James Roosevelt, on his father's side was formed in a Huguenot milieu. Richard Bayley, the grandfather of Bishop Bayley, married, first Catherine Charlton, the sister of the Doctor (John Charlton who had taught Bayley the science of medicine. While it is not pertinent to the heritage of Bishop Bayley, Richard Bayley and his first wife (the daughter of an outstanding Divine on Staten Island) were married in St. John's Anglican Church in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. A further investigation into this area, while not of the essence of Bayley's descent, uncovered the fact that Elias Boudinot was the husband of Mother Seton's aunt. Before retreating from this external area, it is of interest to note that the Charitons were blood relatives of the Dongan family, one of whom a Catholic, was Governor of New York, until he was turned out (undoubtedly because of his Faith and the establishment of a Catholic chapel in the fort on Manhattan). In addition, the Charltons were connected not only with the Boudinots but the Bayards, the Schuylers, and the Lispenards as well. To return to the direct ancestry of Bishop Bayley is to return to a genetic association that is almost bewildering. Richard Bayley, on the death of his first wife Catherine, married Charlotte Amelia Barclay. (One cannot refrain from remarking that there are streets in Manhattan today that bear the names of all these Colonial families.) Charlotte Barclay, Grandmother of Bishop Bayley, was the daughter of Andrew Barclay and the niece of Harry Barclay the second Rector of Trinity Church (Anglican). It is interesting to note the slow passage from the non-episcopal determination of the Huguenots to the iron- willed episcopacy of the Anglican Church. She was as well, the sister of Ann Dorothy) wife of one of the first Jews in New York. "Cosmopolitan" scarcely defines the family. Their son, Guy Carleton Bayley (1786-18, the future father of James Roosevelt Bayley, married in 1813, Grace Walton Roosevelt (apparently a niece of one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence!) She was the daughter of James Roosevelt whose ancestry was undiluted Dutch Calvinism from the family's arrival in New Amsterdam in 1649. The five ancestors who preceded her were leaders in the Dutch mercantile society of Manhattan. Put together, the heritage of Bishop Bayley was a blend of every kind on national and religious background. A descendant of non-conformists in the habit of progressing from one practice of religion to another, (at least two of his brothers became Catholics): a descendant from a series of families who were shrewd merchants and managers of large estates.- a descendant from the highest levels in Colonial society and politics; accustomed to the standards of refinement and culture; it is not too far-fetched a conclusion to recognize this mélange of heritage embodied in a kind of transmission from generation to generation rising in a deeply religious man, an introspective convert, a missioner of no small degree (witness his grandfather's willingness to sacrifice his life and career for the helpless and the ill), an educator, a practical, and shrewd administrator, perspicacious in his plans, persevering in their resolution, able to accommodate to all levels of society. It took a dozen generations to produce a person of the stature of James Roosevelt Bayley.

James Roosevelt Bayley papers, 1836-1872 ADN 0002.001

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