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DHT Catholic Church. Diocese of Hartford. Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2017 Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English DHT Diocese of Hartford Collection 1830-1892 (bulk 1840-1874) Catholic Church. Diocese of Hartford (Conn.) 7 linear inches. University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA English. Scope and Content Note Chiefly correspondence (1840-1874) of Francis Patrick McFarland with priests of the Dioceses of New York and Hartford and with members of the American hierarchy. Also one letter written by John England, Bishop of Charleston (1830); one letter written by William Tyler, first Bishop of Hartford (1849); the manuscript of a lenten sermon by Bishop Tyler, written in 1841 and delivered in 1844 and 1848; other papers concerning Catholic affairs in the Diocese of Hartford (1874-1892); photographs and clippings, with information on St. Joseph Cathedral, destroyed by fire in 1957. Calendared. Background Francis Patrick MacFarland (1819-1874), pastor of St. John's Church in Utica, New York, served as the third Bishop of Hartford (1858-1874). During his episcopacy, Hartford experienced rapid industrial expansion and an influx of new workers; the diocese grew accordingly. England, John 1786-1842. Tyler, William, 1806-1849. MacFarland, Francis Patrick, 1819-1874. Catholic Church. Diocese of Hartford (Conn.) St. Joseph Cathedral (Hartford, Conn.) Letters Catholic Church--Bishops--Correspondence. Catholic Church--Connecticut--History--19th century. Catholic Church--Connecticut--Sources. Related Material All Hallows College (Dublin, Ireland) Records Diocese of Hartford. CDHT Diocese of Hartford: Manuscripts 1830-1892 (bulk 1840-1874) CDHT I-1-a Le Prohon, M.D., Edward P., Providence, Rhode Island 1800s Recollections of the doctor of Bishop William Tyler from the time he came to Providence as the Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut. He describes the character of the Bishop and his physical appearance and the circumstances of his death after his return from the Provincial Council of Baltimore of 1849.` A.D.S. French 10pp. folio. Enclosed with it is a translation by Father John M. Toohey, C.S.C.` D.S. In pencil 12pp. 4to. :: I-1-a A.D.S. French, D.S. In pencil 22pp. folio and 4to. CDHT I-1-a England, John, Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, to Alfred M. Talley, Editor of the, Hartford Press, Connecticut 1830 Feb 23 England has just with mortification read the Editor's article on intention. England does not know who the editor is or who wrote the article. He has twice refused to insert the same attack from the same quarter in the Miscellany, though he was prepared to answer it, merely because he saw that it would involve the paper in a useless controversy. The doctrine as put by Dr. Moses Waddell concludes irresistibly against the editor and the editor has not made the slightest approach to a rational solution. Neither he nor Waddell seem to understand the true doctrine. He merely touched the question of ordination and showed he was not master of his ground. He should allow England, with twenty years of experience in controversy, to advise him to get out of it as soon as he can. It is not necessary to intend to confer grace or a sacrament or to believe that it is conferred, nor is the intention of going through an external rite sufficient. Nor is the sacrament conferred by the external rite when the conferrer says in his heart that he does not intend to confer a sacrament. It is required that the person intend seriously to perform the religious rite for the purposes of religion. England is aware that some run to Providence and the supernatural for protection but that is dangerous and gratuitous. England prefers this to an article in the Miscellany to correct him. Such an article would be a triumph against both of them., P.S. If Waddell is about to publish a book, Talley has given him a color for a calumny., Note on back: This is not to be opened but by the editor. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmittsburg, Maryland 1840 Jun 26 He writes to tell his brother that he has just returned from Cherokee where their parents and brothers are well, except James who is recovering. They stood the trip to Cherokee well. Josiah was talking about getting into a drugstore. He also visited those at Kendall where William has about 40 acres cleared. He also visited Upper Sandusky where the Wyandotts have their headquarters. They receive about $18,000 annually from the government and there were 25 or 30 merchants on the ground. Most of the Indians are Harrison men. He passed through the battle ground where a party of Americans under Crawford were defeated in 1782. On the 11th he was at Perrysburg where the Whigs celebrated the victory of Fort Meigs of 1813. General William Henry Harrison was there. It is estimated that there were 35,000 there. He also saw the battleground where young Croughan fought. They expect a visit from Bishop John Baptist Purcell in a few days as he is making a tour of the diocese. The health of the county is generally good. P.S. It is two or three weeks since he has heard from Francis. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 184- Jul 20 He sends him a verse, 24 lines on"Woman's Voice" and asks that the scribbling be excused. P.S. This morning three prisoners escaped from their jail; one for murder, two for larceny. None were tried yet. They pried up logs that formed the floor above them. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, O.S.U., Sister Mary De Sales Mary Alida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1840? Aug 12 Sister De Sales and Sister Blandine enter their retreat for profession that night. The Mother and other sisters will make their annual retreat with them. The novices will be professed on August 21. She has not been well because of a cold. Sister Blandine is a convert, an English lady, and an accomplished harpist. She was delighted to see that he had an assistant and the number of churches he had built that year. She does not love crosses but fears them. Mrs. Frith is visiting a friend of her husband near Boston. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Fitzsimon, P.J., Brooklyn, New York, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmittsburg, Maryland 1840 Sep 13 He is pleased to have received McFarland's letter and to hear about the old croneys at Mt. St. Mary's College but is sorry that he worried about the money. About politics between the Tippecanoe parties, Democrat Associations, school fund meetings and Steamship companies there is confusion. He is afraid that the hard cider men will make a poor turnout. The Democrats are going steadily ahead. He thinks the philosophers in the school are doing more good than the politicians. He is sorry to hear that the great O'Neal is losing his electricity. Fitzsimon sends greetings to others by name., P.S. He asks to be remembered in their prayers. Coyle, O'Neal, Mackey and Longhi will be ordained that week. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmittsburg, Maryland 1840 Oct 26 John apologizes for not writing sooner. The sickly season gave him constant employment. The Cherokee and Kendall people should have kept Francis informed of his activities. He has been well. There has been small pox in Tiffin, about 12 cases but only one fatal. They vaccinated many. When he last heard of their Father he was preparing to move to Allen County. He asks if Frank feels the excitement of politics in his retreat. In Ohio the results give the Governorship to the Whig candidate, Corwin, with 17,000 majority. There is not doubt that Harrison will have the state. An abolition ticket will hurt but his popularity is greater than Corwin's. Maryland it seems will go for him. He intends to visit Cincinnati this winter and would like to go to Emmittsburg but cannot. He adds a few lines in verse on hope. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Borgna, Father Philip, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Francis McFarland, _____ 1841 Mar 17 This is a certificate of his acceptance into the sodality of the B.V.M. signed by Borgna as rector, and John McCloskey and Michael F. Martin. :: I-1-a D.S. Latin 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1842 Jan 23 He is pleased to know that Francis's health is good. He fancies that he has recovered his health but is not able to withstand as well the changes of weather. There are several cases of measles and several have died from them. He is glad to hear from his old friend Mr. Clark. Since Francis asked him for some verse he obliges with two stanzas of six lines each about enduring adversity. The letter is incomplete. :: I-1-a A.L. Incomplete 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Wapakoneta, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1842 Apr 22 In answer to his request for information about moneys received from him his Father lists the amount, the date received and by whom. The expenses of commencing housekeeping and farming in a new country are very great and without the money he has sent, besides the money his sister who apparently writes most of the letter gives, they would not have succeeded. They will shortly be able to repay him. The sister took the chills and fever and had to leave St. Mary's but she is getting well again. At Wapakoneta they have a German priest who comes two Sundays a month. They have a band for music in the church. They have had a backward spring and made little sugar. In time they expect to have good crops. In the spring election Mr. McFarland was elected a trustee and J.E. was made a supervisor. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Heyden, Father Thomas, Bedford, Pennsylvania, to Francis P. McFarland, Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1842 Jul 14 Heyden presented McFarland's communication to Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick and the Bishop told him to tell McFarland that in consequence of his connections with Mt. St. Mary's he felt delicacy in encouraging him to withdraw from there. But should he be honorably released and if there is a vacant place at St. Charles Seminary, McFarland has his approbation to apply for admission. Heyden would have answered sooner but he had to go with the Bishop. He sends his regards to Father McCaffrey and Brother and Mr. Clark. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Nill, James, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Francis P. McFarland, Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1842 Aug 20 McFarland's letter in regard to his Father's claim on the estate of Dr. Oellig has been received. Gov. Burns has not yet settled the estate. He presumes that he will have it audited before many months. The dividend will be small and when received by him it will be attended to., I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Francis P. McFarland Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburg, Maryland 1843 May 20 Kein has received McFarland's letter by Kerrigan but was absent. He complains that McFarland sends so little news of the Mountain, especially about Kerrigan's marriage. He tried to defer his ordination, but the Bishop assured him that he would not have any duties until the bishop himself had prepared him. He has spent his time so far attending the bishop's mail and has preached a few times. He describes the letters he has received from other friends. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Stem, Leander Mt.St.Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmitsburg, Maryland 1843 Oct. 7 This is a printed form of acceptance into the Philalethian society of the college signed by the officers and sent with an apology for differences between McFarland and the members of the society. :: I-1-a D. and L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Bope, J., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Francis P. McFarland Mt. St. Mary's, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1844 Feb. 17 From Mt. St. Mary's he went to his brother and sister, and mailed McFarland's letter. He lived four days with Father Josue M. Young at Lancaster. At Cincinniati he called on Father John B. Doherty Dougherty. Bishop John Baptist Purcell had not returned. Father Edward Purcell is a perfect priest. Bope went to Brown County where he expected to be assigned and did not think it as good as the Mountain. He did not have dimissorials and the Bishop has spoken to Father John McCaffrey in Baltimore and was not willing to receive him. Bope promises to repay McFarland and Mr. McCloskey. He is now at Pittsburgh. He is convinced that he did right in leaving the Mountain. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Francis P. McFarland Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1844 Mar. 25 Kein has not heard from McFarland, but takes the occasion to introduce the bearer Bishop William Quarter who hopes to enlist McFarland for his diocese. Kein says he will treat his priests well. He suggests also Tom O'Neil. If McFarland does not go Kein renews his own offer. He is to tell E. McCormick that his letter has been received. He sends respects to Father Flout and the sisters. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmittsburg, Maryland 1844 May 15 Kein has attended to McFarland's affairs. He advises McFarland to leave a la Hackett to avoid trouble. He will expect him by July 4 and as he is leaving the Cathedral for another church he can offer lodgings. He is sending this by another means to avoid suspicion but would not mind if Father John McCaffrey should open it. McFarland has already said that he is leaving and might as well come to New York. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburgh, Maryland 1844 May 22 He has received Francis's letter of Mar. 4 as well as the one he sent by Bope. He has been negligent because he has been trying to build a house. Francis's poetry promises something better. He has had some fever but his wife and son, seven weeks old, are well. He has called him John Francis. Josiah has been better this year. The doctor does not want to prosper by sickness of the community. Mr. Bope was there. Bishop John Baptist Purcell is expected there in August by which time they expect the addition to the church to be completed. The prospects are for an abundant harvest. Temperance was all the go for a while but politics is now the chief subject. The county is Democratic, but he is no politician. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Cooper, George E., Joseph L. LeBourgeoise and EdwardG. McCormick Committee, Philomatheian Society Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburgh, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland, Emmitsburg, Maryland 1844 Jun. 20 The Committee has been appointed to thank McFarland for the time he has given the society and hope that he will be successful in guiding the society in the future. :: I-1-a L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Clark, James St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia 1844 Aug. 2 Clark has received McFarland's letter late because Father John McCaffrey was in Emmittsburg recovering from a fall from his horse while going on a sick call. He is recovering. There are many changes at the Seminary. Ingoldsby, Brady, Futterer and McNamara have left. O'Neill has gone to Frederick for orders. There are new men. The building is being changed. He lists the various changes. Miss Virginia Morgan who had become a Sister of Charity has died of consumption. He has packed McFarland's books. He hopes the city will remain quiet for the elections and that the Catholics go to vote quietly and leave the fighting to the Nativists. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Bishop of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Francis P. McFarland 1844 Aug. 19 Dimissorial letter granted because McFarland is leaving the diocese because of his health. :: I-1-a Printed from S. Latin 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a O'Neill, Father Thomas Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, Rose Hill, New York 1844 Sep. 24 He begs pardon for not answering McFarland's letters. He has been ordained and is scarcely able to do his work on the mission now. He regretted that McFarland did not return to the Mount after he left Philadelphia but hopes that he will be well at Rosehill. He lists by name the various personalities of the Mount. He adjures McFarland to vote the Democratic ticket. He asks what McFarland has heard about his first sermon and talks about the members of the faculty. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Clark, James, Frederick City, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, New York, New York 1844 Oct. 11 He received McFarland's letter and was surprised that McFarland had left the Philadelphia seminary. By this time he thought he would be ordained and on the mission. He hopes that he will soon be ordained. He finds the exercises at the Jesuit novitiate very agreeable and pleasant. They walk three miles into the country twice a week and have other exercise in bounds. He has not heard from the Mountain lately but he understands they have 96 students. The new study hall they say is a great splash. Beleké and Grand were in Frederick for the Democratic rally with the Emmittsburg delegation. The college at Georgetown is flourishing with not less than 150 students. Mr. Byrne asks for his mail. He sends greetings to others. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Doyes, Henry Secretary St. John's College, New York, New York, to Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1844 Dec. 13 A Printed Latin form signed by the president critic, and secretary of the Chrestomathian society of St. John's accepting McFarland into membership as an honorary member. :: I-1-a Printed form with written note 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland West Farms,, Westchester County, N.Y. 1844 Dec. 16 William has received Francis's of the 5th and he is surprised that Francis has not received letters from Ohio since his Father and he and Josiah have all written. His parents have inquired about him. He will write to Wapakonetta. Josiah is now at Cleveland attending lectures. The parents are looking older. Mother has lost the sight of one eye. Bishop John Baptist Purcell came to Wapokonetta the day he left and confirmed 54. The priest there is Dutch but the Bishop has promised an English one occasionally. Catholics are numerous and no other organized church is meeting there. The elections are over and Francis knows the results. The Whigs curse the Dutch and Irish farmers. Nativism is on the increase. Winter has come now with three inches of snow. They had a jollification in honor of Pike but a canon exploded killing one and crippling two others. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Foster, John G., Alfred C. Gowen, and Andrew H. Baker Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland, Rose Hill, New York 1844 Dec. 29 This committee of the Philomathian Society present McFarland with a testimonial of their gratitude for the many benefits he conferred upon them. They regret his loss and offer these presents as some renumeration for his services. :: I-1-a L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 A statement of books purchased. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John, Tiffin, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Jan. 6 He would have answered sooner Francis's letter from Philadelphia but he learned that he had gone to New York and did not know his address. The trio have been enjoying good health. His wife and John Francis are well. Josiah is reading medicine for 15 months. He is not possessed of eminent faculties. Quackery in medicine is not confined to those who lack talent. Francis has promised to come west next summer. John wants to know what Francis has been doing the last two years and what he intends to do. He has been subscribing to the Catholic Expositor but has not been receiving it. Next spring he will subscribe to a better paper. He is collecting fossils and shells and hopes that Francis can send some from his vicinity. Last summer the Sanguinists Precious Blood Fathers came to the vicinity but as they do not speak English he does not think their college will amount to much. They are making an addition to their church in Tiffin and the Germans are also making an addition. He has heard from their parents and brothers and they are well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, Josiah A., Cleveland, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Jan. 8 He received Francis's letter of Dec.25. He does not want to give the impression of being envious. Francis has studied medicine enough to know what he is experiencing. He describes his studies at the Medical Department of Western Reserve College, a Presbyterian institution. A Mr. Case has given a plot and funds to start a new college in the city. They plan a marine hospital. There is a bill in Congress reducing the cost of postage. He speaks of events in Cleveland. Their church was established four years before and has 3000 members. A German church will be built next summer. There are several respectable converts. Father Peter Paul McLaughlin is a good speaker. He has doctored several cases which he mentions. The parents and others are well. Jerome should get one or two years of education in business. He urges Francis to come and visit them. He likes Cleveland and thinks the countryside very good for vacation. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John and Nancy, Wapakonetta, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Jan. 15 They wish to tell him that they are well but old, that James and Jerome are well, and that Josiah is studying in Cleveland. Dr. John and his family are well and William and his family also James has purchased eigth acres near them and lives with them with his two children. He is the squire of the township. Jerome is a healthy boy, but his education has been neglected. They have a good crop of corn and wheat. They have church every other Sunday at Wapakonetta, with the priest preaching in German. Bishop John Baptist Purcell was at Wapakonetta last December and inquired about Francis, saying that he hoped to have him for his diocese. They would like to see him again. P.S. They ask William McFarland to send this to Francis. The outer address is to William who folded it over sent it to Francis. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a McLaughlin, P.J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, Rose Hill, New York 1845 Jan. 17 McLaughlin acknowledges McFarland's letter. He describes the celebration at the Mountain of Christmas and the subsequent feast, naming the officers at the Mass and describing the feasts. He describes in some detail th new seminarians — a Mr. Farrell, a Francis Mazzuchelli, the nephew of Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, memberships of the societies. He mentions also the changes in the building made since McFarland's departure. Father Thomas O'Neill is in Emmittsburg. Father Hurley died at Mobile two days after his arrival. He traces the activities of those who have left the seminary. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Clark, James, Frederick City, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, New York 1845 Feb. 11 Clark thanks McFarland for his letter of Nov.21 which was received only on January 6. He is pleased that St. John's prospers but is sorry that the Jesuits could not take it over. He has heard from Fathers John Harley and Thomas O'Neill . The president Father John McCaffrey came to visit the Jesuits' house with Messrs. Beleké and Olland. All are well at the Mountain except Uncle Guy who is still afflicted with paralysis. They have 15 scholastic novices having received 2 in the last 3 days. He is pleased that McFarland plans to visit him next summer. Georgetown has the same number of students. Worcester has 25, all Catholics since they take not others. Feb.17. The letter was interrupted by an indisposition. Harley and O'Neill told him that St. John's also accepted only Catholics, which he had not known. He mentions the societies of the Mountain which continue to be held. P.S. William Tehan asks McFarland to ask Mr. John Regan if he is at St. John's if he has received Tehan's letter. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Reilly, E. J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Maryland, to Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Feb. 19 Reilly thanks McFarland for his letter and says that all are well at the Mountain except Corry who is in the infirmary. He mentions Father John McCaffrey, the President, the prefects and teachers. A.H. Baker adds a postscript, chiefly about the Philomathean Society and their plans for Washington's birthday. His health has not been good. He asks McFarland to remind J.L. Daugherty of a debt. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland 1845 Feb. 25 They are all in good health. Francis spoke of sending them an Almanac but it did not come. They are all well at Wapakonetta. Josiah is in Tiffin. The winter has been open and wet but there has been little sickness. The Whigs are making a great batch of banks and the railroads are progressing. He had last week a pamphlet by Rev. C. Sparry of New York against Catholicism, a very bigoted paper. Every Protestant preacher is a nativist and they intend to put down the Catholics. They hate Bishop John Hughes and Francis Patrick Kenrick as devils. James Polk will take his seat in a few days despite the Whig nativism and anti-slavery parties. On the back addressed to Josiah McFarland at Tiffin, Ohio. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Mar. 4 William wrote last week a double letter and sent it to Tiffin and will try again. They are all well. Dr. John has written that he has heard from Francis. Jacob Bope is working in a silk store in Philadelphia. The weather has been the most pleasant he has ever seen in February and the fruit will be in danger of rot as a result. The wheat crop looks well and some maple sugar was made last month, so that next summer if he comes they can make him a sugar egg. He is on the lookout for the Almanack. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, Westchester, New York 1845 Apr. 15 He has received Francis's letter. He is in good health. The legislature has chartered a good number of banks and the railroad will apparently go ahead. The frost has taken the peaches, some think the apples too. He has not heard from Wapakonetta but the folks seem well. Josiah is at Tiffin and talks of going into practice. They have an Advent preacher telling them all about the Pope being antichrist. The Dutch Catholics of Cincinnati have just begun their third church. This is the best spring they have had in Logan country for ten years and the farmers are making good use of it. Prices are low. The post masters will have to stop franking letters July 1. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Wapakonetta, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, West Chester, New York 1845 May 6 John has been there for two weeks, where he is visiting with their parents. It is doubtful that he can raise enough money to attend lectures during the coming winter. If he can do no better he will purchase some medicines and practice to get some money to pursue his studies. This others have done. Their parents are well but worn by old age and hard labor. They have sufficient income to refrain from hard labor but insist on working. The wheat crop is good but does not develop well in that region. James has married R. Walker two weeks ago. Jerome is still at home and has made little advance in his studies. He is pleased that Francis intends to visit them next summer. If he will mention the cost of his fare their father will forward the money. Father Martin Pobst Pope, a German priest, lives there half of each month and Father James P. Cahill at Piqua also comes occasionally. Hugh Mckeon lives at Rossville, Staten Island and their father wishes that Francis would visit him and ask him to write about Ireland. Uncle James McKeon was at last account living in Poland, New York. John would also like to hear from Francis. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, Westchester Co., New York 1845 May 20 He acknowledges Francis's letter. They are well and the doctors have a poor business this season, with dry weather and hard frosts, fruits are gone and other crops are backward. Internal improvments and war with England are the talk. Josiah has gone to Wapakonetta but has not gone into business, James married Miss walker, a Catholic, on the 16th. J.A. and family are well. They have begun to locate the railroad. It will be under contract in a few weeks and completed in a year. He fancies almost a thousand Irish at work and a priest lecturing the boys every Sunday old style to the astonishment of the natives, all out of doors, the wood hardly holding the throng. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, Fordham, New York 1845 May 27 He has just received McFarland's note and is sure that there is no impossibility and will expect him Saturday evening. He does not know how Father McClellan could say they did not expect McFarland. He asks an answer by the bearer and if he cannot come to try to get McClellan or Curran to come. If not them he is to ask Father John Harley to come. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Beleké, Caspar J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Mary land, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, Rose Hill, New York 1845 June 2 Beleké was delighted to read of McFarland's ordination. When in Frederick he and James Clark talked about him. Beleké had intended to leave the Mountain and this winter he offered his services to the president of St. John's and agreed to come on August 2. When he handed in his resignation at the Mountain the President and the Council refused to accept and offer him a greater salary than he deserves. Later Father John McCaffrey, much moved, insisted that if Father John Harley knew of their situation he would insist that Beleké stay at the Mountain. Beleké agreed but has not received an answer from the President of vice president of St. John's. Knowing Father Harley's devotion to the Mountain, Beleké is not certain what his answer will be. He asks McFarland to show the letter to Harley and to obtain an answer but not one to do as he pleased. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Jun. 20 He has received Francis' letter of June 4. They are all in good health. He had a letter from William saying that Francis intended to come west for a visit and wished to borrow travelling money. If the father and brother can help him to their home he could give what he could spare for the rest of the journey. It has been a hard summer and prospects are gloomy because of the bad crops. Their church or the addition will be finished and another for the Germans is about half finished so that father can speak in English or German. He never saw such a time when the services of a physician were not needed. New York and the west is crowded with doctors and lawyers but there are more entering these professions. Hard labor is thought to be disreputable. He asks if the Catholic Expositor is still being published. He has not received a number for six months. He also asks for geological specimens. Hugh McKean is farming about 26 miles from New York on the way to Philadelphia. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McMenamin, Father John, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, Fordham, New York 1845? Jun. 23 He starts for Utica as assistant pastor of Father Joseph Stokes. He feels uneasy to be so far from his friends. He has been speaking to Father George ? McCloskey about Utica. It is healthy and agreeable. He has been at Philadelphia during the past week. All their friends are well except Father Jennings. Gilligan has gone to Ireland. Mclaughlin is at St. Michael's with Farrel. Flanagan has the mission at Allilton. He was at the seminary and things are better. Report has Father Patrick McKenna going to St. James. He leaves this evening and leaves some books for Derwin, with Father Valentine Burgos at the Bishop's. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Manahan, Father Ambrose, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Jul. 3 As he is leaving the city he asks McFarland, with the Bishop's permission, to take Possession of his house and parish for July 3 and 4. He wishes him particularly to say Mass the next day and Saturday or there would be no Mass at all. :: I-1-a A.L.S 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Mckeon, Hugh, Rossville, Staten Island, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's, New York 1845 July 7 He has received McFarland's letter of June 28 and he is pleased to learn of his ordination. He is pleased that McFarland's father and family are well. His own family is well except himself but he is recovering. He hopes to see McFarland before he goes to Ohio and will save the news until he sees him. He hopes he will come Saturday so he can introduce him to their parish priest, Father Ildephonsus Madrano who resides at Quarantine. He gives him directions to get by boat to Rossville. James McKeon and family are well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Beleké, Caspar J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Jul. 10 Beleké has just returned from Washington where he met President James Polk and other great men through the introduction of Mr. Serruys the Belgian Minister, who had visited the Mountain. After a few weeks he may accompany Colonel Bensinger to his German Catholic colony in McCan County, Pennsylvania which is flourishing under the Redemptorists . McFarland should visit the settlement in his vacation. He agrees with McFarland that it was probably providential that he did not leave the Mountain. He mentions those who will not be there next year. The faculty has often expressed the wish that McFarland would return and if he consents Father John McCaffrey would obtain the permission of McFarland's bishop. He could have also the Emmittsburg congregation. By the papers he will see that the Mountain has conferred on him the M.A. As soon as he comes to see them he will get the diploma. He asks about Father John Harley and Mr. André. Those at the Mountain want to be remembered to him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a O'Neil, Father Thomas Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, Rosehill, New York 1845 Jul 30 He does not understand why McFarland has ceased to write to him. He congratulates him on his ordination. The Seminary at the Mountain is almost defunct. He lists the seminarians who are departing for Baltimore and other seminaries. He also lists the new men by name. He asks McFarland how he feels about Rosehill. He gives messages to various friends in New York. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Ansley, S.J., E., New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1845? Aug. 2 He apologized for not answering sooner. He is there because of his health. He attended the commencement but found the speeches tiresome and left with some little girls. He forgot in his former letters to say that Fathers A.J. Thebaud and William Murphy wanted to be remembered to McFarland. Father Thebaud thought that McFarland would come to visit them before this. Ansley thinks that the position of a secular priest in a parish is to be pitied, in comparison to that of a regular. P.S. He writes this at present in the mansion of Hon.Ross Cuthbert Lanoraye, Canada. Tomorrow he is going to La Tortue? on the other side of the river. He gives his address when he is in Montreal. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarlan St. John's College,, New York 1845 Aug. 5 A statement for book purchased. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Clark, S.J., James, Daughin County, Pennsylvania, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1845? Aug. 16. Clark should have answered McFarland's letter sooner but he did not receive an answer to the letter he wrote three years ago. Clark would have been pleased if McFarland would have joined the Jesuits, but he has a large field for his endeavors. He is on his way to Holy Cross College, Worcester. He has come this way to spend some time with his parents, reaching the college about Sept. 1. Classes begin September 15. Two of his sisters have become Catholics. Mount Saint Mary's is as usual. Baker has an academy at New Hudson, John Clemson with him. They had a good exhibition at Georgetown. The president attended and distributed the medals. He also attended the exhibition at the Academy of the Visitation. He is now in Pennsylvania. Mr. O'Dowde was at Georgetown but was not received into the Society. Mr. William Tehan is at Georgetown and has been teaching for the past 5 years. Mr. Young is at the novitiate. Martin is pastor at Little York. T. O'Neal is on the Mission of the Eastern Shore, Maryland. He saw Wade and J. Daugherty in Lancaster. The degree of Doctor of Music was conferred on Prof. Deilman of the Mountain at Georgetown. He was glad to hear of Keveney. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, William, Kendall, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1845 Aug. 17 William acknowledges Francis's letter. They are all well but there is much sickness. He has finished the hay. The railroad is progressing. There are 4 or 500 Irish on it and they have their own doctor and will be visited by a priest. The natives will be staring, since they think the priest has horns. He admits that his two sons have not made their first Communion. John was baptised before they left Pennsylvania, the rest have never seen a priest. If the Irish bring a priest they will try to make amends. There is no priest for 25 miles and he is usually German. Thus not a good situation and he plans to move this fall and probably will go to Iowa. Josiah has gone to Putnam County on the Miami Canal. It is swamp land, many are sick, and he is making money. He plans to take on a partner. They are laying out two towns on either side of the river, one English and one Dutch. John and family are well. They were disappointed that Francis did not come to Ohio. They waited for him until late in July. William would have borrowed the money. John is selfish and charged Jerome more for board than he would have had to pay in the city. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McMenamin, Father John, Little Falls, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1845 Sep. 10 He received McFarland's letter some time ago, and it dissipated the fog and melancholy that overhangs this place. He did not like to take the trouble to write or to give the pain to tell of his affairs, but now he feels differently about it. He should not give in to his ups and downs. He was too elated when he went to Utica. Then he had trouble with the other priest, Father Joseph Stokes who gave prescriptions beyond those of the Bishop. He wrote to the Bishop but Stokes did also. Now he is pastor of Little Falls. He gives an excited description of Little Falls. He needs some things for which he must go to New York. He regrets that Father John Harley is not recovering. His mail to be directed to St. John's, Utica. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1845 Sep. 13 He has not heard from Francis for some time but Josiah said their parents had heard. They had expected a visit from him in the summer. They are all well. Francis probably knows that Josiah is practicing. The German Church is completed and the English addition completed. As the Catholics are poor John thinks it would have been better to have remained together for a while longer. The Presbyterians have a church and the Bible society is going about listing all who have Bibles. They seem to think that plenty of Bibles and all is well. There is prejudice and they will not believe Catholics when they disavow the horrible doctrines. He is taking Brownson's Quarterly and the U.S. Catholic Magazine, and likes the former. John Flanagan of Waynesboro has died. He hopes to hear from Francis. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, West Farms, New York 1845 Oct. 7 Perhaps he has heard before this of their Father's death. Lucian wrote that Father died on September 27 and that Mother and he had ague and fever. John is starting the next day for Wapokonetta to see how they are and he will write when he returns. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1845 Oct. 15 A bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Elder, William Henry, Rome, Italy, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, New York 1845 Oct. 27 He explains his delay in answering by the number of visitors they had to entertain. For a week they had Father Secchi, S.J. who took them on trips. Another was Bishop Hughes of Gibraltar who told them of his own persecutions. Prof. Scholz of Bonn, member of the Noble College, the Prince brother of the King of Naples, Monsignor Brunelli also came. One day the Holy Father Himself came for half a day, along with many who came to see him, such as the General of the Jesuits. He described other events of the vacation, trips to Tivoli, Subiaco. He is surprised to hear that McFarland and Clark have left the Mountain. He asks about others who were at the Mountain. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, New York 1845 Oct. 30 Itemized bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Young, E.J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Nov. 9 As prefect he writes to the professor of rhetoric and moral philosophy. He has little to say except about the weather. There are about a hundred students. He describes the prefects and fellow students. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Dec. 2 Bill for books. :: I-1-a A.L. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Dec. 8 Bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1845 Dec. 26 Bill for books receipted by B.F.F. for Dunigan. :: I-1-a L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Harley, Father John, Dublin, Ireland, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College,, Fordham, New York 1846 Jan. 18 Harley has been in Dublin for more than a month but in the meantime has also visited other parts of Ireland. He found riches and poverty side by side, large carriages and carts, and plenty of beggars. He understands now the shanty system of the Irish in America. The houses are one story high and the animals are fed at the door and the manure piles are only a few feet away. Perhaps this is because of the scarcity of ground but the American farmer would have a better appearance of comfort and cleanliness. It may be policy to avoid a raising of rents by the landlords. In Clare there are the same noble generous people who can never do enough for you. They had reverence and regard for the clergy. He fears that repeal will not benefit them if accomplished. O'Connell will not live to see it and the Irish themselves do not really seem to expect it. The potato rot is as great as represented in the papers but there should be no starvation. Bishop John Hughes has gone ahead to London. Harley goes tomorrow. They will remain until the opening of Parliament. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Jan. 21 John wrote last before he went to visit their mother and brothers. He found them better than he had expected but weak from illness. William's son John, 16 years old, attended the stock. Mother looks older and more infirm. Jerome though pale has a good consitution. James has married a second time. He visited the grave of their father in passing through Wapaukonetta. He did not have the assistance of a priest, because the priest was also ill, but he had prepared well for death. Josiah spent ten days with him during the holidays and seemed content. He has another son, William Rush. There has been little sickness in Tiffin but a disease called "black tongue" has appeared in Toledo and proved fatal in 8 or 10 cases. He has read the U.S. Cath. Mag. but thinks it not a good number. He asks Francis to get some medical magazines for him. He will probably send to New York for his medicines next year. If Francis plans to visit them next summer he should say so and plan for a good visit. P.S. He has received the Freeman's Journal Francis sent. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of Axiere, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Jan. 24 McCloskey has promised Bishop John Hughes to write to Father Francis Guth of Buffalo requesting him to go to Watertown to claim whatever of church or house furniture belongs to either the Bishop or himself. Reflecting that this might be too much trouble he decided that it was safer to leave the matter to McFarland. Should he ask Guth to come to Watertown he is to assure him that he does so with the full approbation of the Bishop. He trusts that the difficulties that McFarland has experienced will soon be removed and that he will be rewarded for his toil. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Jan. 29 Bill from Dunigan receipted by B.F.B. for Dunigan. :: I-1-a L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1846 Mar. 5 Bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Mar. 6 Bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Mar. 27 Bill for books receipted by Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Clark, James, Georgetown, District of Columbia, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Apr. 4 He answered McFarland's previous letter but he did not know what he was doing. He is pleased to hear from him. He did not know that Mr. Futterer was with him and in bad health. He understands that St. John's is about to fall into the hands of the Jesuits. The institution will not suffer from the change. He is surprised that there are so few Protestants at St. John's. He thinks this is beneficial. They have a great many Protestants at Georgetown, among the best in the house. Their greatest rascals are Catholics. They had 138 or 9 and now have 122 or 3. He is prefect and teaches Mathematics. William F. Tehan is there and teaches poetry. He mentions several students by name. Clark has visited Congress but has not seen Polk, who has an adopted son at Georgetown. He is pleased that McFarland is thinking of the religious state. He would not want to be a secular priest, and would be pleased to see McFarland a Jesuit. Tehan adds a message. He is pleased to greet his old teacher and hopes there may be a closer relationship between them. He asks to be remembered to the former students of the Mountain. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Cumming, James, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Apr. 16 Bill for cassock and pantaloons, receipted by Cummings. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 12mo. 1. CDHT I-1-a Beleké, Caspar J. Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Apr. 23 He acknowledges McFarland's letter of April 8. They are pleased that he intends to visit the Mountain in vacation. Since Father Edward Surin Sourin is to address the Philomathean Society they hope he will come for the exhibition. They will be mostly absent in the vacation. The anticipated changes as St. John's surprise them. Beleké is happy that he is still at the Mountain. Father John McCaffrey did not give a positive answer about Mr. Ansley since they do not want to increase the lay professors at the college. Mr. Giraud received only $200 per annum. Belekeé teaches 7 classes and has 106 students. James Clark is first prefect at Georgetown. Dr. Shorb has returned from Texas. The fever for that country has subsided. He was accompanied through Texas by the elder Giraud and Rev. J. Miller. McFarland should get his exeat before he leaves New York. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Dunigan, Edward, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 Apr. 25 Bill receipted by James B. Kirker for Dunigan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a O'Donnell, Father John Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmittsburg, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland St. John's College, New York, New York 1846 Apr. 27 The healthy state of the Sodality suggests that he remind McFarland that he has not written. Father George Flaut is the Director this year. They have purchased an album for the members. He quotes for McFarland the rules for the non-resident members. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a O'Neill, Father Thomas, Hickory, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 May 2 He apologizes for his delay in answering because he has 4 congregations to care for. He is pleased that the Bishop John Hughes has arrived safely and that Father John Harley has received a doctorate. In Latin he makes fun of such an honorary degree. O'Neill notes that they recognize all native ability and that Harley had only ordinary talent. He thinks the same of William H. Elder . So also for all the McCloskeys. John McCloskey he considers an old woman in a cassock, George a little better. He asks if the Jesuits are coming to New York. If McFarland visits his mother he should gather all he can about his father's people. He is pleased that McFarland will visit him. He relates the news he has heard from the Mountain. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Hughes, John Bishop of, New York, New York, to Father John O'Dowd, Watertown, New York In care ofFather Francis P. McFarland, New York, New York 1846 May 6 Hughes says that he took in O'Dowd on condition that his conduct would justify him. He now feels that he must take away from him all spiritual faculties. He is to instruct the bearer on the duties of the parish. Whatever belongs to him he is to sell to the bearer or take with him. His conduct towards himself and his coadjutor is such that he feels that he must pass from the diocese. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 May 19 He has received Francis's letter of the 10th. He wishes to enclose some money for books but has not been making sufficient collections. He wishes him success in his new surroundings, but expected him to find everything well. He thinks the exercise he will have to take will be good for his health. Francis will have trouble getting a housekeeper. Father Joseph McNamee, their pastor, has this difficulty. Possibly their mother would come and live with him. She could not do the work but she could supervise the work of another. It would be well to write and ask her before visiting her. She lives with Jerome and keeps her own house, but it is too much for her. Bishop John Baptist Purcell is expected there about the middle of June. It is 2 years since he was in Tiffin. In a few weeks the cars can run as far as Carey. He is pleased that Father is coming to visit them. Josiah writes that he is well. He thinks he will attend medical school. His own family is well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a O'Neill, Father Thomas, Harford County, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, St. John's College, New York 1846 May. 26 He explains the lack of correspondence between them by a misunderstanding. He did not get along with the authorities at Mt. St. Mary's College, especially about the funds from the parish at Emmittsburg. He asked the Archbishop for a change and was assigned were he is. The income is sufficient and he has 4 missions to attend. He has seen the rumors about the Jesuits, but they would not train up men for the diocese. As to McFarland's joining the order that is a matter for his confessor to decide. He has read some account of Hogan. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McClellan, Father William, St. John's College, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Jun. 24 He has delayed writing until McFarland was settled and could tell of his experience. The chapel is nearing completion. The stained glass windows are beautiful. All except the altar will be ready by commencement. William Morange of Albany is there to assist at the concert. Mr. Howard, McFarland's neighbor, is there raising funds. The books from France arrived and he sent them with other books to McFarland. Father James R. Bayley will go to Staten Island. The Brotherhood will not go until after retreat and then the Sisters will take over. He describes the concert at which both Bishop John Hughes and John McCloskey were present with other priests and guests. Bishop McCloskey spoke. A Mr. Gleason, recently married, made an appearance and was told to depart by Bishop Hughes. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Jul. 26 Francis will have to apologize for not coming back that way to say good bye to his wife. She had his clothes done up and two shirts for him and now needs some way to send them. John would like to know how their mother stood the trip and how she likes the home. If they had come back they had planned to go with them by the cars to Sandusky City. Last week the large passenger car capzized injuring some slightly and the conductor severely. A snake ran through a car filled with German immigrants, but injured no one. The railroad will have to be remedied. Father Joseph McNamee has gone to New York. Since Father was there a young man was convicted of horse stealing and given 6 years. He has a wife and two children. In a year he is thinking of going somewhere else to live and asks Francis where he would suggest that he go. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Harley, Father John, Secretary, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Aug. 8 As the last diocesan synod a certain sum was specified for each church in the diocese to be paid to the bishop as cathedraticum. Bishop John Hughes will remain silent on this matter no longer and has asked Harley to send to each clergyman the account as it stands in the books. He asks that the amount be paid immediately because his notes are in danger of being protested. The Church at Watertown paid $10 in 1843 and is two years in arrears. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McClellan, Father William, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Aug. 26 He acknowledges McFarland's letter and says that he need not apologize since he has heard from Mr. Mullen of the difficulties that McFarland has met in his mission. He is busy at Transfiguration church and the city hospital. He paid McFarland's subscription to the Freeman's Journal for which he sends Mass intentions. He will also deposit money at Dunigans and send the names to McFarland. The Bishop John Hughes convened a meeting of the clergy of New York and Brooklyn to consider the charitable institutions. The Sisters of Charity after 50 years have given up the male orphanage. This is sudden but the Council at Emmittsburgh refused to delay. When Hughes protested the Sisters removed Sister Basilia to St. Louis, Sister Elizabeth to Rochester, Sister Lucy Ignatius to Albany, and Sister William Anna to the western part of the diocese. Bishop Hughes has ordered Sister Rosalia the visitrix to leave the diocese, and the sisters will probably be withdrawn. He gave McFarland's regards to the Doctor. McKenna has a sore leg. The Jesuits seem to be going on well with an opening in September. They have 13 priests, as many lay brothers and 8 scholastics are expected from France. They have made alterations. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, O.S.U., Sister Mary De Sales, Mary Alida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846? Aug. 30 She has time only to tell him that she has been professed. She hopes that her health will be much improved. Her brother has come for this letter. She asks to be remembered to Mr. and Mrs. Binsse. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Sep. 10 He heard from Francis some weeks ago and waited to hear from Josiah before answering. Josiah has not been able to collect and therefore cannot pay the notes that John has against him. Therefore John cannot pay Francis. He has property but cannot sell. He sold a house and lot but had to take it back when the buyer could not pay. For two or three years he has been building and this has kept his resources employed. If he can make a sale of some property he will feel no embarrassment. Father Joseph McNamee has been absent for six or seven weeks. He said he would be gone four weeks. Some think he has gone to Ireland. Jerome wrote that he and James were well. He asks Francis's direction for sending his clothes. He asks how their mother likes her new residence. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1846 Oct. 13 He received McFarland's of June 12th but so many strange things happened at Nativity. McFarland has undoubtedly heard of Nedd's misfortune. He tried to get permission to visit his mother. The Bishop refused him twice and asked for a month's wait. When he tried to get permission the third time the Bishop John Hughes said he could not replace him. The Bishop asked him why he did not report the situation, but Kein said the Bishop knew it as well as he did. The great Georgius was named. There was a run on the church after O'Neill went away. Kein has not sent any one away displeased. This week he thinks he will pay off the bond holders and will then have peace. Then he supposes the Bishop will bring in one of his genteel young men in his place. McFarland should make room for him in the diggings. Father Michael Olivetti is with him who thinks all are opposed to him because he is not an Irishman. He will lose all the sense that he has. The Jesuits are doing well at the College. The 120-30 boys seem pleased. P.S. He asks about McFarland's mother. His brother-in-law has died leaving 5 small children. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Jan. 12 John has written a few words for Jerome which he is sending with this. They expect a visit from Bishop Amadeus Rappe on January 24, for a spiritual retreat. He will remain about a week and be accompanied with several priests, English and German. The Bishop is visiting the diocese urging a spiritual retreat and urging all to become teetotalers. Father Maurice Howard was with them last Sunday and gave the first English sermon since the pastor left, except that of Mr. Daughtery. Howard will probably take charge of the congregation until the spring when he is said to be going to the Buffalo diocese. There is a report that Father Joseph McNamee would return but John does not believe that, but thinks a change would be good. He is thinking of going to some other place. It will require some effort to do so. He would like a more Catholic place. He suggests Cleveland or Cincinnati, William McFarland has thought of moving also and John hopes he will because he cannot raise his children as he ought where he is. :: I-1-a. A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, Ann E., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Jan. 22 Mrs. McFarland expressed her gratitude to Father McFarland for his letter since she had been greatly disappointed when Father had gone by with his mother. She asks him to give her her love. She does not know whether they will visit New York next summer since it is too distant then to know. She does not accuse John of forgetfulness since he is very busy. They had an unpleasant winter with much rain and now has been excessively cold for two weeks. She gave Father Joseph McNamee McFarland's message, and he says he would like to hear from him, although he regrets that McFarland did not visit Tiffin on his way back. She hopes to become a good Catholic some day and hopes that Father will remember her in his prayers. Josiah McFarland is with them for a while. He says he intends to marry in the spring to Miss Adelia Blackburn of Allentown, who is intelligent, handsome and wealthy. The boys are well and John Francis promises that he will write Father a letter. John adds a message. He apologizes for his neglect in writing and hopes that their mother's health is good. There is little sickness in Tiffin but some small pox and "black tongue" a few miles away. He has not decided whether he will return Father's visit next summer. Father John Harley has ended his labors. He asks of Mr. Clark. He asks if Francis will remain another year in Watertown. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Bayley, Father James Roosevelt, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Feb. 22 He is to announce to his congregation that the collection which Bishop John Hughes had directed to be made on the 3rd Sunday of Lent for the diocesan seminary is postponed and the collection will be taken up for the starving poor of Ireland. :: I-1-a Printed Circular S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Hughes, Bishop John, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Mar. 3 In an Apostolic letter Pope Pius IX has proclaimed a jubilee on the occasion of his elevation to the Papal throne to which he attached a plenary indulgence. The Bishop has already urged them to fulfill the obligations of lent. He now adds to that his urgent plea that they fulfill the conditions to obtain this plenary indulgence. The time for enjoying the indulgence is limited by the Holy Father to three weeks. In this diocese this will be from the third Sunday of Lent until Palm Sunday. Those pastors outside of New York for peculiar circumstances can choose any other three weeks between the third Sunday of Lent and Pentecost. He adds the four conditions necessary for obtaining the plenary indulgence. The three churches in New York to be visited are the Cathedral of St. Patrick, St. Peter's and Transfiguration. Exceptions are made for those absent on journeys and those sick or infirm. Children who have not made their First Communion need not receive the Eucharist. The Bishop urgently suggests as the object of alms in this connection the suffering poor in Ireland, and the new Institution for destitute females soon to be opened by the Sisters of Mercy. The printed letter is signed by Father James Roosevelt Bayley as secretary. :: I-1-a Printed Circular 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kein, Father Richard, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Apr. 20 He received McFarland's letter yesterday. Father J.C.D. was here for nearly three weeks and left four or five days ago for Canada. He spoke of the affair with Elder Green and said that he was going to Philadelphia to see some papers for the trial. He seems to have no doubt of his defeating Green when the case came to trial. He thinks himself greatly injured by the Bishop John Hughes and defies any one to prove his intemperance. Ned is back there but not in his old position. Father Patrick Bradly starts this week for Buffalo to take the place of Father William Whelan who is not expected to recover. Father Patrick Murphy is in charge of Staten Island. The Island was to have been his mission and he may go there yet since Murphy's appointment is only temporary. There will be changes when the gentleman returns from Rome. He is making a report of the state of the Church, the first that has been made. He lists some Mass intentions. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Apr. 26 Since Jerome McFarland is going to visit Francis he will send this message and news of the brothers in Allen and Logan by him. He heard from Josiah a few weeks ago when he was well. The health of Tiffin and vicinity is quite good. He received a letter and newspapers from Francis and is pleased that he and their mother are well. The people of Watertown seem to feel for the poor of Ireland. In his county they have had meetings but have not sent anything. Some $50 was collected in church by Father Joseph McNamee . He has been in Cincinnati for a few days. He has obtained a copy of Murillo's Mater Dolorosa. Since Francis can get books from Dunigan at low prices he will send him a list when he gets some money. They hope to see him in Watertown or some other New York town this summer. His wife Ann will send him some articles she had for him last summer. He has told Jerome that if he is to start on a professional career he should first make two years of study, and suggests that Francis give him advice on this subject. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Ansley, E. St. John's College, Fordham, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 May 6 He acknowledges McFarland's letter after such a long time. He is pleased at McFarland's success and says he will make it into a bishopric if he continues to build churches. He hopes for a visit from him this summer and he expects to remain there during the whole vacation. All are well there. The Major has returned to his old house on the hill. Dr. Futterer has established himself at Windsor Academy near Harper's Ferry in Maryland. Mr. Stallo intends to study law. He has no communication with him. Mr. Blume is there, having returned from Germany. Mr and Mrs. Rodrigue are well. At the ordination next week, besides three Jesuit scholastics, Wheeler, Maguire, Daly and Curoe are to be ordained. Hourigan has been ordained. McCabe and McCaffrey left the seminary. Mr. O'Donnell went to Blaitmore. Fathers Thebaud and Murphy and the rest are well. McFarland will find a good deal of change in the college although the change has been gradual. There are about 130 students but many changes. They do not have so many Spanish boys as they used to have. They have a great prejudice against Jesuits. Their community has purchased a church in the Bowery that used to be Unitarian or Universalist. Steward took the M.D. and still thinks of getting married. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 May 11 He has received Francis's letter with the news that Jerome has arrived in Watertown but that their mother was not well. They also received the Watertown papers telling about the elections and the interest in the Liquor licenses in New York. The taverns do not sell liquor in Tiffin but whiskey is sold by the gallon and barrel, one grocery selling 148 barrels in six months. They have organized the sons of Temperance as well as the Odd Fellows and Masons and other societies for good objects. Several township meetings have been held to help the Irish. Something has been collected but nothing forwarded except the $200 sent by Father Joseph McNamee . Next Sunday at their church there will be another collection. Six weeks ago a meeting was held in the Court House and committees appointed for each school. He lists the books he wants Francis to buy for him. He arranges to have the books sent to a merchant in Tiffin through an agent in Sandusky City with his name on the side of the box. He asks if they will see him next summer. Dr. Pennington, Josiah's partner, will marry his niece, the daughter of Dr. Kuhn. Josiah was talking about marriage but has been quiet about it of late. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Clarke, Father Michael, Carthage, Jefferson co. New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 May 14 He arrived a short time since from the University of Notre Dame to settle the piece of property which was deeded to him by Father William Whelan and was later transferred to Mr. Gorth. When he arrived in Buffalo he called for the deed and he was directed to McFarland. He asks that the deed be forwarded to him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, Mary Alida A., Brownsville, Jefferson Co, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 May 16 As she has given up the idea of going to Watertown she sends his books by M.A. Kennan. She is much indebted. She hopes he will accept these handkerchiefs as a small token of her esteem and gratitude. She wishes they were more numerous. She would like to show him the letter she received from Georgetown. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of Axierre, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Jun. 8 Although he is tardy in acknowledging it, he appreciates McFarland's report relative to his missions and is glad that he is safely through the winter despite the severity of the climate. Since his first visit to Watertown he has seen and heard of the deplorable condition of the Canadian Catholics. He flattered himself that the appointment of Father Michael Guth would aid in this work. He had told him to visit Watertown or even to exchange places. This arrangement did not seem to work out. The only remedy seems to give McFarland an assistant who could speak French but he does not know where one can be found. The report shows good results. The rule for marriages contracted in the presence of a minister or magistrate for Catholic parties is given. When one of the parties is a Protestant the penalty is given the Catholic party but the ceremony is not repeated. McFarland was justified in dispensing with the four days' notice when there was a sufficient reason. He has permission to say Mass in private houses where there is no church or the place is too remote from a church. He is unable to say when he will be able to visit Watertown. McFarland will see Bishop John Hughes soon on his way to Lafargeville and he will answer all other questions. He sends regards to Mr. and Mrs. Binsse. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Tyler, William, Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, to Sister Mary De Sales, Wilmington, Delaware 1847 Ju. 7 He arrived in this land of blue laws last Thursday after stopping in Boston to give Sister Ann Alexius a scolding for writing he such a doleful letter about him. Unfortunately he did not see her because she had gone into the country with some children. He has gained in flesh and spirits. He has been examining the children for confirmation, about 75 in number. In the Bishop Francis P. McFarland papers. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kenny, Father John, Oswego, New York, to Father McFarley Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Jul. 15 Kenny received McFarland's letter but did not answer because he has been so busy. There is much sickness there, chiefly because of the immigrants. He is on foot almost day and night and would appreciate if McFarland could get him a gentle riding horse. He has had 12 sick calls that day. As to his politics he has never interfered in politics and hopes he never will, and he knows nothing directly or indirectly of the men sent from there to the convention. Thirdly he has not interfered in any way with Mr. Allen's election. With regard to the church difficulties Mr. Allen thought he was right defending the old justice, their people think he was wrong. McFarland can prove the truth of his statements if he visits the village. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Gilbride, Father Michael, Hudson, Columbia County, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Aug. 2 He sends a certificate of deposit for $200 which McFarland is to pay to: $20 to Thomas Bellew; $18 to Owen McConnell-he received $2 from Father Philip Gillick ; $100 to Martin Battle; $62 to Hiram Holcimb and Daniel Lee; $54 to Black River Co. on a note of a Corbett; $8 for arranging judgments. Joseph Mullen is Gilbride's lawyer and will see to the business. He will try to raise now $100 owed to Martin Battle. The people of Carthage owe him nearly $400, with interest. Those of Sterlingville nearly $200. The Brownsville has been paid. There was a lot bought in Sacketts Harbor of which he gave the contract to Father Gillick. The people of Watertown seem innocent but there was no understanding between him and them but if he gave half a Sunday they ought to pay accordingly. He did not expect this treatment from Watertown. He thought they would not grumble at paying Battle and Bellew. They knew that Carthage was the death of a priest's pocket and of his character. By refusing to pay Battle they threw the burden on his shoulders. McFarland is to ask Battle if he has been at any loss. If he has Gilbride will be obliged to make it up. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 6pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Aug. 7 He would have answered Francis' letter sooner but he was expecting the books. Francis said they would come in a week but after three weeks they have not come. He asks if the name was printed on the box. There has been much sickness this summer. Ann was quite ill a few days ago. Three have died of puerperal fever. He mentioned in his last letter that Father Joseph McNamee had gone east for his health. He heard from him from Providence, Rhode Island. He asked the Bishop to send a replacement in his absence and Father Patrick O'Mealy of Dayton has been sent. Francis is aware that a new diocese has been created at Cleveland. He has heard from William, Josiah, and James. He asks if their Mother is well. The railroad has been completed to Bellefontaine. When completed the trip to Cincinnati will take from 12 to 14 hours. A conductor was killed the other day, the first death on the railroad. Aug. 14 He has been forced to delay the completion of the letter because of business. There has been considerable sickness; one case of black tongue and other cases. Of the three women who died, one became a Catholic just before she died, although her husband and children were Protestants. Father O'Mealy's father, who lived near Dayton, died and they will not have an English pastor for a while. Alexander McLanahan's death has been announced in a Philadelphia paper. They are to have a bank in Tiffin with a capital of $100,000. The books have not come. He asks about the address on them. He sends $10 and will send the balance later. Ann and the babies are well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Sep. 13 He has received Francis's letter of Aug. 24 and is pleased that he, Josiah, and their mother are well. He has also received the books. He received only the first volume of the "Sisters of Charity." He has been reading some of them. Father Joseph McNamee is apparently remaining at Providence. He has sent for his library and his brother is selling other personal property. For the present Father John J. Doherty Daugherty will attend them occasionally. He was there yesterday and is a good preacher. On last Thursday they had a visit from Bishop John Baptist Purcell and the new Bishop Amadeus Rappe, a Frenchman now stationed at Toledo. He is a tall slender somewhat bald, man of about 50 who speaks tolerable English. He wants to unite the English and German parishes. This could have been done by Father McNamee if he had not been so ungentle, locking the doors and taking up the collection himself. There has been more sickness this summer in Tiffin, but the crops have been good. There is a good deal traveling on the railroad but not as much as one writer said. The stockholders have not received a cent. Another railroad is planned from Tiffin to Columbus. Josiah said there was much sickness around section 10 and that $40 a day and roast beef was common to the pill peddlers. He hopes that Francis will find some business to bring him to Tiffin, where he will have to stay another year. He sends $3 besides the $10 he already sent. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Oct. 20 Francis' favor intended for Kendall was received and they are pleased that he and their mother and Jerome are well. His son, John Francis, had an attack of croup, but they are all well now. Josiah wrote that he would stay another year at Section 10 but then he wrote that he would spend the winter in Cleveland. Father John J. Doherty never returned. Francis has read of the consecration of Bishop Rappe. Father Joseph McNamee will not return before the spring and then only to settle some business. They have begun to form a Catholic library. They have subscribed $75 with $39 paid in. They sent in $50 to Dunigans and he asks Francis to suggest methods of raising money. He thinks the library will do much good. The weather is delightful, Indian summer. He speaks of helping amputate a leg. A Mr. Hitchock was murdered in Philadelphia. The railroad will be complete to Urbana month after next and next summer to Springfield from where it is now finished to Cincinnati. He speaks of the books he is reading and suggests that Francis write a review of them for their papers. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Hughes, John, Bishop of New York, Grovemount, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Oct. 27 Since he has to stay there Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Hughes requests that if possible McFarland send by his brother all things necessary for saying Mass. He lists the items. He would be glad to have McFarland come the next day or Friday morning. He thinks he will be in Watertown next Tuesday afternoon and leave for Rome Wednesday. He hopes McFarland can send the things by his brother; otherwise he does not know what he will do. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John Bishop of, Albany, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Nov. 8 McCloskey says McFarland has his consent to accept the offer of Bishop John Hughes and wishes him success. He would be pleased to know that the unpleasant difficulties of Carthage were terminated. He sends his respects to Mr and Mrs. Binsse . A note say s this was the gift of Rev. Dr. William Maher :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Dec. 27 About 2 weeks ago he had a letter from Josiah who reported that Francis was visiting in New York. John hopes he had a pleasant visit. Josiah is a candidate for graduation. The health of the country seems good, but the last few days have been very cold. The roads are bad and wood scarce, selling for as much as $3 a cord. The Ohio flood has done much damage; one whole family of 13 perishing in the collapse of a house. Last winter they had a flood on the Sandusky. Their library is without books. Dunigan has sent 120 volumes for their $50 but they have not arrived. They have yet $74 on subscription and they will probably send to Cincinnati this time for books. They are without a priest. Father John Doherty Daugherty has not returned but has written that he will have a festival there on Epiphany and the Sunday following. He asks which is the best Catholic paper. He sees that Bishop John Hughes has suspended a French priest. They had an itinerant infidel lecturer in the Court House for two days. The third day the place was locked. He reads that one half of European Protestantism is Unitarian. Secret Societies are the rage, the Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance increase there. He has almost concluded to close his business there and go elsewhere. If he leaves he will try to find a place with a Catholic school. He asks whether Francis will remain in Watertown and about the health of his mother and brother Jerome. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Wynn, Edmund B., 3 Mile Bay, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1847 Dec. 28 Wynne asks if McFarland saw last week in the Spectator a garbled quotation from Bishop John Hughes 's lecture on Ireland which has him assert that the Church is the cause of Ireland's degradation. He wonders if it should be answered or explained, lest it create erroneous impressions. He remembers the real statement of the Bishop's lecture. Had the people of Ireland, like those of Scotland, forsaken the faith from a temporal point of view they would have prospered. Perhaps the article is not more unjust than the majority of Protestant writings on the subject but he cannot understand why the editors did what they did. He saw Mr. Guth, Christmas, who had received a letter from McFarland. They had a large congregation that day. There has been an increase in interest and attendance especially among the French. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, Mary Alida Convent of the Visitation, Georgetown, D.C., to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Jan. 16 She acknowledges McFarland's letter and has permission to write him as he requested. Although she has found peace and happiness there have been enough crosses. The superiors give her some encouragement about her vocation. She has a class in school and the children are low and keep her humble. She has heard from her family and they seem to hope she will not remain. Miss Binsse has written to her and says she has been to the fair in Brownsville. They sing the office and much of their time is spent in spiritual exercises. She will receive the white veil after two months. McFarland is the only one who encouraged her to come there. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Sullivan, Father Timothy J., Charleston, South Carolina, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Copenhagen, New York 1848 Feb. 17 Sullivan asks McFarland to get some person to call on the members of his congregation and invite them to subscribe to the books offered in the printed form on which this is written, "The Works of Bishop John England ." Bishop Ignatius A. Reynolds will pay the person each day what McFarland thinks proper. :: I-1-a L.S. on printed form 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Bayley, Father James Roosevelt, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Mar. 30 The enclosed circular was prepared before the division of the diocese and is now sent with the approbation of Bishop John McCloskey of Albany. McFarland is to send, when he has time, a short account of the church, mission and any circumstances connected with the planting and growth of Catholicism in his part of the country. This is on a printed circular: CDHT I-1-a Bayley, Father James Roosevelt, New York, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Jan. 26 Bishop John Hughes desires to preserve the history of the Church in the State and diocese. He has asked Bayley to send this circular to each clergyman on a mission and ask him to transmit information on these points: On the first Mass, first stations, first clergyman, benefactors, facts about the present clergyman, the present church, and traditions. :: I-1-a Printed circular with note A.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, Bishop John of, Albany, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Apr. 28 The Bishop announces that arrangements have been made for the clergy to attend a spiritual retreat commencing Tuesday evening May 23 and concluding the following Sunday. The exercises will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral, Albany. McFarland is invited to attend and to bring cassock, surplice and stole. P.S. The reason McFarland has not received an assistant will be explained when the bishop sees him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 May 4 John has been expecting a letter from Francis. They have another son whom they have named Henry Josiah. Their mother now has more grandchildren than she can name. Josiah visited them on his return from Cleveland. He has been licensed. He thinks Section X too small a place, but he is still there. William says that after corn planting is over he is going west to look for a future home for himself and family. Father Maurice Howard is now their pastor, there three Sundays a month. The Germans have services nearly every Sunday. They have formed a society, The Brotherhood of Saint Joseph. The temperance men in the English Society keep their pledges but the society does not seem to grow. He has read with pleasure Bishop John Hughes 's letters. He has read also the famous Kirwan . Tiffin is improving. 70 buildings will be put up this summer; four men from Waynesboro were here to see the country. The railroad passing through there has done much good for business. It will soon be completed to Cincinnati. Since the cathedral at Detroit is to be consecrated next month John suggests that Francis go and come visit them. He is sorry that Jerome has dropped out of school and he hopes that he will return to school. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, Sister Mary De Sales Mary Alida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 May 17 She writes of her happiness in her vocation. Continued May 21. She is well and Mrs. Brinley says she looks healthier since she came to religion. The Mother tells her she should be grateful for McFarland's direction, which prepared her for much that has happened. She asks him to remember her to Mr. and Mrs. Binsse and suggest to Mrs. Binsse that her sister, Cornelia, might be converted by Mrs. Binsse for whom she has great affection. The founders of their community in the United States were Irish. Father H. Fitzsimons was there trying to get some Sisters of St. Joseph for his parish. They have been sent from Georgetown to found a house. They are ten in number. She was sent two days after her reception. Father W. O'Hara is chaplain. Father F.X. Gartland is chaplain. Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick is very kind. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Jun. 2 John has received Francis's letter of May 17 in which he seemed to be out of health or spirits. He suspects that Francis is not feeling well and that he should consult a physician. Francis said he was threatened by pulmonary disease but John thinks he has clergyman's sore throat, sometimes called chronic bronchitis. He quotes the remedy for this from Dr. Green of New York. He has somewhat the same affliction. He also has the blues but hopes to get over them. He apologizes for preaching a sermon but he does want Francis to look at the brighter side of life. Josiah wrote that he is to be married on June 28 to Miss Seig, the sister of William's wife. Father Maurice Howard is to be master of ceremonies. He is pleased to know that their mother and Jerome are well. His wife and children are well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Jun. 22 John heard from Jerome who said that Francis has returned from Albany. He hopes that his health is better. They have been having colds, William wrote that they have another child, Henry Josiah, which gives him now 5 sons and 3 daughters. Francis knows that Josiah is being married. Father Maurice Howard will perform the ceremony. John does not think he can go. Today is Corpus Christi and the German parish, nine miles away, will have a procession which attracts crowds every year. They have a convent, school, and are erecting a large church. Several priests reside there. In the northeast part of the country there is another convent church and school belonging to the Germans. Father Howard comes to Tiffin every Sunday. Father Joseph McNamee has not returned. There are only 3 miles of the railroad to Cincinnati unfinished. The merchants will buy from Cincinnati instead of New York. Josiah has come in. He says they are all well at Section Ten. He visited brother William. John has not heard from James for several months. He asks how Francis likes the nominations for president. There are too many generals. Dr. Bissel of Wooster has died. P.S. He is enclosing a letter from Jerome which Francis can read. His education and knowledge of the world is too limited to allow him to read for law or medicine. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of, Albany, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Jul. 31 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter containing the statistical account of his mission. He is sorry not to have heard about the collection for the seminary which was to have been taken up on Pentecost. He will begin the visitation of the diocese in the latter part of August. He proposes being in Watertown Oct.3 until Oct.10. He reminds McFarland that the collection for the cathedral will be taken up on the occasion of his visit. He does not forget the wants of McFarland's mission and will provide for them when Providence given him the means. P.S. Best regards to Mr. and Mrs. Binsse. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Gilbride, Father Michael, Saugerties, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Aug. 1 Gilbride thanks McFarland for complying with his many requests and apologizes for his silence. He is well but works among people who grudge his sight, because of his predecessor. Until this attitude declines he cannot be away much. He says it would be invidious to give names to whom he wishes to be remembered. Mr. McMahon visited him and spoke highly of McFarland and his mother. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Aug. 16 They are all well despite the hot weather. Sickness seems to be on the increase. There have been accidents, also, one killing an Irishman on the railroad. He and his wife attended a concert in Sandusky by the celebrated Madam Bishop. He met Bishop John Baptist Purcell at the church and was with him on the cars to Tiffin. Purcell told him a story of Francis when he was at the Mountain. They had church on Sunday and the Feast of the Assumption by a French priest who knew no English six months before. Father Michael Doherty Daugherty has left the diocese for Boston because he could not pay a debt of $100 where he was. John has enjoyed Bishop John Hughes' s answers to Kirwan. This year the political parties are split. The Whig paper will not support Taylor but go over to the Barnburners. George Rogers is visiting Jacob Adams. Their mother would remember him. William Foreman now lives 30 miles west of there, so does John McNeal. Several families from Quincy have moved to Tiffin; Francis Olig is practicing medicine near Hughes' Furnace. Lewis Olig is said to be a very wild boy. Charles Olig is "quacking" in Morrison's Cove. Father Joseph McNamee has never come back since he went to Rhode Island. He hopes Jerome is making progress in science. He asks also about their mother's health. P.S. If he needs money Francis is to remind Josiah that he is to answer John's claim to him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, JohnA., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Oct. 6 For the past 5 or 6 weeks their country has been visited by many kinds of fever, nearly every family being visited. There have been few deaths. He lost only one case. During September he used 17 ounces of quinine, ordinarily enough for two years. There has been little sickness at Section Ten, Josiah's partner, Dr. Pennington, reports. Father Maurice Howard has the ague. He has met a Mr. Hope who knew their father. There are others from Franklin County. At the election next Tuesday there will be three parties Democratic, Whigs, and Barnburners. The Democrats will win by several hundred. The State is doubtful. New York he supposes will back Van Buren. John does not care who wins. The railroad has much business, but there are accidents. They hope he will visit them. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4 to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, Oswego, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Oct. 22 McCloskey learned on his return that a package has been sent to him at Watertown by express. It should have reached there some days before his departure and now he fears that it is lost. He asks McFarland to make inquiries since it contained important papers he would not want to lose. McFarland is to send it on to Albany. After word from Bishop Patrick Phelan he decided not to accept Father McDonald. He will be able to send McFarland an assistant next month as he will ordain the second Sunday of November. He sends regards to the Binsses, and McFarland's mother and brother. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Murphy, John per M.J. Kelly, Baltimore, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Nov. 13 The office of the United States Catholic Magazine acknowledges $5 from McFarland, crediting $2.50 to P. Hart and $2.50 to McFarland. They apologize for their failure to acknowledge an earlier payment. P.S. He encloses a catalogue of their books. :: I-1-a L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Nov. 30 He has received Francis's letter of October 18. They are all well, also those at Kendall, Ten and Wapakonetta. A letter from William J. indicated that he had looked over sites in Indiana but will probably settle at Wapakonetta. He would like to buy their father's estate, offering $900 cash. He asks John's opinion. He told William that his mother said that their father asked that she control the farm while she lived, and that he was not willing to dispose of it. He would leave it to their mother and brothers to decide. John thinks it strange that the farm should be depreciated 50% while the property of the county has increased in value. Josiah talks of leaving Section Ten but has not decided where he will go. John is pleased that William plans to go where his family can attend church. A good many families from Franklin County have come to Tiffin. But he thinks the morals of the town have decreased with the increase in population. He mentions several who have won prizes for art work in Cincinnati and New York. Bishop Amadeus Rappe is expected at Christmas time. He was there a few weeks ago for a day or two. He wishes that he could send Francis some money, but he can not collect enough now. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Brown, Sister Mary De Sales Mary Alida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1848 Dec. 24 She realizes that McFarland is not accepting her note as an answer to his long letter. She is busy and when not busy in not often well enough to write. She made her profession four months ago. In November she had a visit from 3 sisters and a brother. She regrets that they are still not Catholics. She does not feel the joy this Christmas she felt back in Georgetown. She is pleased that he has an assistant. Father Joseph Balfe is their chaplain and Father Thaddeus Amat, C.M. is their confessor, provided by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick . Conditions in their convent are more encourageing than they were. They pay $2,500 rent, too much. She has heard from Mrs. Binsse. She asks to hear from him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 Jan. 1 He wishes them a happy New Year. Ann and the children are a bit ill. He lists other illness in the town. He invited the relatives for Christmas but they did not come. Jerome is teaching school and he seems to be planning on farming. He approves with reasons. He says that the apostate priest Leihy has been lecturing at Sandusky city. The second night some Irish Catholics rushed him and threw him out. They robbed him and were beating him before friends of law and order came. There was threat of prosecution but they were dismissed for want of evidence. They are threatened with "California fever" which will probably carry away their most promising young men. He has not heard from Francis since Jerome returned. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Clark, S.J., Father James, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 Feb. 24 He explains why he has been so long in answering McFarland's letter of Oct. 11. He knows that McFarland is not a good beggar but he is a good financier. He finds former students of the Mountain in the vicinity, Father Charles John McCallion, Brady, Keene. William Burke is dead, and Clarke attended his funeral in Harrisburg. He hopes that he will become a Jesuit. Mr. Young will soon finish his novitiate. John Clemson has become a Catholic. William Tehan is still at Georgetown. Lt. Curd died. He was in the war with General Taylor. P.S. He asks about Dr. John A. McFarland. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of, Albany, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 Mar. 14 He asks McFarland to tell the young ecclesiastic who is still with him to repair to Albany at his earliest convenience. He is anxious to determine when he can ordain him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Clark, S.J., Father James, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 May 5 He answers McFarland's of April 8. Bishop John McCloskey and Father John J. Conroy were there last month. Clark was pleased to see Conroy who has not changed except that he was more fleshy than at the Mount. He is coming back to Holy Cross College in the summer. Clark hears of the Mountain through the students. Mr. Kenna left them, he thinks, for ordination. They lost Father Philip B. Sacchi . He says McFarland has a wrong impression of the Jesuits when he regrets that they did not devote themselves to the edcuation of the poor instead of the rich. He list their work especially in the cities, especially where the services are gratuitous. He is pleased that John McFarland is well. If the Catholics were faithful he thinks the country would soon be a Catholic country. He speaks of those he knows who have not been faithful in regions where the people are new Protestant. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 May 13 He should have written sooner but they have been sick. Their youngest son nearly died but has now recovered. There is still fear of the cholera but there is now little sickness in the community. He had a letter from Jerome from which it appears that he has married a Miss Walker, a sister of James' wife. Jerome asked for some estate money in the hands of William. John said he could have all but $25 which he wanted Francis to get in place of some lost by "Uncle Sam's agents." They do not have an English pastor. Father Maurice Howard is now at Springfield in Bishop Purcell's diocese. Their own Bishop Amadeus Rappe is in Europe. He wishes that Francis could come and live in their community. Tiffin is now a city. Tiffin and Fort Ball are now united as Tiffin City. R.W. Shawhan is building a brick hotel of 3 stories. John is building a brick office on the same block. He has rented the half story of 2½; to V.M. Griswold, a landscape painter. He has heard of two deaths of those who went to California. About a hundred went, half of them married men. He has been reading Brownson's Review, the Catholic Telegraph and the Pilot, but thinks he will drop the Pilot. Among the victims on the Anthony Wayne was Mr. Hart, formerly of Tiffin. He asks for an answer soon. He has seen a young man from Waynesboro. He asks about his mother. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of, Albany, New York, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1850 May 15 This will be handed to McFarland by Father Maurice Sheehan who has now been ordained. The Bishop admires Father Sheehan so far as he has observed him, and wants him to work in the missions of Jefferson County. Like Father Michael Power he is to reside with McFarland until the Bishop comes. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Delany, Father P.G. St. Mary's, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1850 Nov. 7 He certifies to a copy of the records of a marriage between John Fallon and Mary McEnery, witnessed by Peter Conafrey and his wife Bridget and Bernard Leonard performed by S. Macnamee. In the Bishop Francis P. McFarland papers. :: I-1-a A.D.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a O'Reilly, Bernard, Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1851 Apr. 29 By this last will and testament Bishop O'Reilly of Hartford, then residing in Providence bequeaths his property to Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston, and in case of his death to Archbishop John Hughes of New York. The will is witnessed by Benjamin Francis Thurston, E.J. O' Brien, and Thomas Dua :: I-1-a D.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1851 Oct. 4 They are well and he hopes that Francis and their mother are also. Josiah had a spell of sickness but is now recovered. They have a circus today; yesterday and the day before they had an agricultural fair and day after tomorrow they will have a democratic mass meeting. In another week they will have another circus and perhaps a balloon ascension. The Spiritual Knockers will probably be along since they were at Columbus during the state fair. One of their citizens attended and came home a convert. John was at Bucyrus and had dinner with Dr. Hetick, who is married to Amelia Flanagan, whose mother died last spring. They talked about the old place. One reason for the change at Waynesboro was the lack of a Catholic church. John saw a notice about Father Theobald Matthew and his work at Utica. Sandusky City was the nearest he came to Tiffin. Father Lewis Molon, their pastor, is planning to start a school attached to the church. This is the first attempt. This week they are laying the cornerstone of Heidelberg College; he does not think it will make noise in this world. A week from next Tuesday they will have election. The county is Democratic and he thinks the state is also. He does not care for either party. After hearing of Lopez's defeat he found that most people did not care. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1852 Feb. 7 He does not remember whether he wrote to Francis at the holydays, but he has been looking in vain for a letter for some time. Josiah wrote that Francis and their mother planned a visit after Easter. He hopes that they will not fail. They have been having colds. About two weeks ago Bishop Rappe visited Tiffin but his visit was short. He preached several times and confirmed 25 or 30. He expects to receive from Louis Napoleon some good paintings for his cathedral, which will be finished next July. He called on the president when he was in France two years ago. Kossuth is traversing the Buckeye state. He told them in Cleveland that of $160,000 collected, only $30 went to Hungary, the rest spent on parades and the like. This prince of humbug as Brownson called him, is not such a success. The people of France have been fooled, too. A whig editor, a Methodist, says that since the Democrats advocate intervention, the Whigs must do so too to elect a Whig president. He mentions news about Findley Cochran, Frank Logan, Jeremiah Logan, and William Reilly. The emigration to California this winter and next spring will be immense, about 150 from the county alone. Those who cannot pay are borrowing. Last Sunday the State House in Columbus burned but a new one was already being built. Money is hard. A railroad to Sandusky City is under contract which will shorten the distance and have a better grade. A plank road to Crawford County about 30 miles will soon be commenced. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a O'Reilly, Father James, Rome, Italy, to Father John Corry, Troy, New York 1856 Jun. 6 O'Reilly acknowledges receipt of a bill of exchange. He wrote a letter to Corry and another to Father William O'Reilly of Providence about the violations of the mortgage. If matters are not solved he wants a statement that he can place it before the Sacred Congregation. He proposed also that Archbishop John Hughes sign the statement and the mortgage, on the suggestion of Father Bernard Smith . He understands that the Hartford and Providence legislatures are passing laws on church property by which he could solve his problems without extreme measures. He also noted that the certificate of insurance has not been made according to the conditions of the mortgage. He wrote of this to Bishop Bernard O'Reilly on March 8. William O'Reilly has all the powers of a vicar general and can settle the matter. He mentions those who are in Rome and that the Cardinal Vicar has gone to Paris. The heat is very great. He hopes to go to Ireland. In the Francis P.McFarland papers :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Smith, Doctor Bernard, Rome, Italy, to Father John Corry, Troy, New York 1857 Jan. 20 Smith received Corry's letter of last November on Jan. 4. He could not answer because Lewis Cass had not obtained the Bill that Corry sent to Father James O'Reilly before his death. Now Cass has obtained the bill and he can send it. Cass has offered him all the belongings of Father O'Reilly but thought it best that Corry obtain letters of administration. Smith has paid the funeral expenses and had fifty Masses said. The balance he will hold until he receives the letters of administration. The parents of the deceased asked for his personal effects but he sent in reply the official statement of the American legation. He asks Corry to give his regards to Bishop John McCloskey. This is among the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop -Elect Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1857 Mar. 30 Kenrick hastens to inform McFarland that he has received the bulls, separating Florida as far as the river Appalachicola from the diocese of Savannah and making it a vicariate of which he is appointed Apostolic Vicar. Father John Barry is appointed Bishop of Savannah . Father John McCaffrey is appointed to Charleston and James Frederick Wood is made coadjutor of Philadelphia . He holds the documents awaiting their directions since he does not trust the mails. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop -Elect Francis P. McFarland, Watertown, New York 1857 Apr. 17 It is proper for McFarland to write to the Holy Father thanking him for the honor and stating his reasons for declining. This letter should be enclosed to Cardinal Frazoni. All the appointments of the Province have been declined except the coadjutorship of Philadelphia . He gives McFarland his title until his resignation has been accepted. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Smith, Father Bernard, Rome, Italy, to Father John Corry, Green Bush, New York 1857 Aug. 10 He received Corry's letter of April 17 but despite the influence of Lewis Cass he could not get the money out of the bank until that morning. According to Corry's instructions he disposed of the effects of Father James O'Reilly and transmitted the rest to America. He encloses a bill of 127 pounds to Corry's order, the balance after paying all debts. He sends a receipt of Father Foley from which he can see the articles he sent to America. He asks Foley to give these to the secretary of the Archbishop John Hughes of New York. Foley is the brother of the secretary of Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick of Baltimore and is returning from his studies in Rome. Corry is to receipt the letter. The Pope Pius IX is yet at Bologna. He goes to Florence next week to consecrate the Archbishop. He returns to Rome about the 4th of September. Bishop Michael O'Connor of Pittsburgh has returned from Jerusalem. He is improved but not yet well. He left for Ireland. No appointment has been made for the see of Hartford. He sends his regards to Bishop McCloskey. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Smith, Father Bernard, Rome, Italy, to Father John Corry, Providence, Rhode Island 1857 Oct. 3 Corry's letters have arrived. He has followed Corry's instructions regarding letters and papers. The articles given to Dr. Foley will reach Corry before this letter. He forgot in his last letter to say that he had fifty masses said for the repose of the soul of Father James O'Reilly Nothing yet has been done about the see of Hartford . The Holy Father has returned in good health. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Father Francis P. McFarland, Utica, New York 1857 Nov. 30 The decree concerning clandestine marriages was published throughout all Ireland Dec.2, 1827 and was in force January 1, 1828. It had been published before but Dublin and some other dioceses did not receive it until then. Kenrick does not know if Belfast had previously received it. P.S. McFarland is aware that mixed marriages are excepted by a special regulation of the Holy See. These continue to be valid although celebrated without regard to that law which required the presence of the parish priest with witnesses. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1858 Hendricken has received one letter yesterday, the second today. Father James F. Campbell would wish to be pastor of Naugatuck, Seymour, and Woodbury but would prefer to remain here, that is, to make his residence there until he could provide a house for himself in Naugatuck in the spring or summer. The railroad runs through all of them so that he would be as near as if he lived in any one of them. If McFarland wishes another arrangement Hendricken will have him go at once but Seymour will be necessary to make Naugatuck a parish. He does not wish McFarland to consider his own best interests but what is best. He writes to show that he will do whatever the Bishop wants. Their mission is succeeding well. Insert He saw Father John P. Roddan on Monday. He is corpulent and helpless. Hendricken says he will not be able to go on the mission even if he lives. When he leaves the bed two men must be summoned. He speaks as if he had suffered shock. He and his family think he will be well in a short time. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hughes, John Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop-elect Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Connecticut, Utica, New York 1858 Feb. 25 In a letter just received from the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, it is stated that reports have been made to the Holy See that it is customary for priests in this country to carry the Blessed Sacrament on their persons from morning till night under the plea that they may be unexpectedly called to administer viaticum and the parochial church might be too far for their taking it from the tabernacle. The Cardinal wants to know from him and from all the Bishops of the Province whether this practice prevails. Hughes says that while there might be an exceptional example he has never been able to learn that the practice existed. The enquiry refers more to what may be the practice in the Province. He asks for this information. Hughes thinks it is almost shocking that such strange reports should reach Rome entirely unknown to them. He asks an answer at McFarland's earliest convenience. P.S. He cannot speak of his new diocese but from his experience as a priest. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Corry, Father John, Green Bush, New York, to Father John Lynch, Bailleborough, Cavan, Ireland 1858 Apr. 20 He has received Lynch's letter to care for the wants of the parents of Father James O'Reilly, deceased. According to the will and the law he cannot give any relief. He has had an application from the person appointed by Father Bernard Smith and he will have to obey the courts. O'Reilly's money is invested in a mortgage on a church in Providence, Rhode Island. It is for $15,000 with $600, and $100 he received from Rome in other possessions, such as chalice, watch, pyx, etc. Against that the estate owes to estate of his uncle $1540, to Mr Dempsey of Providence $1573.55, to his housekeeper Mrs. Hamilton $350, to Father Charles O'Reilly, $1500, to the same Dempsey $391.92 on railroad stockgood for nothing and another note for $300. $1795.72 of debt remains after the probate of the will. The sum of $4,000 is to come out of the estate for his brother John, the balance to be invested in some college or seminary for the education of members of his family to the priesthood. He wishes he had power to take care of the parents. He forgot to mention the note to his Uncle Dr. O'Reilly for $300, which he paid to the amount of $319 with interest. He did not answer until he heard from the court. P.S. Father Smith's bill claims 133 pounds. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Walworth, Father Clarence A., Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1858 Jul. 19 McFarland's note requesting a mission for his cathedral Walworth has forwarded to Father Isaac T. Hecker who is the responsible person. Apparently the Bishop did not know that Walworth had separated himself from his former companions in missionary labors. Because of his respect for the Bishop he offers some explanation of his motives. He never had any thought of changing his vocation as a religious missionary. He looked upon it as a necessary but temporary step, intending to resume his religious vows. It was a shock to him therefore to learn at the first conference after Father Hecker's return that they contemplated a relaxation of their former rules even to the abandoning to the vows. According to canon law the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience constitute the essential element of the religious state and not even the Pope can dispense from the vows and leave the person the religious character. He told them that they had a religious character before the people that they must retain and that they had told the Pope that they had an attachment to their religious rule and vows. The Paulists consented for a while to annual vows and walworth tried to reconcile his mind to this but he could not, since the annual vows did not constitute the religious state. After consultation with the bishops of Albany and Newark he departed from the company. It has been an awful blow to his dearest hopes. He writes merely to set his position clearly before the Bishop and not to prejudice in any way the prospects of the others. They have parted as brothers without the least breach of charity. He asks the prayers of the bishop that God will soften his present affliction and let him do His will in the parish where he is now stationed. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1858 Nov. 6 Quoting the Bull of Pope Leo XII on Secret Societies Kenrick thinks that the society in question does not have deliberate designs against State or Church but he regards it as a society tending to strife and bloodshed from the pledge given to espouse the cause of an injured brother. The promise to abstain from violence or injustice against a brother implies a disposition to commit such acts against others, which is injurious to religion. He thinks these secret societies should be discountenanced altogether on account of their evil tendencies. He desires uniformity of action on the part of all the bishops. Their being a secret society is not the only objection. Dr. Bernard Smith writes from Rome that they are waiting for heaps of American gold to fit up the college. He says that the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars has decreed that the ex-Redemptorists Paulists are subject to their respective bishops and they have been notified that they must obey their prelates. Bishop Thaddeus Amat is on his way to Rome, He meets difficulties with the Mexican Franciscans who tolerate the abuses of old Californians. He does not know what Dr. Michael O'Connor means to do since Father Edward Purcell refuses absolutely. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Guinty, Father Patrick, Maynooth, Ireland, to Father John Corry, Rome, Italy 1859 May 26 He thanks Corry for his letter and encloses copies of papers dealing with the financial relations of John Smith with Father James O'Reilly. Smith is a brother-in-law of the deceased. He urges Corry to pay as much as he can to Smith since Smith has been impoverished by his deals with O'Reilly. Copies enclosed: 1. Shrahan Sept. 22, 1854. A promise of O'Reilly to Smith to pay on demand 3 pounds 10 shillings. 2. Letter of O'Reilly to Smith: Rome July 15, 1855. He has sent his letter to Father Corry at Green Bust, New York asking him to send to Smith 30 pounds 7 shillings for feeding the cow. It will be later than he planned. He will pay more than he promised for this service. O'Reilly gave 2 pounds to Father John Lynch for masses for his father but Lynch must have forgotten. He asks about the Lawsuit between Dixon and John and the like. If any of his parents die Smith is to pay the expenses and O'Reilly will repay him. But if he takes one glass of liquor he is gone forever. 3. Letter to Smith from O'Reilly March 27, 1857: He must leave soon since he has been called back. He will leave when he receives money from the United States. He will send some to Smith and now sends him a note for 100 pounds. Smith is to preserve the note and the address of Father John Corry. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-a A.L.S. and enclosure 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McFarland, Francis P.,Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Edward P. Le Prohon, M.D. 1859 Jun. 11 McFarland has been informed that Bishop William Tyler presented to the Council that opened in Baltimore May 5 1849 letters from two physicians certifying that his health was such that he could live but a short time. A coadjutor was appointed. He is anxious to ascertain if such letters were written in order to prove that certain statements of May 26 of that year should be regarded as dying statements. He wishes LeProhon to secure what information he can about this. Mr. Power has explained his reason for seeking the statement. A suit has been brought by Mrs. Hannetty to recover $3,000 and interest loaned to Bishop Tyler and Bishop Bernard O'Reilly. There is no trace of such a loan or that the Hannettys were able to make such a loan. Tyler gave a list of his debts and this is not mentioned. Should Prohon's familiar intercourse with Tyler have brought him knowledge of facts in this case, McFarland would like a brief statement of them. He could have the evidence taken in Portland by some one appointed for this purpose. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Villiger, S.J., Father Burchard, Georgetown, D.C. 1859 Dec. 5 Testimonial letter that Father Michael Hallinan who lived in the Jesuit community but was not professed has been declared free to depart from the Jesuits by the Superior General Father Peter Beckx. There is no longer any obligation existing between the Society and Hallinan. In papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Connecticut. :: I-1-a A.D.S. Latin 1p. CDHT I-1-a O'Connor, S.J., Bishop Michael, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1860s O'Connor is pleased that McFarland has written to Dean Kenny and that all is proceeding to the Bishop's satisfaction. He intends to write to the Dean telling him of his nephew who is now in the novitiate at Frederick. He hopes things at Rome will go as McFarland wishes. The Jesuits have been waiting for the opportune time. They would begin with a house of retreat and a congregation and in time add an educational institution. They would start the first at once. A house of retreat would be good for the country and O'Connor hopes that McFarland will assign them some place suitable apart from the conventual establishment for the retreat house. He hopes the Bishop will keep these matters in mind. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a O'Connor, S.J., Bishop Michael, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1860s O'Connor thinks that the suspension binds the person no matter where he goes but it must be inflicted properly and according to the canons. He is not certain, but he thinks that the first summons must go in writing. He should be required to appear and be properly convicted and the sentence pronounced only then. This mode may have some delays but it is more solemn. Though not habitually subject to the bishop he can be subject by reason of the fault and once properly inflicted, the penalty would bind no matter where the person may go, If properly summoned, then when he would not appear he would be considered as absent per contumaciam. The penalty, being so great, must be applied strictly and the abuse to be checked must be a very serious one and then it may be applied with a strong hand. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Jan. 9 Dubreul has received McFarland's letter and is surprised that Father James Campbell has not arrived at Providence. He spoke of stopping in the vicinity of Providence and Dubreul hopes that he has now arrived. He knows of no priest disposible or qualified to be a chaplain. He did not forget what McFarland told him in Providence about his need of a French priest. Dubreul was on the point of writing to McFarland about such a priest but the man has decided to return South where he lived several years. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Cahill, Dr. Daniel William, Manchester, New Hampshire, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Jan. 19 Cahill decided not to write to McFarland until he could visit him. He has so many engagements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts that he will not go to Providence for a month. He is engaged to lecture in New York February 6. As soon as he finishes his lecture there he will go to Providence to do whatever the Bishop commands. He will give due notice to Dr. Hugh Carmody. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Jun. 13 He acknowledges McFarland's letter from New Haven. Archbishop Martin John Spalding has no more faculties to ordain ad titulum missionis than any other Bishop. There will be no subdeacons ordained this time. As to McFarland's visit next week, Dubreul suggests that he be there on the evening of the 24th for a literary solemnity in which theses will be defended and degrees conferred. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dubreul S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186? Jul. 5 He had received McFarland's letter of July 1 with the check for $600 which he will dispose with as directed. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Finotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Jul. 18 Finotti has been confined to his bed for three weeks past and does not think he will be able to attend to his duties for another ten days. Then the retreat will begin on August 7, so that he cannot get ready for the days agreed upon for Confirmation. He begs McFarland to cancel the engagement, and he will write or call on him to agree on another day. He hopes he has not troubled the Bishop. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Finotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Aug. 3 He calls McFarland's attention to the date McFarland agreed to come to give Confirmation, the 29th. Finotti asked for the 27th, the 29th is a week day and he would not have a third of the Confirmandi. He hopes he has not embarrassed the Bishop. If the Bishop has agreed to go elsewhere the 27th he asks him to make his own appointment. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Aug. 24 He asks McFarland to confer Confirmation in the Bishop's chapel on September 6 or 7. He asks the favor because of McFarland's past goodness. Their Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick will be at home but unable to do this work. He asks that the answer be sent to Father A.M. Baret :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Lequerré, S.S., Father Urbanus, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, Hartford, Connecticut 1860 Sep. 19 Enclosed not present is the bill of the seminary for the first quarter of the year. Added on the next page: CDHT I-1-a Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut The three new seminarians Molloy, Lynch, and McCarthy give satisfaction in spirit and conduct; as to talent and success as much as expected in Molly but not more; McCarthy will get through but with limited success. Lynch is so weak that they regret to see him follow the same course of theoloty. He needs philosophy. Father Francis L'homme thought that coming from Montreal he would be prepared. Dubreul wishes to give him a longer trial. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Timon, John, Bishop of, Buffalo, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1860 Sep. 21 Timon presumes that McFarland knows that Father F. McKeon' s own diocese is Brooklyn where he for a long time exercised the ministry. Through the spirit of compassion Timon took him in when he was a wanderer. Like McFarland he thinks there is hope that McKeon has learned his lesson; however, he could not receive him back. But if he kept from drink he could do much good. He would like to see McFarland but he is continually busy. As he is older he hopes that McFarland will visit him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Oct. 29 Dubreul has not yet answered McFarland's letter concerning Walsh, who had accepted a situation in some college in Canada and left the next day. Following McFarland's suggestion Dubreul observed Walsh closely and found him very critical of rules, professors, and management. He advised Walsh to weigh the matter and to think of his mother's needs. Lest he become a malcontent Dubreul consented to his leaving. His conduct has been regular and his successes medium. His vocation will be tested in his new situation. Kesseler is with them and Sheridan has arrived. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Bapst, S.J., Father John Boston College, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1860 Dec. 8 Mary Ewan of South Boston, a penitent of Bapst's, wishes to join the Order of Mercy in Providence. Not knowing the Sister Superior Bapst writes to McFarland to ask what qualifications are necessary to enter the Sisters of Mercy. He believes Mary Ewan has a vocation; she is 27; has a common education and could bring clothes but not much money. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-a Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Dec. 26 In accordance with McFarland's wishes to limit at Christmas time the trial given to Bartley, Dubreul has had a meeting of the board. The unanimous opinion is that Bartley is not to be encouraged to go on. Bartley when told that he must go, asked a few days to write to his friends for money. Dubreul regrets the critical health of Coit and Bohan; their usefulness has been of short duration. They have a French class and McFarland suggested that his seminarians get some acquaintance with French. If McFarland suggests, some would be directed to attend that class. P.S. Clancey left the seminary last Monday to return to Boston but spent the day in Baltimore during which he visited the Archbishop to expose his case. Archbishop Martin J. Spalding encouraged him to try thoroughly his vocation and promised to dispense him from any irregularity if he has a favorable report. Clancey has reentered the seminary. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo CDHT I-1-a Fulton, S.J., Father Robert, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 186- Dec. 30 The fact that Father Welch was invited to Providence the previous winter suggests to Fulton that he offer to do the same to raise money. He is endeavoring to raise money for an organ for his Sunday school and prefers speaking for the money to begging. The Lecture would be announced for some other purpose and he would accept $25 or $30 for his services. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, Father William G., Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jan 4 He writes a short reply and other letters because there is an impression that the U.S. is to have war with England which would shut the ports. Mr. O'Farrell is not old enough to be ordained priest even with a dispensation, Mr. Charlton has been credited the amount the Bishop mentions. McCloskey sees breakers ahead. Archbishop John Hughes is in Paris and writes that he will be in Rome soon. The Holy Father said high Mass at St. Peter's Christmas and looks well. They are very quiet but war with England would bring on a European war. He regrets to learn about that distress reigns in McFarland's diocese. Father Sylvester Rosecranz is coadjutor to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell without right of succession. Manning, Ullathorne and Clifford are in Rome. Manning came to do battle for the Cardinal. He will give a course of sermons. He is the finest of English clergymen. All are well except Charlton has a cold. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, Father William G., Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jan 19 On receiving McFarland's letter he called on Dr. Kirby who said he could not receive Mr. Sheridan in the Irish College. He has doubtless explained his reasons to McFarland. Sheridan might remain where he is. He would give Italiam news but it is difficult to know the truth., The truce proclaimed at Gaeta expires today and they are told that if the King of Naples does not come to terms with the plunderers the only remaining French vessel will be withdrawn. The town will not be easily taken. There may be a new Sevastapol. A few days ago a number of diplomats went to Gaeta to dine with the King. The impression gains that the great powers will unite to crush the Mazzini Party. In Rome there is no change for the better, and the Pope will be obliged to leave Rome or suffer the taking over by the Sardinians. They see trials for the Church in the United States. McCloskey fears that they cannot prevent bloodshed. He asks McFarland what he thinks of the position of the Church in case the union breaks up. With the exception of Mr. Hart the young men are all well. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Jenkins, Father Oliver L., Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jan 20 Their doctor said that day that it is impossible to give an opinion on the propriety of Laurence Walsh resuming his studies without knowing his previous condition. At the time he left St Charles College he needed repose from serious mental application. The doctor suggests that they learn from the Providence physician whether to allow his return to St. Charles. He could be excused from the less important classes. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Feb 25 McCloskey introduces Henry Wheaton, son of Dr. Wheaton of Hartford, who is contemplating joining the church. The step must be taken at home where he will experience opposition. He wants him to become acquainted with McFarland. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-a Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Apr 11 At the repeated request of Father John Brady he asks about the note of $500 of Bishop Bernard O'Reilly. His brother does not seem to intend to pay it. He thinks the money was for church purposes and he does not want to put it in the hands of a collector. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Bourget, Ignatius, Bishop of Montreal, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Apr 25 Printed circular. He encloses a letter of Cardinal Alexandre Barnabo on the wine of the Mass. He suggests that special precautions be taken in preparing the wine for the Mass, mentioning the approved merchants. Also the hosts should be carefully made. He warns them against using music from operas or profane songs in the church. He tells them to do their duty in the elections. He recommends a new book "Conseiller de Peuple." He speaks of the new persecutions of the Church in Europe and outlines the pastoral visit. These opportunities for visits are listed on the next page. He also encloses instructions governing the episcopal visit. :: I-1-a Printed Pastoral French 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 May 3 The bearer, Mr. Conway of Galway, desires an introduction to McFarland. ` P.S. Bishop John Fitzpatrick is improved in health. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis Patrick McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 May 8 Father Thomas Quinn from Hartford, accompanying a regiment, applied last week to Kenrick for faculties which he gave him. Mary Crane claims she was married to Michael McGee in the Hartford Cathedral May 1, 1856 by Father Patrick Gaynor before James Quinn and Joanna Fleming and that her husband died March 27, 1859 and was buried in the cathedral cemetery. Kenrick wants a certificate signed by a clergyman as soon as convenient. Conditions are critical in Maryland and Baltimore and they ask prayers to escape consequences of the riot of April 17. There is an encampment 8 miles from the city to protect the bridge to Washington. Troops from Pennsylvania are expected the next day. They have not been molested, newspaper stories to the contrary. Religion seems to have no part in this strife. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's, Fordham, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 May 24 Despite the trying times they are trying to do as well as they can and they would like to have McFarland give the commencement address. They ask him to be with them July 10, the exhibition day. They will have 12 candidates for the degree of A.B. Everybody there remembered that he was once a member of the faculty. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jun 10 When he was last in Providence he spoke to McFarland about giving Confirmation in his parish. He finds that he cannot prepare more than fifty or so, but if McFarland thinks it well to come for that number they would be happy to have him visit them. Times look gloomy in the manufacturing city. The priests with him are in good health and the parish is in a good state. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jun 17 He will have the children prepared for Confirmation on Thursday, June 27. Confirmation will be at 8 in the morning and vespers and a sermon from the Bishop in the evening. This is what he wishes since many Protestant gentlemen express a wish to hear the Bishop. McFarland has spoken on the "Church" and the "Eucharist" and he suggests this time "Penance." If McFarland has any objections to this he should write, otherwise Hendricken will presume on the confirming and preaching. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hecker, C.S.P., Father Isaac Thomas, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 11 Since the beginning of the war the Paulists have had several invitations to serve as chaplains, especially from Archbishop John Hughes of New York but they have not found themselves in a condition to accept. He has been forced to reconsider on receiving McFarland's letter of the 9th but they find that because of their small numbers they cannot a post without seriously crippling their community and imperiling the interests of the missions. As to sending a Father until the missions begin, the labors of the mission are so taxing that no other task can be undertaken during the summer. They hope that the Bishop will understand. They will pray for the Bishop's mother whom they remember with respect. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hewit, C.S.P., Father Augustine F., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 11 McFarland granted faculties of his diocese to Father George Deshon, C.S.P. and Hewit when they visited any of the clergy. Father R.B. Tillotson is thinking of visiting Father J. Synott and has not received faculties from McFarland. They ask that they be given at Father Synott's request. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 16 Thebaud asks when the Bishop wants the two retreats given to the Sisters of Mercy. They will be ready as soon as he wishes. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 19 Father Jouin will be in Providence August 5 to give the retreat to the Sisters of Mercy. Since the Bishop has made him "easy" about the other retreat he will send no one for so small a number, because they have so many retreats to give. He is doubly sorry to learn the reason why the Bishop did not come on July 10, but he is sure that the Bishop's mother is with God. He has prayed for her. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-a Hewit, C.S.P., Father Augustine F., Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 26 He thanks the Bishop and Father R.B. Tillotson for his letter. They are staying there and enjoying themselves as much as bad news from the army will let them. He is very sorry that they could not depute a number of their priests as chaplains. The soldiers ar all extremely eager to have priests with them. Some officers tols his brother that there was a priest with the 69th who had the respect of the soldiers and the whole body attended services, including the Protestants. He hopes the Bishop can send a priest with the Connecticut Brigade. He thinks that Dr. John Mulligan or Father B.D. Coit would fill the part. He must beg pardon for offering his advice. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McMahon, Michael J., Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 30 He received a letter from his father saying that he had written to the Bishop asking him to pay his college bill for the past year about $40 as he was not able to do so himself. He learns that his father has received no answer. He writes because he has no means to meet the demand. He had to stay in Canada this summer because he could not pay his fare home and back. His father cannot pay for his vacation, the amount of which will be $20. He asks the Bishop to pay the bill, hoping that this will be the last time. A note says that McFarland agreed to pay the expenses from August 7, 1861. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Jul 30 As soon as he received McFarland's letter he carried it to Father Remigius J. Tellier, S.J., their superior, who asked him to write that it would be impossible for them to send another chaplain to the army. They have already given three besides Father O'Reilly who is going to France for a year. As to sending a priest to replace one of his priests it is more conformable to send a chaplain. But they have none to send. As to establishing a house of the Jesuits in McFarland's diocese the letter has been handed to Father _____ Sopranis, their visitor, who is going to Rome next Monday and will place the request in the hands of the General and from conversation with Father Sopranis, Thebaud thinks the request will succeed. He will do all he can to make it succeed. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Aug 20. Father L. Jouin communicated McFarland's request to have some Jesuits for the ecclesiastical retreats in September. Father I. Daubresse, who has given a good number of them will be at the bishop's disposal to begin on the 9th or 16th. He hopes that McFarland has received his note in which he said that Father Sopranis had taken with him to the General the request the Jesuits open a house in McFarland's diocese. He hopes that there will be no obstacle. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine J., St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Aug 29 More than a week ago he wrote saying that Father T. Daubresse could give the retreat to the clergy for McFarland and suggesting either the 9th or 16th of September. Since he has not had a reply he has begun to think the letter had gone astray. He asks to know if Father Daubresse is to be in readiness. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, Father William G., Gensano, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Sep 4 He has received McFarland's letter with the draft for about 170 pounds. He gave Dr. Kirby 50 pounds for Mr. O'Farrell. He will send the accounts of the Bishop's students at the first opportunity. They are spending the vacation in the country. At the concursus the students did very well considering their disadvantages: for many it was their first in Roman style. They carried off medals for scripture, church history, logic and metaphysics. Other lost by lots. Next year they will have to work hard because the Propagandists feel they were routed by the Irish and the Americans. He opposes any spirit of self indulgence. During the past year Mr. Hart suffered from temporary illness but was able to attend classes. Mr. Charlton is delicate but he will watch him closely. Students coming there should be prepared to enter philosophy. Mr. Hughes is a fine man; Mr. Sheridan is also excellent. Things are calm there. The Holy Father is well. They had a very agreeable visit from Archbishop John Baptist Purcell lately. He recaptured one of his seminarians who, after ten years, had joined the papal zouaves. He regrets to learn that the Director of the Seminary at Mt. St. Mary's has left and that Mr. Obermeyer is likely to follow. He has affection for the Mount. Old Father Bermingham is in Rome with two years leave of absence from Bishop Lynch. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Bacon, David William, Bishop of Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Sep 6 A priest named Mangan, formerly of the diocese of Hartford has written from Keny, Ireland asking to be received into his diocese. He says that ill health forced him to return to his native soil but having greatly benefitted he would like to come to America again. He said he has received an exeat. Bacon asks McFarland if the statements are correct and if he is sober, zealous and of good morals, and whether he would advise him to adopt him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McMahon, Michael J., Montreal College, Quebec, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Nov 28 He writes to explain his previous letter. He asked McFarland to pay his expenses of the previous year and for the coming year because his Father could not pay. In answer Bishop told him to tell his expenses for the coming year and to charge these to his account, but did not say anything about the expenses of the previous year. He hopes the Bishop does not suspect him of double-dealing. His expenses of the last year are not paid and Mr. Lenoir knows of the situation since he has seen the Bishop's letters. His Father cannot pay but he asks the Bishop to pay in the hope that his Father will be able to repay him in time. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Dec 3 Hendricken says that if there were errors in the parcels he sent to the Bishop it was because he did not have time to examine them. He wishes to know whether the assistant at the cathedral receives a stipend of $5 for the Sunday parish Mass because the pastor cannot receive a stipend. Can the priest who offers the second Mass, in addition to the one for the people, accept a stipend? Must the Mass on the missions be celebrated for the people? He encloses a printed statement of the financial condition of the parish with the names of the trustees as witnesses. :: I-1-a A.L.S. With printed enclosure 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a McCloskey, Father William G., Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Dec 7 He encloses a statement of the Bishop's account with the North American College. He asks that McFarland send the amount due in October, 1862. Matters worry him more than he dares admit. Except the arrival of Archbishop John Hughes of New York on political business, as they say, and the seizure of the Southern Commissioners on board the Trent, nothing disturbs the city. Italians are astounded and the English furious. McCloskey sees no shadow of hope that the Americans will ever again be a united people. He asks McFarland what effect that would have on the Church. The Holy Father is well. McFarland's young men are well. They expect Hughes to visit them before he returns to the States. Prince Massimo asked for McFarland's picture. If he sends it let it be about a foot square. The account amounts to 375.28 scudi. McFarland notes that he sent McCloskey $500.60 scudi. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-a Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustine, St. John's College, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1861 Dec 13 Thebaud had to delay his answer because Father Michael Driscoll was on a mission in Pennsylvania. He is the only one available since the Jesuits are chaplains to the 37th, 69th, and Wilson's Zouaves. Driscoll has not been engaged for Jan. 7 and the beginning of February. He asks only that something definite be carved out for him. He is going to a mission in Hudson City and will be free after Christmas. If McFarland will say where, he would like to talk these matters over with him. Thebaud is sorry that he cannot be with the Bishop at Christmas but three other fathers are already in Connecticut for that time. Two for Hartford for Father Hughes and Kelly and the other to New Haven to help Father O'Brien. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hart, Father Matthew, College de Juilly, Damartin, Seine et Marne, France, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Jan 3 Hart received the Bishop's letter on New Year's day. He is sorry to learn that the Bishop has a bad cold. The wants of the diocese lead him to return to the diocese as soon as the weather permits. He has thought that of Chester and Branford missions, Branford and the places on the railroad should be annexed to St. Patrick's and Chester with all the Haddams to Middletown or Colchester. Little schools could be instituted at Branford and Chester by the revenue which is too small to support a separate priest. His health is better. He should have told the Bishop of the death of Father Duffy last month. There is a report that the Holy Father will hold a council on the occasion of the canonization of the Japanese martyrs in May. He has received a letter from Father Bernard Smith telling about the arrival of the student at Propaganda. Affairs on the continent and in Italy seem better and they begin to hope got peace for the Holy Father. Victor Emmanuel is supposed to come to Paris for aid. The radicals do not love the Pope or religion and they have become contemptible and will bring the utter ruin of Italy. There is better feeling between the Pope and Napoleon III and the Emperor will not withdraw his troops from Rome. The American troubles with England will not be settled as easily as the American papers think. War or the surrender of Mason and Slidell is the alternative. All Europe is laughing at the North and its do-nothing policy. Archbishop John Hughes is still in Paris making the Emperor mind his own business and keep out of ours. But the French say that the Archbishop's presence is not felt and will not profit Uncle Sam. It may be useful later to say that the Archbishop was sent there by some one. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hart, Father Matthew, College de Juilly, Dammartin, Seine et Marne, France, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Jan 12 The story of the coming Council after Pentecost is more than rumor. All the Bishops have received an invitation to the canonization of the Japanese martyrs at Pentecost. It is not openly said that there will be a Council but it is believed that the occasion will be used for one. It is rumored that the French ambassador has objected and said that if it is held the French troops will be withdrawn. The Nuncio has not left Rome for Paris. Hart has received a letter from Dr. Bernard Smith that McFarland has been invited to the canonization. Hart hopes that McFarland will accept the invitation and offer his travel experience to him. If the Bishop does not come Hart will return home without going to Rome. They are pleased with the news that Mason and Slidel have been released and war with England deferred. The raising of the Southern blockade will be the next step if the Grand Army of the Republic continues to do nothing but boast. In Europe they are looked upon as a pack of cowardly braggarts. Preparations are afoot in England to feast Mason and Slidell. His Grace Archbishop John Hughes continues to keep the Tuileries at bay. He has had no reception yet. Thurlow Weed is around but even with the aid of the Archbishop cannot make as good a thing as at Albany or Washington. The South has the whip hand all over Europe chiefly because of bombast. General John Smith Phelps proclamation will destroy any sympathy that remains among the Catholic populations for the North. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Manahan, Father Ambrose, Danbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Jan 23 Since receiving the Bishop's letter he is relieved of all uneasiness and is hopeful of the prospects in the region. Father Thomas Drea left no directions except to a brother who lives in New Jersey. A letter directed to him at Thomastown, Kilkenny, would reach him as it is in the neighborhood of his native place. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Feb 3 For the lot in Litchfield they are offered another far more eligible and $125 besides. A poor German wishes to make an exchange because of a dilapidated, untenable house on their lot. Mr. Beers and all friends there urge them to obtain the permission for this contract. He sends the deed for the Bishop's signature if he approves, also a quit claim deed that Beers originally had on their property. If the Bishop signs there must be three witnesses in the presence of the justice. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Farrell, John, Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Feb 19 He has received McFarland's letter of February 17 concerning Father P. Sherry. What Farrell said in his letter is true but he would not wish to recommend him for sobriety or morality. Sherry will tell why he left the diocese of Chicago. Farrell advised him to make a good retreat and even to seek a refuge in a religious community. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Feb 24 Hendricken will do all McFarland requires regarding Mr. Burnand. He has seen him frequently since his return but has had little conversation with him. He encloses no enclosure a statement of his church account. In other matters it is the same, except that interests and bills then not in, increased his indebtedness. He hopes the Bishop is not surprised. He did the best he could. After next week Father Isadore Daubresse will give a mission to the men of the parish and he wishes faculties for him. His assistants are in good health and he feels that he can do with one, now that his health is better. He can control the debts and gradually diminish the debt. He spread 2000 copies of his report among the congregation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut 1862 Mar 7 Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island ` He has no objection to Father Thomas Quinn; he will do all he can do for him as his assistant, as he has with the former assistant, Father Luke Daly. The mission takes place on the 10th and he wants him to be there when Father Daly leaves. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hart, Father Matthew, College de Juilly, Dammartin, Seine et Marne, France, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Mar 15 Hart thanks the Bishop for his letter and permission to recover his health. The death of Father John Mulligan is a severe affliction to the diocese. Hart hoped to see the Bishop in Europe where he thinks he could do the diocese some good besides attending the canonization of the Japanese martyrs. The Emperor prevents the French bishops from attending as Victor Emmanuel does the Italian. He would not care to have severe sickness at Juilly because of its isolation. He met his friend Father Brady in Paris. Hart is anxious to get home but must wait for a better time. American news is more favorable, just in time with speeches in Parliament and the French Chambre against the paper blockade. If the government pushes its advantages beyond Manasses and Richmond there need be no fear for some time. Napoleon is trying to get England to help him raise the blockade. Archbishop John Hughes is in Rome with private papers from the American government. The American people can look for the hat. Secretary William H. Seward is in favor of an American Cardinal. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, Of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Mar 28 Father Ernest Reiter, S.J., pastor of the German church, desires to ask a great favor of Bishop McFarland and will be grateful. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 1 Father Thomas Quinn left there for New York a week ago and he has not heard from him. He does not expect any good from him because he has been, up to the present, a disappointment. He asks what he is to do. He has no money except what he has earned to pay him. He will do whatever the Bishop advises. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 4 Father Thomas Quinn returned that noon but Hendricken had no opportunity to show him McFarland's letter before he started for Providence. When Hendricken learned that Quinn was going to Providence, on the door step, he told Quinn he had McFarland's letter about his absence from his duties and demanding a letter in explanation. Hendricken does not know where he has been. He complained of a sore throat that needed care and a rest from his ministerial labors. If his system is prostrated Hendricken does not think his return would be beneficial to Quinn or himself. In apparently McFarland's handwriting there is a note that March 25 was a holy day, because he had been unable to say office for some days. He went to New York; the next Sunday he did not hear Mass, was sick at St. John's. He came to Providence Sunday morning at 4 o'clock but was unable to hear Mass. He wishes to go to his Father's and the Bishop gave him permission. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 8 Hendricken has mailed a letter to Father Thomas Quinn that he does not want him to return. Quinn left Waterbury for Providence last Friday. He will do all he can for the asylum but he cannot do much because they are preparing a fair. He will take up a collection and another if the first is not satisfactory. The Fair will be in May. The children to be confirmed will be very young and very small. If McFarland wishes he will prepare them for Confirmation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Kelly, Father Peter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 9 Kelly received the Bishop's circular but was too tired to answer it right off. Kelly does not know where Father James Bohan is: his trunk is there but he forwards his letters to Derby. He cannot be ready for Confirmation in May. The mission had given him enough to recover from. He asks for July 6, and if the Bishop consents he will prepare a little retreat for the children and the five converts the Fathers have baptized. As to the collection, he will read the circular if the Bishop insists. The Bishop had promised to let him this year so he could commence the schools. He attributes the sending of the circular to forgetfulness. This is probably his tightest year. The city ordinance on sidewalks will cost him $500 in a few weeks. If the Bishop insists he will make the collection under obedience. He will commence devotions in the church the next day and asks a telegram in answer. He needs encouragement. Were he gone tomorrow McFarland might get a worse replacement. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 15 His passage has already been taken in the Asia to sail from New York on April 23. The Archbishop of Quebec Peter Turgeon, Bishop John Timon and Bishop John J. Lynch of Toronto will go by the same steamer. He asks McFarland to come with them. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Deshon, C.S.P., Father George, West Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Apr 28 He has a favor to ask of McFarland. McFarland knows of the work of the Paulists. They have endeavored to the best of their ability and within the last four years have had over 107,000 Communions in their missions. They have not received any expression of encouragement from the Holy See, which is the customary practice where new Communities are formed. He asks that McFarland speak to Cardinal Alexander Barnabo and if he speaks to the Holy Father about the missions in America he wishes him to speak of the Paulists also. McFarland has always been a good friend of theirs and they speak to him in full freedom. The Paulists are endeavoring to follow out that course that has seemed in the course of Divine Providence to conduce to the salvation of souls. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Mattei, Marchio Mathaeus Antici and other senators, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis McFarland, Hartford, Connecticut 1862 Jun 9 The Roman Senate, learning of the ceremony of the canonization of the 26 Japanese Martyrs and of St. Michael Desanctis by Pope Pius IX and the assembly of Bishops there, decided to confer on these Bishops the Roman citizenship. McFarland is made a citizen of Rome with all the privileges of this noble citizenship. The document is signed by Mattei and 8 other senators and Aloisius Venutelli as secretary. :: I-1-b A.D.S. And sealed Latin Bound in boards 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, V.G., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Jul 22 He did not answer McFarland's letter immediately because Father Florimond De Bruycker was away. He has returned and is determined to join McFarland. He has a high esteem of McFarland, DeNeve hopes he will obey. He tries to impress this quality on his students. If he does not, McFarland is to inform DeNeve. He sends his regards to Bishops John Loughlin and John Timon. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Paula, Sister M., South Providence, Rhode Island, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Aug 16 The letter sent out by McFarland conveyed to her the enclosed order from Father Thomas F. Hendricken, the full amount of his bill up to June 30, 1862. She sends it to McFarland no enclosure. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Father John Corry, Albany East, New York 1862 Aug 19 They can pay Corry $9,000 on his claim against St. Joseph's Church and give a mortgage for the remaining $6,000 any time that Corry can come to Providence. McFarland has been informed that this arrangement is satisfactory. If it is not, Corry should telegraph and tell the amount he will need. McFarland hopes to see Corry there that week or early next week. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hughes, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Aug 25 Hughes is better informed than McFarland on the subject of his letter of August 22. He was near the Holy Father when he granted those powers to, he thinks, Cardinal Donnet. He asked him if he might consider them as extended to American Bishops. The Pope said yes. Hughes would not hesitate on this authority. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Sep 15 Hendricken presided at a meeting at Naugatuck September 14 in which he was promised at least $500 yearly pew rents provided a priest was sent there. This was at the very first meeting. He is sure that in 4 months from now the pew rent and collection would amount to $1,000 yearly. He suggests that the Bishop send a priest for Sunday, but he will attend the place a few weeks longer. The Bishop did not say in his circular when he would visit Hendricken. He suggests a Sunday. They will have some few for Confirmation as the children are small. If the Bishop is in Connecticut next week, he would like to see him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father John per G. McC., Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Sep 18 He has drawn on McFarland in favor of Father George McCloskey at 5 days for $75 on the account of McFarland's ward, John S. Flynn. There is a note asking Father smith to inform, him if Flynn has entered the seminary at Mount St. Mary's initialed by McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Sep 20 McFarland's letter with the $20 arrived that morning and Preston will do as McFarland says with the $1 sent him some time ago to pay for McFarland's seal. McFarland sent him one dollar too much and he is holding it to his credit. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Father John Corry, Albany, New York 1862 Sep 24 He has just received Corry's letter enclosing a draft for $608, the amount of the mistake in the settlement, and he thanks Corry. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father George W., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Sep 25 McCloskey's brother notifies him that in the first week of October a draft of his will be payable at the Merchant's Bank, New York. He has sent on several drafts to meet it like the enclosed no enclosure. McFarland may send a check or send it by a more convenient way. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Sep 29 The bearer, M. Macheret, has been a very successful teacher of French in Boston for several years. He comes to Providence at the invitation of George Sprague to instruct officers in the art of war. He wants an introduction to McFarland as he is a Catholic, especially because of his little son. Healy knows McFarland better than the other clergymen. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Haskins, Father George F., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Oct 17 Haskins tells McFarland that Mr. Henry has made application for the organ just purchased in St. John's parish. He says that he can get more scholars in Boston though his salary as organist will be less. Haskins has never given more than$250 or $300 and does not intend to give more. When he applied, Haskins supposed that his intention of leaving Providence was fixed and he encouraged him. He has since learned that his leaving Providence is not certain. Haskins will not accept him unless he brings a letter from McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David W., Bishop of Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Oct 28 In answer to McFarland's letter he says he cannot recommend Father M. Carraher to any Bishop to be employed in the ministry. During the two years in Bacon's diocese he showed a tendency to melancholy bordering on insanity, suspicious and unwilling to attend to duty; generally temperate but on occasions he drank to excess. He believes the Bishop of Boston deprived him of his mission for the same reason and sent him to his uncle, Father Henry Lennon of Newburyport. But he was dissatisfied and the uncle persuaded Bacon to adopt him. His plea of waiting for a letter from the provincial of the Jesuits is but a feint, used when everything else failed to get an exeat. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McMaster, James Alphonsus, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Nov 8 McFarland's name is "writ large" in their mailbook under the Providence heading and he regrets that the Bishop has not received the Freeman regularly. They will try a change in the package and if they still go astray the Post Office will be at fault. He congratulates McFarland on his safe return from Europe. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Baillargeon, Charles Francois, Bishop of Tloa, Quebec, Quebec, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Nov 19 Baillargeon would give a good recommendation to Abbé Ducraux, but he has sent him to Chicago to assist Bishop James Duggan to take the place of another priest who is ill. He will send on McFarland's letter to Ducraux who may not stay in Chicago. He is sorry he cannot give McFarland a good Canadian speaking both English and French as McFarland asked about in Rome. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Nov 29 He encloses McFarland's account up to April 1862 no enclosure. During his vacation he wrote to most of the Archbishops stating the affairs of the North American College and asking them to do something about it. He felt the delicacy in asking for help when the bishops were in financial straits, but he was advised to do so by the Bishops he consulted at the canonization ceremony. Bishops McFarland, David Bacon, John Loughlin, and John Timon left sooner than McCloskey had anticipated. It was Archbishop John Hughes who urged him to write to the Archbishops. The Bishops of Albany, Boston, and Chicago urged also. He is ashamed to speak of money when he reads of the situation in America which seems to be going from bad to worse. He does not know the resources of the Democratic Party but he expects a conflict between it and the Republicans as fierce as that between the sections of the Union. They are rejoicing too soon on the changes in the French ministry. The Emperor is playing the saint. The Pope is pleased. The American minister R.M. Blatchford is there and is pleasing except for his black Republicanism. He is many degrees above the Governor of Wisconsin who left in August. Father C.H. Stonestreet is in Rome, and there are other American priests from New York, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. McCloskey was in Perugia and had a chance to see something of the Sardinians. They go about their business as if they had always been under Victor Emmanuel, but they hate the clergy. The government is continually seizing the property of the religious orders and even the nuns are not safe. He doubts that the Pope will ever regain his possessions except there be some war such as followed the French Revolution. In Rome things seem quiet, even the Jesuits are not disturbed. The Pope has a cough. Monsignor Talbot appears much improved. Americans flying from the war are heard on the piazzas but they have such a dose of rebellion that they do not preach it as they did. Four new men have joined them at the College, one from Richmond. Bishop Patrick N. Lynch has done better than last year. He asked to be remembered to McFarland. A young man whom McFarland had seen there has gone mad and has been put in an asylum in Perugia, but he has since written a sensible letter. Bishop John Fitzpatrick is in Munich or near there. Bishop Michael O'Connor is giving a mission in Boston so that Fitzpatrick need not hurry back. He visited Monsignor Tobias Kirby but got lost on his way back. Dr. Bernard Smith was at the College yesterday. He has his hands full with the Americans. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Timon, Bishop John, Buffalo, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Dec 10 The President of the American College of Louvain has written asking some action on the part of American Bishops to get favors from the Holy Father. On his visit to the college last summer he promised to see what could be done and he has thought of a letter signed by many Bishops in the spirit of the following. The letter proposed calls attention to the many missionaries now in the American mission who were prepared at the North American College in Louvain. The Bishops ask for certain indulgences on stated occasions. :: I-1-b Seemingly a First Draft 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Dec 25 The enclosed papers no enclosure from Bishop John Timon of Buffalo he forwards to him for his advice. From what he observes he thinks the Institution deserves encouragement. McFarland's books are with the binder. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jan 1 The opening of Hendricken's organ will take place on Sunday, January 10 and he wishes McFarland to be there to preach. The elite of the city will attend. The music and singing will be extra. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jan 3 Mr. Bartley left the Seminary Wednesday and should be in Providence with a certificate of his reason for leaving. The decision in regard to his vocation decided his leaving. In summary, Dubreul feels that he had inclination that would be dangerous in a priest. As to Mr. Clancey [Clancy], Father Stanislas Ferté says that McFarland wrote him about Clancy during Dubreul's absence last summer. The letter seems to have been destroyed. This has disturbed him since he felt that McFarland had another reason for refusing to dispense Clancy from an irregularity. He cannot under the circumstances recommend him to any other bishop and he must ask McFarland to tell him of anything that would be calculated to give any fear to the Archbishop for the future. Clancy brought from his pastor a good certificate about the manner in which he spent his vacation time. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David William, Bishop of Portland, Maine], to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jan 15 A Father Brown lately from Hartford has applied to Bacon and he understands that he gave McFarland much annoyance. He asks some information about the man. He fears he is intemperate and stubborn. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David William, Bishop of Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jan 17 He encloses for McFarland's perusal a letter from Father Michael Carraher? now within McFarland's diocese and permitted to do duty. Bacon could not induce him to give a statement of his affairs while at Ellsworth, Maine and Bacon withdrew his faculties. He told Bacon that if he allowed him to spend a Sunday at Newburyport he would collect a sufficient sum to pay his debts, his uncle having invited him to go for that object. He went and returned with more than the amount of his indebtedness. He now threatens to sue Bacon for more than $500. Does such a priest deserve to be dealt with kindly, asks Bacon. He was careful not to do this until McFarland had recognized him. ` P.S. He asks McFarland to return Carraher?'s letter. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jan 30 When Healy proposed to Patrick Donahoe to publish a list of their clergy, churches, etc. he asked whether the other dioceses of New England might not be added. If the proposal meets with McFarland's approval Healy will publish the account of McFarland's diocese and that of the other New England dioceses and whatever the bishop wants to add will be printed. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Sadlier, Mary A., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1862 Feb 2 James Sadlier has handed her McFarland's letter of January 28 objecting to certain remarks made editorially on Mr. Howard's "Fourteen Months in American Bastilles." She wrote the editorial and her husband thought she should reply. If it were not for his position she might not reply but his objections are conveyed in so kind a manner that she had to offer explanation. Not being an American and a resident of the country for only a couple of years she has profound admiration for the American Republic, and does not like to see it the object of Southern attacks, despite the corruption of the present administration and the anti-Catholic prejudices of northern and eastern fanatics. But she does not feel that the Southerners are one whit better. She believes the people of Maryland have played a shabby part in the contest. She may have worded her phrases a bit too strongly in the Review but the Southerners might not have held so long except for them. She believes the Union is gone past redemption. She will use the facts the Bishop has sent her without using names and places. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Feb 9 Enclosed McFarland will find 2 copies of his report and a draft for $275.55, the cathedraticum for this year. He has not recovered from the effects of his retreat in Providence, his health is as of old. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hecker, Father Isaac T., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Feb 19 Hecker regrets that McFarland's request has been made so recently since the list of missions already accepted runs far into the spring. He will place the application on the list for next season. His apology for not answering earlier is that he has just returned from the west where he gave two courses of lectures to Protestants. His audience was large. Recent events have made a silent but great change in the minds of their people in regard to the holy faith. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bradley, C.SS.R., Father James F., Providence, Rhode Island, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 5 The bearer of this is willing to go to Boston but Bradley cannot urge her to do so. Alone and without friends she would be too much exposed. She is willing to make the sworn statement but she does not want personally to bring odium on the Congregation. The malice was so light that Bradley doubts that there was solicitation. He does not know the name or place of the person. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 16 He acknowledges the letter of McFarland of December 18 and the draft and the same amount from Certes in Paris. This year he has 37 students. He has been saving a room for the man mentioned in McFarland's letter but he has received no application yet and has presumed he will not come this year. He asks that McFarland tell him what kind of subjects and how many the diocese will need in the next two or three years and how many pensions McFarland will agree to pay. He has a very good priest Father A. De Regge. McFarland should consult Father Florimond De Bruycker - although not strong in body. He has a deacon who will probably choose Nesqualy. He is happy to receive the good news of De Bruycker. If he is sometimes sad, he will be cheered by a kind word from his superior. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 16 He sends him a paper which he can examine and he thinks proper sign. Other Bishops who have signed are those of Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, and Vincennes. The Archbishop of Cincinnati refused. The Archbishop of New York has not been asked yet. He sends the bill for Mr. Bradburn for binding the books itemized at $27.34. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 20 The schoolhouse will be ready for occupancy by April. He is sure that the Bishop will be pleased with it, since he has been offered $6,000 for it. The cost, $3,500, he expects to pay this year. From April 1 they will be entitled to $400 to $500 annually for its use. He asks permission to use the Easter collection for meeting the balance of the debt. He could take the collection at some other time if necessary. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 21 He received McFarland's letter enclosing $6. He expected McFarland to make the balance against him and returns the money. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 28 They will have to ask McFarland again to consecrate the holy oils. Healy will send down the vessels with the oil next Wednesday night, but he will not be able to come for them on Thursday. He has procured balsam for McFarland as well as for his diocese and will send it down Wednesday. The one in charge of the ceremony might forget that a little water will make the balsam pour. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Mar 28 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter of January 20 and will correct the bill. M. Certes, on February 26, wrote that McFarland's letter had not reached him asking that the letter of McFarland or McCloskey be used. McCloskey asks that McFarland write again to Certes; besides he prefers that the order to transmit the funds come directly from McFarland. They are hard pressed for funds. The South American College has apparently struck a snag since the commission of Cardinals has been appointed to look after its affairs. McCloskey, however, has the fullest confidence in the bishops, and he feels that the North American College is destined to do a great good. Mr. Hart has asked permission to write to McFarland for permission to go elsewhere. He is an excellent young man but liable to act from impulse. Mr. Sheridan had a cold but is quite well now. Hughes and Chorlton are quite well. The Pope went to the Minerva as usual on the 25th. Report is current in Rome that Archbishop John Hughes of New York is very sick. Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick is in Brussels. The arrest of Sig. Fausti ceases to make noise and no one thinks the Cardinal Secretary will resign. McCloskey asks for McFarland's photograph for a lady who is a collector. The political news from home seems gloomy enough. He thinks the "old ship must go to pieces under Abraham the first." :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Healy Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Apr 1 The bearer, Hugh R. O'Donnell, will deliver the vases for consecration. Healy regrets that their being so few prevents him from visiging. At the same time he sends the balsam. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Apr 7 He sends by Father James F. Campbell the collection of yesterday, $802. They may get some more and if they do, he will send it on. He thinks it better for McFarland to take the money now as he can get along without it. His assistants help him considerably and his temporal affairs are prosperous. He had scarcely mailed his last letter when he regretted having sent it. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Apr 27 The property immediately adjoining their house and lot on the west of the church is for sale for $2,700. The owner has a right of entrance through their property and it is desirable that they purchase it. He called the committee last night and they begged him to buy it. Hendricken feels they cannot do without it. They can rent it for $250 or so. He requires an immediate answer. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Haskins, Father George F., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 May 5 John McGirr thinks he would like the place McFarland proposes for him. If placed with a strict master he will likely do well. If granted indulgence he will take advantage of it. He has a strong will and is at time sullen, but can be managed. He is dull or perhaps slow and like his brothers does not like school and when in school makes sorry progress. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hughes, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 May 9 Among the decrees of the Councils of Baltimore confirmed by the Holy See Hughes wishes to call attention to VIII decree of the II Council on an Ecclesiastical Seminary in each diocese; also to XIV decree of the Plenary Council on the same subject, that the Bishops who do not have a diocesan seminary must write to establish at least one seminary in each Province. Providence has enable them to fulfill this decree in the province. He asks that the Bishops meet at what has been called Troy University on May 12 at 12 o'clock to take counsel together on the subject. The session should not last more than 3 hours and he suggests that each Bishop bring his vicar general or secretary or any other priest of his choice, not to attend the sessions but to give advice to the bishop. :: I-1-b L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 May 19 He writes for faculties to absolve an excommunicated person for being married before a parson or magistrate. He has announced a collection for Ireland on May 30. He cannot say whether it will be good or bad. Immediately afterwards he will go to Providence, if possible, for a day or two. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 May 24 He is late in sending his report on McFarland's seminarians because of his many occupations. Malloy has been called to the priesthood, McCartey and Smith to subdeaconship, Gaffney to minor orders, and O'Keefe and Walsh to tonsure. Mally has confirmed their expectations and will be a devoted clergyman, McCartey and Smith continue to improve. He says the same of the three others. He informed McFarland last year that Father J. Smith has his exeat and will send it to McFarland. O'Keefe has written to Ireland for his Baptismal letters, but is doubtful at times if he will have them. Having McFarland's general faculties for promoting his diocesans he must call his attention to that of ordaining ad titulum missionis. These faculties of some bishops have expired, but he asks McFarland to let him know for certain about the subdeacons. He regrets that he could not be more explicit about Bartley but could do so only by word of mouth. ` P.S. McKernan left soon after receiving McFarland's consent to give him permission to travel at least as far as New Jersey. They had given nothing to Clancy who did not return to Boston but is serving in a military hospital on the Chesapeake. He has applied McFarland's intention for him to McKernan. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 May 30 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 8 and gave the enclosed note to Hart who thinks McCloskey is guided by feeling rather than sound judgment. His health is not good and he is inclined to despondence. McCloskey intended to recommend him for subdeaconship in spring or summer but will await the settlement of the question. McCloskey has a draft from Certes of Paris containing 4900 francs, $908.28 on McFarland's account. They have not seen the worst. The trial of Fausti engages people's minds. The revelations of the last few months show a sad state of affairs in Rome. O'Neill was ordained priest before Easter, three others today. McCloskey will send by one of them a medal he received for McFarland from the state Department; it is connected with canonization. The Pope's health is improved, but they learn not to lay stress on popular ovations. Hughes, Cholton, and Sheridan are very well. Hart will write if he has anything to say. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 2 On receiving McFarland's letter he did not find any renewal of his faculty to ordain titulo missionis. He went to New York and Father Thomas Preston found none in his papers and Father Francis McNierny found no trace in his papers. Yesterday he saw Father William Starrs and he said he would call the attention of Archbishop John Hughes to it. If he finds anything he will let McFarland know. Loughlin thought that the renewal had been sought and granted. Bishop JohnTimon was there yesterday and said he had the faculty. Loughlin asks McFarland if he has the faculty for dispensing from abstinence from flesh meat on Saturday. In a letter of the Cardinal, of which he has a copy, mention is made of the faculty but Loughlin cannot find it. The faculties are received and will be printed by Father McNierny. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCabe, John J., Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 4 McCabe received yesterday a letter from Father P. Delany to whom he had written about his studies at the seminary. Delany at McCabe's suggestion obtained McFarland's advice which he now has before him. He does not know why he did not write to the Bishop first. Examinations are now on. McFarland advised him to finish his studies at the seminary and remain there for the vacation. He had decided not to go away because of the war times. He has now changed his plans because his mother has been sick and wishes him home. His brother who has been in the army will go home on furlough and he may never have a chance to see him again. Finally the draft will be made in the state soon and he is not exempted. Father John McCaffrey, the President, obtained an exemption for all of them as teachers but cannot do so now. Mt. St. Mary's is called the hot-bed of secession and the state is wholly under Federal power. That is why he wants to visit his home in Pawtucket this summer. He wants to stay there. He hopes to talk with the Bishop soon. ` P.S. He is very much hurries. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 5 Loughlin has just received from Father Francis McNeirny the renewal of the faculty to ordain titulo missionis as well as the permission to baptize adults with the short form. The audience in which this was granted was December 13, 1856 and the privilege continued five years and consequently expired last December. Application for renewal will be made. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 8 McCaffrey is looking everywhere for help. After appealing to Archbishop Kenrick, Hughes, and Purcell he now turns to McCloskey, Loughlin, etc. His problem is that Maurice C. Byrne, a boy of fifteen, was dragged from the college by soldiers because of a letter he wrote to his Father, Judge Daniel Byrne of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. McFarland knows Judge Byrne, one of their graduates who was a prefect and is one of their most respectable and estimable men, lawyer, judge, and planter. Maurice, with two other sons and two daughters have been cut off for two years from their surviving parent. Maurice had tried to correspond with his Father and boasted that he was a good Confederate in some childish language. Judge Byrne had been relieved of all his property by General Grant's soldiers and his home used as headquarters. General Blair gave him a pass and he had been visiting at Mt. St. Mary's a few days when the little boy was arrested. He was taken to Baltimore and despite the legal assistance of respectable Union men, he was required to take a long oath of loyalty to the Union and hostility to the Confederate cause. The boy was too conscientious to do that, and was ordered to prison through Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick. McCaffrey is appealing for help and hopes that McFarland can do something for him. Some think that he and Judge Byrne are exposing themselves to arrest because of their interference and may cause damage to the college. He hopes that McFarland can bring some influence to bear. He asks him to stir up Archbishop John Hughes to whom he has appealed not, he trusts, in vain. McCaffrey asks McFarland to come to their commencement on the 24th. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b McNeirny, Father Francid, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 8 McNeirny sent in another envelope, by order of Archbishop John J. Hughes, various documents, six in number, from Rome. The Archbishop asks that if McFarland has any suggestions in connection with these documents he will be happy to hear from McFarland at an early day. McNeirny asks McFarland to acknowledge receipt. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McQuaid, Father Bernard J., Seton Hall, South Orange, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence Rhode Island 1863 Jun 16 Their commencement will take place June 24. John D. Kernan of Utica will graduate and it would give great pleasure to his family if Bishop McFarland could be present. The college would also appreciate his company. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Williams, Father John J., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 29 Father Charles McCallion called on Williams this week to obtain permission to say Mass in the Boston Diocese as he intended to open a school in Warren, Rhode Island and the land is in Massachusetts. He referred Williams to McFarland. Williams asks if McFarland will permit him to officiate in his brother's, Father William McCallion's, church. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jun 30 Eleven scholastics will soon be ready for ordination. They have received minor orders and it is desirable that they be promoted to the other orders in the same week. McFarland is asked to give the ordinations on July 16, 17, 18. He understands that the Bishops of the country have the necessary permissions. He asks the favor because of McFarland's great charity. ` P.S. If the time is not convenient he suggest July 23, 24, 25. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 1 Enclosed McFarland will find a draft for $1200, the large portion of their subscription to the Irish Relief Fund. ON Monday next he will remit the balance of the collection. Until then he does not want the amount he now sends to be published. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Thebaud, S.J., Father Augustus J., St. John's College, Fordham, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, Of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 2 McFarland is invited to attend the eighteenth annual commencement of St. John's College on July 8. The exercises will begin at 12. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 15mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 3 Bapst is happy to say that the difficulty can e removed easily because of the privilege the Jesuits enjoyed before their suppression, restored by Pope Leo XII, on July 11, 1826. As to the days of ordination Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick says they are at the will of the bishop. He then asks that the days for the ordinations be July 16, 17, 18. For the retreat for the Sisters of Mercy one of the Fathers will be supplied. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 7 The amount of the collection here was $1484.50 including the money already sent and that sent to the convent in Swinford, Galway. If McFarland has no objection to the delay he will delay the collection for the orphans until the 19th, next Sunday being the Sunday for the quarterly pew rent. The people would give nothing to any other purpose. If he can go to Middletown on Sunday he will tell McFarland all about the parish. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Timon, John, Bishop of Buffalo, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 18 They propose to dedicate St. Joseph Cathedral on August 30 and ask the presence of McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis Patrick McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 19 Healy apologizes for not calling on McFarland when he was in Boston but says he was confined to his house by business and illness. He wishes McFarland to set a day to give Confirmation at the orphan asylum. The Sisters called to ask him but found he had already departed for Worcester. They ask that the date be soon because some of the girls are leaving on vacation or permanently. He regrets giving the occasion for this second journey to Boston. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 20 He sent by express the ordination letters of the eleven scholastics who were lately promoted to the priesthood, and asks that they be sent back after they are signed and sealed. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 24 They will be happy to have McFarland come on Tuesday next and Healy has written to Father Hugh Carmody to say that the day suits them. An absence of a day and a half prevented such an answer as the time required. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 28 McCaffrey had McFarland's letter of July 20 and the one in which he explains his effort to get to the commencement. Thank God they are quiet and secure after watching passing armies and one of the great battles of the war. As to McFarland's seminarians, the youngest failed to complete the course. He does not expect or wish to return. He, J.F., must go back two years in his cave and work steadily. McCabe and Rogers give much satisfaction. McCabe has been so full of youthful spirit that McCaffrey has not wished him promoted to sacred orders. He has fine talent and McCaffrey intended to recommend him for promotion until he received McFarland's letter. They also intend to recommend Rogers for orders. The complaints that McFarland has heard are not new; the Director of the seminary and Professor of Theology have had too much to do. He has obtained for the coming year a graduate of Propaganda. He hopes the cause of complaint will be removed. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Aug 2 Hendricken has had so little satisfaction with the clergy sent to him before that we would regret now losing either of the present assistants, Father John O'Farrell or Father James F. Campbell.They acted on no suggestion of ill-advising friends and were content to attend their duties. But if the Bishop decides otherwise he would not designate which one he wants to retain. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 9vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Aug 9 In compliance with the urgent wishes of Archbishop John J. Hughes he is about to go to Europe. His purpose is to se with Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick if they can get a religious community to take charge of their seminary. The prospects are sufficiently encouraging. He would like to consult with McFarland. He sails on August 19 by the Arabia from Boston. He will leave Albany on Monday and arrive in Boston that evening, August 17, and seeing McFarland there would be useful to the cause. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCallion, Father Charles, Camillus, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Aug 13 His brother, Father William McCallion, is unwell and he is detained longer than he expected, longer than his calculations on founding a school. If McFarland has any further correspondence with Father John J. Williams he would like to know the results. If he cannot say Mass daily either at Swanzey or Warren he could scarcely hope to succeed. He encloses a letter from Williams and merely adds that it is not in the diocese of Boston. His choice place is Massachusetts because his brother Neal's farm is there. He thinks that McFarland can get him what he wants. ` A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo. ` Enclosure: CDHT I-1-b Williams, Father John J., Boston, Massachusetts, to Father Charles McCallion, Warren, Rhode Island 1863 Jul 31 Williams feels obliged to refuse McCallion permission to say Mass in the diocese of Boston. ` A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo. and 12mo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Aug 17 DeNeve acknowledges McFarland's letter of July 23. He immediately sent word to Mulholland and Cooney on what terms they are received. From their letter he fears that they are not far advanced, but they will try. They will expect in due time the young student, Byrne. He hopes the Bishop will impress on him that he is to acquire not only knowledge but the piety of the ecclesiastical spirit, and that he should take the occasion to learn German and French. DeNeve has been in Gand and spoke of McFarland's arrangement to the old professors of Fathers Florimond De Bruycker and A. De Regge. All thought they would not work well together, and that these men would work better separately. A younger priest would be better with De Bruycker. Father De Regge does not make up his mind quickly. De Neve will ask the Bishop of Ghent and leave the decision to him. If he will not come he will send him a priest that will be satisfactory to McFarland and De Bruycker. Tomorrow he will go to the great Catholic meeting at Mechlin and will give a report on the American College at Louvain. He will endeavor to obtain a considerable addition before two years. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Sep 1 He encloses the reports of the Waterbury College boys. That of Moran does not look favorable but Moran is one of the smartest boys from the place and will do well if he perseveres. Fitzpatrick and P. Lawlor go to Baltimore this year. Fitzpatrick is almost dependent and will require indulgence on expenses. He was born in the British provinces and belongs to a pious and interesting family, Lawlor may need help because he has one brother in college and another may go. He has spoken to McFarland about Lawlor at Middletown. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Laufhuber, S.J., Father George, New Haven, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Sep 16 Since he is in New Haven he spends 3 or 4 hours each day visiting German Catholic families. At the present time he has the names of 94 families and would not be astounded if the number would reach 150, half of them mixed marriages. He will send the Bishop their conditions but now he wishes the Bishop's advice. Of these families there are 100 or at least 50 between the ages 1 and 10 who are not baptized or baptized by a Protestant minister. When he visited them the mother promised to bring the children in for baptism but in nearly all cases they did not come. If he had baptized them in their parents house he would have baptized 30 but instead he has baptized only three of 1, 4, and 8 years of age. He asks whether he should visit the families again and baptize the children in the parents' houses. ` P.S. He asks that the answer he sent in care of Father E. O'Brien, St. Mary's Church. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Sep 25 Hendricken's health is so poor that he cannot think of going to the retreat this time. He would gladly go if he were able. Three weeks ago he gave a little mission to the youth of the parish which exhausted him and he has not left his room since. He is better and hopes to be mending. Fathers James Campbell and Michael B. Rodden will leave for Providence Monday morning. He is deeply satisfied with Father Rodden and wishes to have him with him, not for four months but as long as the Bishop can spare him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas S., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Sep 28 The annual collection for Dr. Silliman Ives has come round and Archbishop John Hughes wishes Preston to notify McFarland so he can remit at his convenience. Heretofore McFarland has given $20. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Frascati, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 1 As soon as McCloskey received McFarland's letter of August 18, he went to see Cardinal Alexander Barnabo who said that he would attend to it at once. It was only yesterday that McCloskey received the Cardinal's reply that the two rescripts of the Propaganda of January 25 and August 16 granted, through Archbishop John Hughes of New York, an extension of the faculties the Holy See usually grants to Bishops of the United States for ten years and that this included the faculties of the Bishop of Hartford. This must include the 4 faculties McFarland seeks because the Cardinal said McFarland should have the faculties without delay. If there is any difficulty McCloskey asks that McFarland notify him immediately. Noticing the date of the rescript, August 16, McCloskey was surprised that the Cardinal spoke of going to the Pope for faculties already granted. He encloses the reply of the secretary for McFarland's satisfaction. McCloskey has heard nothing of Bishop John McCloskey of Albany. He is either at Brussels or Paris with Bishop John Fitzpatrick. If they hope to move the old General, Father Joseph Carriere, they are mistaken. For some reason he seems determined not to send the Sulpicians to take charge of the Troy seminary. Father James A. Healy has not yet reached Rome. McFarland's men are well. Hart, subdeacon, took the oath for the missions of Hartford. ` P.S. The See of Baltimore will probably be vacant for some time. Bishop Martin J. Spalding of Louisville is spoken of as one likely to be transferred. He is also the choice of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell as he wrote to one of his seminarians. Poor Maguire is pretty hard up. He was obliged this morning to leave the convent and go into Rome for a place to stay. McCloskey will keep an eye on his old commander in chief. He thanks McFarland for the photographs. He asks for more for Prince Massimo and for the college. ` A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. ` Enclosure: CDHT I-1-b Propaganda, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of, Rome, Italy 1863 Sep 28 This is a part of a letter from the Congregation of the Propaganda stating that the petition of the Archbishop of New York that the faculties of the bishops of the Province of New York be extended for ten years has been granted. Also the faculties sought by Bishop McFarland of Hartford through the rector of the American College, are included in these faculties. ` Part of Letter Italian 1pp. 16mo. :: I-1-b A.L.S. Part of Letter Italian 5pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Starrs, Father William, V.G., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 16 Starrs has received McFarland's letter of October 13 and says that Archbishop John Hughes has no objection to McFarland receiving Father Titus Joslin into McFarland's diocese. Joslin is stubborn and self-willed and has given trouble wherever he has been stationed. He was unwilling to submit to the pastor with whom he was associated. But he has many good qualities. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McNeirny, Father Franciss, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 20 All the faculties asked for have been received from Rome. He will forward the printed copies without delay. There is no limit on disparitas cultus, ad titulum missionis, etc. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Lynch, John Joseph, Bishop of Toronto, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 24 A young man signing himself James Butler, Deacon of the diocese of Kerry, applied to them for admission to the diocese. Lynch has written to Bishop David Moriarty and Moriarty has no knowledge of such a man. Butler has an exeat; it is a forgery and does not resemble Moriarty's signature. Lynch feels it is his duty to inform the Bishop of these circumstances. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hecker, Father Isaac Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 26 The enclosed no enclosure is an extract from a letter Hecker received dated October 13 which he would send entire but that the other part contained some private matter. He is sorry to give McFarland pain but he is sure the Bishop will appreciate his giving him these facts. The circumstances came to his knowledge from several sources, among them a Bishop and a priest. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Oct 28 McNeirny has telegraphed "yes." The faculty authorizing to ordain ad titulum missionis reads "dummodo alias idonei sint et servatis de jure servandis." The first part was natural since any objection was covered by McFarland's other faculty. Time is no restriction as to festivals. The faculties are in the hands of the printer and will be received next week. Archbishop John Hughes is ailing, Father William Starrs has not recovered and McNeirny is kept very busy, otherwise McFarland would have received the faculties earlier. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Nov 10 The advice McFarland gave Kessler was the same Dubreul would have given when Kessler spoke of his previous study of theology. While he should attend all the classes, he can dispose of his time which would not be necessary for the classes. When they are satisfied about his knowledge of theology they will have to decide about his ordination. Only two of McFarland's students, McCartey and J. Smith, will be ready for ordination at the end of the year. Mr. McCartey will be ordained subdeacon at the first opportunity and to deacon when there is some occasion to have a sufficient number of officers for solemn festivals. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Nov 10 McNeirny sent McFarland the faculties by yesterday's mail and hopes he has received them. In No. 3 there is a reference to a decree of 1858 printed by Archbishop John Hughes and McNeirny sends a copy which he will find in the papers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp.12mo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John V.G., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Nov 18 DeNeve received McFarland's letter of September 30 but delayed because he could not answer some of the questions. Cooney and Mulholland have arrived. They are good but compared to the boys they are very deficient in Latin and since they did not know a word of French and theology is taught in that language at the university, he thought best to send them to another place. They attend lectures in St. Nicholas where they read logic in Latin, have an opportunity to speak French in recreation, and are taken care of by his personal friends, the superior and professors. Young Byrne did not arrive. If he has lived with his uncle and is haughty, DeNeve asks McFarland to advise him not to come. He hopes to send McFarland a priest that he needs for the Canadians and Germans. Providence sent him a deacon who speaks those languages and he thinks he should send him to Providence. He may meet some opposition of the parents who do not know that he intended to dedicate himself to the American missions. He has power from Rome for ordinations of such subjects as are adopted by an American prelate. McFarland should see that he has in writing the power of adopting those properly released from their dioceses so that he might give them exeats and promote them to ordination when advisable. As it is good to make sure of good preparation he intends to keep the young man through the scholastic year. Father Florimond DeBruycker ought to work for two this year. The young man pays his own way and will be moved by arguments that plead for the diocese. The pension of Cooney and Mulholland will be charged to McFarland. There is a difference in the accounts of prelates patrons. He has on his accounts $5250 paid by others and only $5000 by Hartford. He asks McFarland to send a draft for the $250. ` P.S. The important mission of Bishop John McCloskey of Albany will succeed he has no doubt. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 9 McCloskey arrived home safely last Monday but yesterday being the great festival of their cathedral, he could not take up his correspondence until today. Concerning the O'Reilly estate he is uninformed since there is no mention of it in Father John Corry's will, nor did he leave any written or oral instructions beyond what McCloskey told McFarland in Boston, that he had intended to invest it in the education to the priesthood of O'Reilly's relatives. Owing to his absence no action was taken on Corry's will. He thinks the account of the O'Reilly estate will be found properly kept. Father Corry had told McCloskey that all big works had been settled and that there remained, only the settling of the education fund. McCloskey suggests that McFarland try to get from the Surrogate what remains unsettled. He hopes that McFarland will have appointed the custodian of the O'Reilly money. If nothing interferes with the arrangements they have made in Belgium they will have a good staff of professors for opening the Provincial Seminary in Troy after next vacation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Timon, John, Bishop of Buffalo, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 12 It is probable that the $300 commutation clause will be stricken from the congressional act. He has no confidence in the promise that each priest that is drafted will be made a chaplain. The priest might get a substitute but many priests have a horror at the idea that a substitute might be killed in his stead. He has talked to men of both Parties and thinks a law can be passed exempting all ministers of the gospel who devote all their time to the ministry or to teaching. He has spoken to several Bishops who will use their influence and to distinguished regular Protestant ministers. ` P.S. As to the ordination of Rev. M. Ryan it was simply a pleasure to serve a bishop whom he respects so much. :: I-1-b L.S. 2pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b Carrier, C.SS.C., Father Joseph C., University of Notre Dame, Indiana, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 22 The Board of Administration of Notre Dame had sent him lately to the principal cities of the East to get an organ for their church. He went directly to New York and visited the establishment of Henry Erben, organ manufacturer, who is known to McFarland. Not having anything for Carrier's purpose Erben offered him an organ that was used at the Cathedral of Providence for many years for $800. As it was not mounted up Carrier could not judge of its appearance or sound. While Carrier thinks Erben is an honest man he could not make the deal without consulting the opinion of McFarland. He would like McFarland to tell him how well the organ worked in the Providence cathedral and how much he thinks it is worth. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Noethen, Father Theodore, Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 28 Noethen sends for McFarland's inspection the first number of Father B.S. Bayerle's great work, "The Ecclesiastical Year" to which are added Catholic legends by Father Alban Stolz, both translated by Noethen from the German. The book has already been submitted to Bishop John McCloskey of Albany who considers it a most valuable addition to Catholic literature. He asks for McFarland's approbation in writing. The book will not be published until he receives the Bishops' approbation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 30 On the page within the letter McFarland will find a transcript of Father John Corry's account with the estate of Father James O'Reilly which McCloskey sends for his inspection. There are vouchers for all these items except expenses of the Probate Court, Augusta, Maine. The lawyer's correspondence is among Corry's papers and it is probable that Hayes, Corry's employee, will be able to furnish satisfactory evidence. McCloskey asks if it will be necessary for him to go to Providence or would it suffice to send the accounts with the vouchers. The account is dated 1862 with the addition in pencil and indicates a total of $15620. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCollum, Father Bernard, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1863 Dec 31 The headstone to McFarland's brothers was erected in September but McCollum did not have an opportunity to see it. It is of durable stone and inscribed as McFarland directed. It cost $90 because it had to be brought to Waynesboro. He got no receipt but will demand it, if it is needed. He sends a check for $10, the balance. He is hoping for a visit from McFarland when he can give him a better reception. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1864 Jan 17. Printed circular letter of Bishop Wood to the clergy and laity of his diocese. He states that they know that the Catholic church through the Sovereign Pontiff has again and again censured and condemned all secret societies, properly so-called, as dangerous to society and to religion and has threatened excommunication ipso facto for joining them. It is also known that efforts are being made in various parts of the diocese of Philadelphia to deceive the faithful into joining such societies. Besides the Masons, Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance, he mentions the National Brotherhood, condemned by the Bishops of Ireland, the Fenian Brotherhood and the "Mollie Maguires," Buckshots and others. He urges the clergy to admonish their faithful to conform to the commands and desires of the Church in these matters. The letter is sent by Father Augustine J. McConomy, secretary, who asks that the pastors read this pastoral at all the Masses on the next Sunday. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-b Printed Circular 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Bishop of Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Feb 4 McCloskey sends by tomorrow's express the statement of Father John Corry's account with the estate of Father James O'Reilly. The vouchers accompany, at least what he could find. He thinks McFarland will understand them better than himself. He does not know how the case stands with reference to the claim in the state of Maine and Mr. Hayes and the lawyer are trying to find out. Both the lawyers there and Hayes may present the bill for services. There is elsewhere a receipt of Reverend Mr. Bray and a certified claim of Bernard Lamb. Father J. Brady wrote to Father Conroy saying that Corry had accepted the claim but had not paid it. He does not find a receipt from Mr. Berge but besides being entered in Corry's account as paid it is also credited on the Day Cash Book. He did not trust the express with the mortgage itself, but it will be brought. When the account is closed McCloskey will cancel McFarland's name on the note and send it to him. He supposes the usual commission for settling the estate will be allowed. The balance held in the bank may be for that. He asks if Corry had any property in Providence. He supposes that the deeds found in the papers are for lands that have been disposed of, some of it to Bishop Bernard O'Reilly or to McFarland, but he sends the deeds if McFarland wishes to investigate. He would prefer to go and see McFarland but Lent begins next week and he does not want to be absent from home. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Feb 9 Acknowledging McFarland's letter of the 4th, he says that much as he would like to oblige him and the boy's reverend uncle he cannot admit the young man to the seminary. They could not admit that they would take or keep one dismissed for such a violation. He returns the letter of Father Dubreul. McCabe was allowed to visit his family on the news of his mother's death. McCaffrey is looking for his return as he is their most promising student. Mr. Rogers is also one of their most promising students. On McCabe's return he will consult his colleagues and if they approve promote them to deaconship. They are and have been very useful as teachers. Many causes have lessened the number of seminarians. The College has 120 pupils and is increasing. He could accept two or three seminarians who could teach while studying to cut their expenses. He will accept anyone that McFarland recommends. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Bishop John McCloskey of, Albany, New York 1864 Feb 11 McFarland has received the package by express from McCloskey and another by mail from Mr. Hayes. One plot was sold to Bishop Bernard O'Reilly in 1851. The other two plots he sold to J. Baggot and Michael Early and McFarland has bought them back for seven times the amount for which Corry sold them. Father John Corry had no property in Providence since he sold the lot to Bishop O'Reilly. McCloskey went to Probate Court Tuesday but the Judge postponed the matter until today. The papers were not satisfactory. The voucher from Hennessy was not signed. There was no deduction of Corry's expenses in coming to Providence. The receipt to Father John Brady has a different amount than the account. The administrator, when appointed by the judge, will decide on the voucher for Birge's $104. The judge made one bequest to John O'Reilly but insists that an administrator be appointed before the final settlement. The administrator should be sought by some creditors and McFarland sends a blank for that purpose to McCloskey. McCloskey should name the man he wants appointed in the form and a certificate from the Surrogate under seal saying that McCloskey had been appointed administrator of the estate of Father Corry. When the estate of O'Reilly is settled there will be little difficulty getting the other matter settled. McFarland does not want to have anything to do with the estate of O'Reilly, unless McCloskey can find no one else. The court will allow $5 to Hayes but no claim to Lamb unless it can be shown that Corry promised it. McFarland will keep the papers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Feb 22 Henricken sends a draft for $275.15, the cathedraticum on church funds for 1863. They realized about 2600 at the fair. He had felt so asthmatic since then that he is only now making his report, which he will send in a few days. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Mar 5 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter of February 2 and is pleased that he got the faculties from Archbishop John Hughes. Feeble as was the Archbishop's health his loss will be felt. Such men are known only after death. Bishop John McCloskey is generally thought to be the person who will succeed him. Two archbishops have written against accepting McCloskey's resignation of the office. The appointment will come up next week and the appointment made before Easter. Baltimore will also be filled up at the same time, probably by Bishop Martin John Spalding. Not long ago they had a solemn requiem for Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick and two days ago one for Archbishop Hughes. Many of his Irish and English friends were there, among them the Davises of New York and Lord Campden whom Hughes received into the Church some years ago. McCloskey has not yet seen Mrs. Hazard. Mr. Hart will be ordained on Trinity. The other young men are doing well. McCloskey is sorry to hear that Bishop John Loughlin of Brooklyn is threatened with bronchitis. He read his sermon but is surprised that the physician let him give it. Msgr. Doupanloup is giving a series at the Gesu. Dr. Manning is giving the sermons to the English at the old place. He has learned that Father O'Reagan has arrived safely in New York and hopes that he delivered the medal to McFarland. He has given away the photographs of McFarland. They are quiet there with the exception of the bursting of a few bombs and fracas between the French and Italian troops. More trouble is expected between the two groups. McCloskey hopes that the new seminary will not remain closed long. He asks who is the new president. McCloskey asks what McFarland thinks of Pope Pius IX's letter to President Jefferson Davis. It seems like recognition but McCloskey thinks it is mere politeness. Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, alluding to it, hopes that the Church will not side with the South, otherwise the Catholics in the North will suffer persecution. McCloskey is not sure that will not happen anyway. Father Sopranis, the visitor general of the Jesuits, visited them. He returned lately from California. Two newcomers from Philadelphia have arrived, one a graduate of Mt. St. Mary's. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Noethen, Father Theodore, Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Mar 30 The first number of Father B.S. Bayerle's "Ecclesiastical Year" and the Catholic legends by Father A. Stolz for the use of the laity has just been published and will appear regularly every two weeks. He sends McFarland the work gratis and hopes all the numbers will merit McFarland's approbation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b To Bishop John Timon, Buffalo, New York 1864 Apr, _____ , Buffalo, New York Unsigned printed circular letter addressed to Timon in which he is accused of tyranny over his priests, of driving some priests out of the diocese, of collecting money for himself in Europe, of selling gifts to the diocese to his priests, and of his inability to get his priests to sign a document acquitting him of these charges. Mentioned are Bishop Bernard O'Reilly of Hartford, St. Patrick's Church, Rochester, Father Michael O'Brien of Rochester, and many other priests of the diocese. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-b printed circular 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 4 Hendricken encloses a draft of $858.42, the amount of the collection for the seminary. He is preparing the children for Confirmation and will have them ready in about six weeks if McFarland can spare a Sunday from other engagements. There is a young girl there who got married in the Protestant Church to a Protestant and he asks if he can absolve her since she seeks absolution. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b DeGoesbriand, Louis, Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 12 Father F. Clavier of St. Albans wishes a bishop to preach at the opening of his church some time in June and DeGoesbriand has promised him to try to get one. He invites McFarland but knows that engagements may not permit him to come. DeGoesbriand has a letter from Bishop John McCloskey of Albany that the official appointments to Baltimore and New York will soon arrive in this country. The Roman rumor has Bishop John Martin Spalding of Louisville to Baltimore and Bishop McCloskey of Albany to New York. McCloskey said he had received a letter from Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston whose health is much improved and will start for Boston at the end of the month. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Starrs, Father William, Administrator, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 15 He has received McFarland's letter of April 13 and wishes to say that the Sisters of Charity cannot spare any of their members at present. They have promised to open two or three new schools in New York and Starrs thinks it will be difficult for them to supply these places as they have charge of so many institutions already. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 22 McCloskey thought he had answered McFarland's letter of February 22 with the draft for 45 francs but seeing no date of answer he presumes that he has not. Mr. Hart entered on his retreat for deaconship yesterday and will be ordained May 1 and priest on May 21. McFarland will find him with a fair share of theological knowledge and disinterested. Emperor Maximilian arrived there the beginning of the week, coming expressly, say the diplomats, to get the blessing of the Pope and left two days ago. While there, he received a visit from the Pope with whom he already had had an audience. The vote of the House of Representatives on the Mexican question came by telegram while he was in Rome. If his acceptance of the crown will bring peace to that country McCloskey says Godspeed. The season of lectures is now fairly opened. Yesterday he heard Cardinal Guidi on "Progress." In the evening McCloskey heard Marshal Duke Saldanha, the Portuguese ambassador, on Roman history. The health of the Holy Father is as good as might be expected. He assisted Sunday at the consecration of the new confession at Santa Maria Maggiore. Of the appointments, he has heard Bishop McCloskey for New York and Spalding for Baltimore. Perhaps their appointments have already gone to America. As to his own house he is worried about financial matters and has debated the utility of a trip to America to obtain ten or twelve thousand dollars. That would put them at their ease until the war is over. He is not well acquainted in New York. Something could be done in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Boston. He asks McFarland what he thinks of the idea. He has another idea. Unless they fill the unused wing of the college it is in danger of getting into other hands. The Archbishop thought he had combated this and thought he had succeeded. :: I-1-b A.L.S. There may be a missing page 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, V.G., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 26 DeNeve thanks McFarland for his letter of February 22, and by it he is authorized to submit the seminarians of McFarland to the Archbishop of Mechlin for ordination, but he also must have power to adopt these men into the diocese of Hartford. He also must have power from McFarland to admit them from the other dioceses into the Hartford diocese. Certes has sent him $1700 and he will give an accounting of it at the end of the year. :: I-1-b A.L.S. Latin 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Mullen, Thomas, Manchester, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Apr 27 Mullen has written to Father McCaffrey and encloses the answer he has received. He will hold himself ready to start after receiving McFarland's letter. He asks instructions of the route to take and the probable expenses. He hopes he will be no trouble after the first half year. A note on the back of the letter: Promised to pay Dr. McCaffrey $100 if letters, etc. are satisfactory. ` A.L.S. 1p. ` Enclosure: CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Thomas Mullen, Manchester, Connecticut 1864 Apr 19 McCaffrey received Mullen's letter of April 14. They will give him a place in the seminary but he will have to pay $75 for the first six months. The extraordinary prices oblige them to be very provident on money matters. He will clothe himself and come well supplied. After the first half year his services will be esteemed compensation in full for the education in the seminary and clothing and necessary wants. Any one adopted and recommended by Bishop McFarland has the best claims on their respect. He should bring letters from his superiors at St. Joseph's. McCaffrey will be glad to welcome him. ` A.L.S. 2pp. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 May 7 In reply to McFarland's letter of April he has investigated the health of Mr. Cholton without finding the alarm his parents had been led to believe existed. He has always been a little delicate and has had to come home from class but McCloskey does not consider that unusual, he has spat blood twice but he does not know what that meant. He has written to his parents to calm their fears. The protracted diarrhea is common in that climate. McCloskey has suggested a change of climate but Cholton has preferred to remain. The Holy Father has another attack and their frequency has caused some uneasiness. Castel Gondolfo has been prepared for him. McCloskey is glad to learn that the new seminary will open the next fall, an Italian priest has applied to him for information about the American mission. He gave a reference to the Vice-Gerent of Rome and McCloskey will see him before encouraging him to go. McCloskey saw Cardinal Barnabo last evening and he thought the bulls for Baltimore and New York had been sent. He expressed some fear that the Bishops will have to take an oath of allegiance before meeting in Council. If that is true McCloskey says this confirms his fear that the Republican Party triumph will bring a persecution of the Church. Mr. Hart was ordained deacon Saturday :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b De Goesbriand, Bishop Louis, Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1864 May 9 Father F. Clavier thinks that the first Sunday of August would be the proper day for opening the church of St. Albans. If McFarland can be with them and preach they will be thankful. De Goesbriand feels McFarland's loss of a good priest and also of Sister Josephine. His own diocese is about to lose one or two priests and it is difficult to replace them. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Finotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Jul 2 With satisfaction Finotti introduces to McFarland the Rev. Mr. Dimon who has just severed his connection with the Congregationalist Society and accepted a Professorship in the Protestant College at Providence. He leaves a void there that cannot easily be filled. None regret his departure more than Finotti. There is compensation in that while Finotti loses, Dimon will gain the friendship of McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b De Goesbriand, Louis, Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhome Island 1864 Jul 7 De Goesbriand has not forgotten that McFarland has promised to speak to their Vermonters at St. Alban's next month. He asks McFarland to authorize him to announce it and to say what Sunday they may expect him. He hopes that McFarland is well and he knows that he has not been idle. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Jul 19 Father Isidore Daubresse will be able to give the retreat for McFarland's clergy as well as to those of Boston, perhaps the same retreat. Bapst is at a loss to find a Father to give it. All such priests are already engaged. Boston College will open next September and the preparations have not yet commenced. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Jul 21 Some time ago Father John Brady called on Loughlin and asked him to adopt James Halton stating that Father John Corry would pay for him from funds from some estate. Brady further said that Corry had the right to do this. Now Loughlin learns from Mr. Dalton that McFarland objected to this when he was at Ellicott's Mills, and insisted that anyone supported from Father Corry's funds should belong to the diocese of Hartford. Loughlin asks McFarland to inform him whether Corry was right in making the arrangements. In McFarland's hand: McFarland says he answered urging Loughlin to be executor and if he declined McFarland said he would pay the pension of Halton at St. Charles until he is ready for Philosophy and for his books and clothes afterwards. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Jul 21 McCloskey has been desirous for some time of writing to McFarland about the Provincial Seminary of Troy. It is desirable that the Bishops concerned meet until he is installed in the Archiepiscopal See. He has fixed the Sunday within the octave of Assumption as the day of his inauguration. As all the Bishops of the Province will be invited to meet for the purpose of selecting names for the see of Albany, he will suggest that at the meeting the following Monday or Tuesday there will be a meeting for the nominating and for the proper organization of the Seminary. The work of preparation has gone on briskly and the building will be ready for occupancy by September. The priests from Belgium will embark the first or second week of August, the President and three professors. There will be three lay brothers with them. The Bishops will have to supply the professor of moral theology and the temporal administrator. Father Zephrinus Druon of Vermont was offered this job but declined. McCloskey asks if McFarland can suggest anyone for this important office. He asks how many students McFarland would propose for the seminary. Not more than sixty in all can be accommodated the first year. The preferences should be given to those just entering theology or philosophy. McCloskey will leave Albany August 4 and make a retreat before assuming his task. He hopes that McFarland will attend the installation. If all the suffragan attend, their meeting could be held without delay. If not, it will have to be postponed until Monday morning or evening. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b De Goesbriand, Louis, Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Jul 26 De Goesbriand does not remember whether he has answered McFarland's last letter. In case he has not he wishes to thank him for consenting to come to St. Alban's August 7. He hopes that the voyage will not tire McFarland, and that he will enjoy good health in their Green Mountains. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Pinotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 8 Miss Mary A. Watts an accomplished music teacher and organist, is taking up residence in Providence and at her request he introduces her. She is the only Catholic in her family. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 8 McCloskey wrote to McFarland some ten days ago about the seminary at Troy and to ask him to his installation on August 2. The meeting of the prelates will take place Monday, August 22, to recommend names for the vacant see of Albany. As he has received no reply he repeats the invitation. He asks him to accept the hospitality of the archiepiscopal house at 36th and Madison. That evening McCloskey goes to Fordham for a retreat to end on Assumption Day. The reply should be directed to Father Francis McNeirny. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, Louvain,Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 10 As Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston did not start on August 6 together with the professors of the seminary he did not like to send Father Engene [Eugene] Vygen alone. DeNeve does not know why the professors did not leave. He will send Vygen with two other gentlemen from the college on September 3. He asks McFarland to tell Father Florimond DeBruycker that he should not feel uneasy since Vygen has used his time well and has filled his trunks with church articles. The mission of Willimantic and Baltic will gain. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 12 McFarland's letter of the 10th has been received. Archbishop John McCloskey is on retreat at Fordham. Before leaving he received McFarland's letter from Burlington by way of Albany. Madison Avenue will serve all Bishops. He asks McFarland to mail his acceptance and go there from the depot. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 29 He returns under cover with this no enclosure the statement of the closing account with the estate of the late Father James O'Reilly., As executor of Father John Corry, he has certified to its correctness in the manner prescribed. He is glad that McFarland has decided to cooperate with them in the Provincial Seminary. Once in good working order he is sure it will repay for sacrifices. As soon as it is known when the school will open he will inform McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. CDHT I-1-b Daly, Father Luke, New Britain, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Aug 31 He asks to be informed by return mail if McFarland can give Confirmation there the third Sunday of September, the 18th. He was requested to choose a date and write. If McFarland cannot come on that date could he come on the first Sunday of October? :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 1 By the same mail McFarland will probably receive a letter from Mr. Charlton asking permission to enter the English College. The only reason given McCloskey was his desire to benefit by the lectures of the Roman College. But McCloskey thinks the real motive is because a companion, a convert, has lately gone over to Collegio Pio, a part of the English College. The Rector insists on only two classes a day and permits them to go out alone dressed as simple priests. He does not know Charlton's age but if he is 24 he can get in there, and his last year in Rome will be spent in Pio. McCloskey thinks he seeks more the Roman College than the lectures. His self love has been wounded. When he pleaded illness, McCloskey permitted him to read his sermon instead of delivering it. But he spent six months in the country and walked as much as six miles between 4 o'clock and sunset. He changed very much in the country, staying in a Franciscan convent and with a priest at Frascati. Since he has been very much dissatisfied with himself and everybody else, McCloskey thinks that the change will do him no good. His companion at the convent was the convert. If these changes are allowed the influence of the snug harbor at Pio will be great. The Cardinal is too dignified to say anything. McCloskey thinks that a student should stay at the same college once he has come. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 6 He will go to Montreal next week for a day or two and would transact his business more pleasantly if he had a letter of good standing from McFarland, particularly at the College where he is unacquainted. His business is private. Lalor and Fitzpatrick wish to go to Troy. They commence their theology this term. He promised to mention it to McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 10 Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston asks Healy to give McFarland his greetings excusing himself because manual labor fatigues him. He wishes to know if there is any obstacle on the part of Mr. Bartley himself or his family to his ordination. Bartley has applied for admission to the diocese and an early answer will oblige. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Purcell, Father Edward H., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 22 Since Bishop John Fitzpatrick is not able to do duty, Purcell asks McFarland to give Confirmation for him. He asks it for the last Sunday of October or any Sunday at McFarland's convenience. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 28 McCloskey was in Troy last week and there learned from the President of the Provincial Seminary of Troy, New York that he will hardly be able to open studies before the middle of October. Meantime he wishes each Bishop to furnish him a list of the seminarians who are to attend from each diocese and stating what class each will follow - philosophy or theology. This will save the trouble of writing to each seminarian. Bishop John Fitzpatrick was kind enough to meet him at Albany and they considered the points submitted at the meeting in New York on August 22. Fitzpatrick thought that in view of the present high prices the pension should be $200 per annum. Father John Conroy and McCloskey agreed to these terms at least for the first year. He asks if McFarland has any objections. As the cost of repairing and furnishing the building will be about $30,000, McCloskey suggested the following division: New York $10,000, Albany $5,000, Hartford $5,000, Burlington and Portland $1,500 each. New York is set down with $10,000 but the amount will really be larger as it will make up an amount exceeding #30,000. Portland and Burlington were left off with a smaller amount because it would be useless to tax them more than they are willing to pay. For the $30,000 mortgage the division will be Boston $9,000, Albany $8,000, Hartford $7,000, Burlington $3,000, Portland $3,000. The payment of interest on these would suffice for many years, the principal can be met whenever convenient. The sum for repairs should be met as soon as possible, at least before All Saints. The semi-annual pension of the students should be paid in advance. This is submitted to the consideration of the Bishops and can be amended if necessary at later meetings. His pastors are now on retreat and he is absent on business. ` P.S. The list of seminarians can be sent to Conroy., P.S. He forgot about the professor' salary. The Bishop of Boston and the administrator of Albany agree each to take charge of one. McCloskey will take two. What does the Bishop of Hartford offer? :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Purcell, Father Edward H., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Sep 28 Purcell has written to Bishop John Firzpatrick and he is perfectly willing and thankful that McFarland give Confirmation. Fitzpatrick is greatly improved but not able to go through so much labor. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 10 McFarland's letter came too late Saturday for an answer. He believes Bristol and the mission attended by Father M.B. Rodden will make an excellent parish. The sooner the appointment is made the better. He will not need Rodden during the retreat because six priests are coming and that will take care of the wants of people. He has written to the Fathers the last year he has performed all the Sunday services in the church. This mission will remove the pressure of Christmas confessions and he would try it for a year. The collections have never supported the Church without the mission. He would like to lessen church. This mission will remove the pressure of Christmas confessions and he would try it for a year. The collections have never supported the Church without the mission. He would like to lessen church expenses and mold the parish in his own way. The pastor at Naugatuck would be quite near him. A new Board of Education has been elected of which he is again a member. With him is a bad Catholic who for eleven or twelve years has caused trouble. If he is successful Hendricken will have to resign from the board. The interference is glaring. He is taking things calmly but may have to resign the parish in Toto. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Lynch, John Joseph, Bishop of Toronto, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 11 Lynch takes the liberty of sending McFarland a copy of his letter to Cardinal Alexander Barnabo in reply to a few remarks of His Eminence on Lynch's circular on Irish Emigration. The letter will explain all. ` P.S. He asks McFarland to excuse the hand of his secretary as he himself is unwell. ` L.S. 1p. 12mo. ` Enclosed: CDHT I-1-b Lynch, John Joseph, Bishop of Toronto, Canada, to Cardinal Alexander Barnabo, Rome, Italy 1864 Sep 28 Lynch received on September 8 Barnabo's letter of August 5, with remarks on the circular he sent to the Irish Bishops on the subject of "Wholesale and improvident emigration." Lynch deplores as much as the Cardinal the publication of that circular in public journals. He held it up for months for fear it would be published and when his conscience would no longer be resisted he sent it in private letters with confidential remarks to each prelate of Ireland and by private conveyance to the most distinguished ecclesiastics of that country. He had it printed in private press. He was much surprised to see it published in the newspapers of Ireland together with a private note to one prelate. The newspapers of the United States reproduced it from the Irish and European journals. The people did not know the evils that poverty had brought on the Irish people. The newspapers could not disprove his statements but attributed them to pride or party. One Archbishop of the United States wrote him that he was delighted and edified that a son of St. Vincent had praised his apostolic liberty in probing a sore that had afflicted every true lover of Christ. Another in Canada wrote his praise in French. The Polish suffered bodily persecution but the Irish suffer persecution in body and soul. The American witnessing the Irish in rags and misery and not able to create place or employment for them, are afflicted beyond measure, especially at the loss of these children of God and the Church. The hearts of the zealous Irish Bishops would grieve to witness what the American sees every day. If the subjects of the Papal States were seen in such condition the Holy Father would be held up by the Protestant press for execration. It is true that the Irish have enlarged the Church in America in numbers but have the numbers gained in America been what the Church lost in Ireland or have the numbers of converts to Catholicism equaled the number of perversions. If these have done so much, what would they have done if they came with some means. Lynch is aware that the British government counts on the Catholic Church to keep the Irish quiet while they are being robbed and pillaged. One of the Irish Bishops said that he shuddered to think of Scotch and English Protestants being substituted for the Irish Catholic tenants. The Irish have to support the Protestant ministers. Barnabo could read with patience the history of that circular. It was proposed in the Council of Quebec last year that the council write such letter but the bishops decided that the Irish bishops knew the situation. Lynch felt uneasy lest he had caused the letter not to be written. After prayers for the Irish he was tormented until he gave in and wrote the letter and sent copies to the Bishops of the United States as well as Ireland. Lynch adds a paragraph from Barnabo's letter insisting that means be taken to prevent the improvident emigration of the Irish and to improve their situation in America. ` L.S. 16pp. 12mo. :: I-1-b L.S. 17pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 14 Bishop John Fitzpatrick is not as well as usual this morning. Yesterday he received a letter from Archbishop Martin John Spalding of Baltimore of which the enclosed no enclosure is a portion. Their diocese is at present in great straits for priests because of sickness and absence and the Bishop finds it impossible to spare one. He hopes McFarland is able to do so. ` Note on back: New Berne, North Ccarolina. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp.12mo. CDHT I-1-b Loughlin, John, Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 15 Loughlin apologizes for not answering McFarland more promptly. He saw Archbishop John McCloskey twice but forgot to ask him the question. McCloskey said that he told Father John Corry that he thought that anyone educated from the estate of Father James O'Reilly should be for the diocese of Hartford. So also Loughlin thought and would prefer not to have anything to do with the matter. Loughlin supposes that McFarland will pay the expenses of Mr. Dalton to the extent he said in his note. He asks if McFarland intends to do anything for the Seminary at Troy, and what the Bishops of Portland and Burlington intend to do. He presumes that Bishop John Fitzpatrick will join with the Archbishop. Loughlin fears the cost of carrying on the new establishment. He is sorry it has been commenced. In connection with the O'Reilly affair he says Brady was sorry he spoke so abruptly to McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas S., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 15 Archbishop John McCloskey reminds McFarland of the annual collection for Dr. Silliman Ives. He can send the subscription to Preston as soon as convenient. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas S., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 19 He acknowledges a draft for $20 for the Dr. Silliman Ives subscription. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 28 The dedication of the new cathedral will take place Sunday November 20. McFarland is invited and asked to bring his own pontificalia. An early reply is asked. :: I-1-b Printed L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Oct 30 Archbishop Martin John Spalding will give Confirmation and Orders on Tuesday November 8. He will require dimissorial letters for ordination from the Bishop whose subjects are to be ordained. McCaffrey has telegraphed and now writes to McFarland for dimissorial letters for John McCabe and John Rogers. The faculty believes them worthy of promotion to deaconship. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 6 The mission is over and was attended with the best possible results. The man he mentioned for obstinance in a previous letter apologized and went to the sacraments. They had three thousand Communions, a little over two thousand from Waterbury alone. He has made up his mind that he cannot do without an assistant. In case of sickness a replacement could hardly be found for Sunday. McFarland should then take Father James Campbell and send another in his place. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 9 McCloskey deferred answering McFarland until he had definite information about Chorlton. He left that morning for Louvain and McCloskey is glad he did not stay in Rome. His dissatisfaction on de locis was justified. There are many things connected with classes that do not please him but ad they are a college of only yesterday it is better to look before acting. He would prefer that their students attend the roman College or Roman Seminary. If the American Bishops want they can make a change and the students can get away from what they fret about. He would like to feel the pulse of the Americans concerning the American College at Rome. The knowledge that a collection is being taken up for the Troy Seminary and the rates of exchange have caused him to defer his trip. He asks McFarland to suggest the best time for the trip. Bishop Patrick N. Lynch left for Paris on November 2 to return in December. They sleep in peace. Lynch got out a pamphlet on Emancipation. In answer someone translated into Italian an article from the Dublin Review on the same subject. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 15 Mrs. Beers and her daughter are anxious that McFarland visit them before they leave for Buffalo where they are going for the winter next week. Hendricken visited them last night and thinks that a little talking by McFarland would cause her to be baptized. He received McFarland's letter last night appointing Father James Campbell to Branford. He intends to go by train to Providence to see McFarland. The arrangement satisfied Hendricken who would accept any disposition of Naugatuck; he would be cramped in his resources without it. He will take care of Father John Smith. In Litchfield they have but $2600 but could not build a church for less than $7,000. He does not think the Beers will leave anything for it except by will and Yankee ladies live a long time. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Father Terence Brady, Ballintemple, Kilmore, Ireland 1864 Nov 16 In answer to Brady's letter McFarland says that Father John Smith by his last will left him the entire disposal of his property. Although McFarland had asked him to leave a statement in writing on the use he wished to make of it, Smith did not do so except for some legacies to the church of which he was pastor, for which he left a lot and $192 due from the church. So he also spoke to his nephew John S. Flynn. McFarland has paid Smith's debts and gave donations to parties of whom Smith had spoken. The $200 he had left, he intended to use for the education of the two nephews John s. Flynn and Thomas Smith, both in the Seminary at Troy. Smith had told his brothers Thomas and Terence to try to educate each for the Seminary. McFarland hopes that Brady will see that they show marks of a vocation. If the young men show the marks, McFarland will see to the expenses of their seminary training in the United States until they reach philosophy. There will not be enough in the Smith estate but the Bishop will meet the expense during their courses of philosophy and theology. There is nothing beyond for relatives. $550 was given to Susan Brady, his cousin and housekeeper. Most of the property in his hands was merely in trust for the Church. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Smyth, Clement, Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 21 Smyth had delayed his answer until he could ascertain all the particulars regarding the subject. Yesterday a friend came whom he requested to enquire into the matter and he learned that the creditors Gelkpe and Co. of New York consented to take 25% of all principal and interest. They are willing to pay the same percentage on the bonds issued by their corrupt mayor contrary to the wishes of the property holders. Smyth understands that if McFarland accepts these conditions and sends the bonds Smyth would receive the 1/4 of the principal for him. It is unjust but it is not Smyth's business to censure. If McFarland ever comes west the Bishop welcomes him to his residence and if he gets near Providence he will visit McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Alemany, Joseph S., Archbishop of San Francisco, California, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 28 Alemany asks McFarland to forward the enclosed note no enclosure to the Pastor who attends or is near Ware House Point, Connecticut, as Alemany does not know his name. :: I-1-b L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Dubreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Nov 30 Mr. W. Sheridan has left the seminary last night on his way to Providence. Some girls had been waving at the seminary and making improper signs and someone detected Sheridan answering. He has examined the circumstance and has no reason to doubt the facts. He denied but when pressed, asked for permission to leave the seminary. Mr. Bric has been sent last week by Father E. O'Brien as adopted by McFarland. Dubreul is well pleased with him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Dec 7 But for his firm reliance on McFarland's kindness he would not know how to answer McFarland's letter received last night. A Bishop has the right to order and he must obey. But the truth is that to part with Mr. Rogers or Mr. McCabe during the scholastic year is to tumble down the whole edifice. After thinking it over and consulting his colleagues he must try to avert the catastrophe. Both McCabe and Rogers have given good sermons and have been satisfactory and will be even better if left there for the seven months. The late Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick was mistaken in his action against the seminary. They have had no subjects from the Archdiocese. The present Archbishop Martin John Spalding urges them to find some for him. Cincinnati used to rely on them but has withdrawn, and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have withdrawn within the past five years. Some have gone to the Roman College such as Dr. Gardiner of Brooklyn, Michael A. Corrigan and Patrick Hennessy of New York who would have finished with them. Some might be his colleagues as he now needs a successor. It will take time to fill up. They have not in twenty years had such a pious and serious group of boys, chiefly because they have not been in other colleges. But those they have lately received are of no use at the present. He will take Mr. Russell and is glad to get him on McFarland's terms, with pension paid for six months. He hopes that McFarland will understand what he is saying. He goes to Baltimore to get a new set of teeth. He gives the respects of Fathers McCloskey, Mcmurdie, Obermyer and Xaupi. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Dec 8 A printed circular containing a letter of apology by Father P.E. Moriarty, O.S.A. to the Bishop dated Dec. 5, 1864 in which he apologizes for a lecture of May 23 contrary to Wood's prohibition, and in which he used abusive language about the Archbishop of Dublin and their church dignitaries, and said that the Pope encouraged secret societies. He denied that he had any idea of encouraging the Fenian Brotherhood. He expressed his abhorrence of secret societies. On the same page is a letter from Bishop Wood to Moriarty dated Dec. 5, 1864 accepting the apology. Alongside it is a letter of Moriarty apparently to the public in reparation for his action. Wood in sending the document says it is a private communication, not intended for publication. :: I-1-b Printed circular 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Dec 22 Healy is sorry to say that their Bishop John Fitzpatrick is dangerously ill. The physicians do not yet despair of him but their hopes are poor indeed. Fitzpatrick has received the last sacraments and commends himself to McFarland's prayers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1864 Dec 26 After his return from Baltimore he ordered Mr. McCabe and Mr. Byrne of Boston to be ready for ordination to the priesthood on Saturday, the feast of St. Silvester. They spend the week at Loyola College, Baltimore where Father Angelo Paresce has engaged to give them or get one of the Jesuits to give the exercises of a retreat. McCabe asked him to write to McFarland asking his most earnest prayers on this occasion. They thought it best to promote him and practice his priesthood in comparative retirement. Archbishop Martin John Spalding has set a time and will probably ordain them in the Cathedral. Mr. Rogers, being young, will not regret having more time. Though scarcely ever sick McCaffrey doubts that Rogers will scarcely ever sick McCaffrey doubts that Rogers will stand much hard labor. Mr. Russel arrived a week ago and will enter the second class and begin theology in a year and a half. He is tired and must be brief. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mt St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland A printed announcement of a compendium of the elements of Christian Doctrine written after an experience of more than thirty years and at the suggestion of Archbishop Francis P, Kenrick. The letter exposes the better features of the compendium. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-b Printed circular 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b McGlynn, Father Edward, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jan 5 McFarland is invited to attend the funeral of Father Jeremiah W. Cummings, pastor of St. Stephen's Church, on Monday, January 8 at 10 a.m. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jan 8 Enclosed McFarland will find a draft for $300 cathedraticum together with the deed of the house property belonging to the church. The cemetery is now completely out of debt and will be deeded to the Bishop in a few days. He encloses also the report of the last year no enclosures which he has read that day to the congregation. McFarland will perceive that they are not going backward. If they had not got the organ, bought the house property, and rebuilt the schoolhouse, they would be nearly out of debt. But they are necessary debts and they are working their way through them. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jan 24 Father Ambrose Manahan knocks on his door from Danbury, Connecticut and Wood infers no good. He has no papers. Wood asks McFarland his opinion of Manahan's future. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Spalding, Martin John, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Feb 4 Spalding thinks McFarland can safely encourage Miss Lalor to continue her translation of the later life of St. Francis de Sales by a Sulpician. He has tried to have it translated by a competent person but has failed, except to get a Visitation nun to translate that part which treats of the foundation of the Visitation Order. He trust that Miss Lalor is competent. He sees nothing in the recent encyclical or in that of 1846 which is referred to to prevent the Ordinary from appointing different months for the different churches or portions of the diocese. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Feb 7 He sends by express the papers of the late Father John Corry with the account duly attested. He hopes the surrogate will be satisfied. McFarland's check was received and credited to his account. He recommends himself to McFarland's prayers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b LaRocque, Joseph, Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Feb 8 His delay in answering McFarland in the question of Father Charles Thibault's request to be incorporated into the Hartford diocese is not from neglect. He would not want a man without proper dispositions to be in McFarland's diocese. The local Superiors of the young man have been consulted. They have asked Thibault to leave the clerical state. This decision he thinks is very wise. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Feb 24 When Bishop John Fitzpatrick consulted the cases mentioned in McFarland's letter he thought that absolution was by the decree of New York reserved to the Bishop of the diocese where the censure was incurred. His memory seems to be at fault and seeing McFarland's letter he agrees with him that the decree was formed to prevent the necessity of such recurrence. In future cases Healy will so act. The dispensation from the impediment of disparate cult would belong to their Bishop in case of domicile in the diocese. The priest who applied to McFarland thought the power went with the absolution. ` P.S. Fitzpatrick improves slowly. Healy is sorry not to meet McFarland last Sunday. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Ryan, Father John, New Inn, Cahir, Tipperary County, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Mar 4 He apologizes for intruding but he has no other name in the diocese. A man named James Lonergan of the parish of New Inn, emigrated from Ireland seventeen or eighteen years ago and he has heard that he is living now in Providence, Rhode Island. Circumstances require that he and some of the parish must know if he is still living, and Ryan asks that one of McFarland's priests make the enquiry as to his being alive and his address. A note on the back of the letter: "Jas. Point ? near plane ? 1848 - age 55 - wife and 5 children." :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Kenrick, C.M., Father D.W., Buffalo, New York, to Father John V. Kelly, C.M., Suspension Bridge, New York 1865 Mar 21 Kenrick asks Kelly, after his retreat, to present the enclosed bill to Bishop Francis P. McFarland for payment. Patrick Goodwin said to send his bill to the Bishop. It amounts to $80, $65 for board and tuition and $15 cash for going home. ` P.S. He will send the New Haven boys' bills when Kelly gets there. Father McCabe will tell him about Goodwin if necessary. Dr. Robert E.V. Rice is making things go. He sends his regards to Fathers McGill and Henessey. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Mar 28 Father J. Bertoldi is very grateful for McFarland's promised visit on the Sunday after Trinity. Sandwich ? has not been visited episcopally for years. Healy expects to trespass on McFarland again for blessing the oils. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Apr 3 A young woman married before a Protestant minister seeks absolution and Hendricken asks faculties to absolve her. There are other similar cases which will probably come to him and he asks faculties for the first five cases. There are some young men who want to form a St. Vincent de Paul Society, and he asks of whom they should seek information and books in Providence. The jubilee there is very successful. He and Father John Smith have just completed its conditions. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Apr 12 Healy sends him oils for consecration. He also sends balsam with enough also for McFarland's diocese. His messenger will return with them after the Mass but can make himself useful in ceremonies if McFarland desires it. Bishop John Fitzpatrick seems unusually well and will attempt to say Mass in private the next day. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Apr 16 The collection amounts to $1146.10 for Waterbury and Mission, for which he encloses a draft. He asks that it be credited to Waterbury Parish. He is leaving for a few days and anticipates the Bishop's permission. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Kenrick, C.M., Father D.W., Suspension Bridge, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 May 4 Kenrick acknowledges McFarland's letter of the 20th and sends the receipted bill. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 May 5 McCloskey thanks McFarland for his letter of March 25 and the draft for 4,000 francs on Certes. It came opportunely. Since his return Chorlton has done remarkably well. Mr. Hughes will be ordained subdeacon this spring and about Christmas, priest. Despite needs McCloskey hopes McFarland will let him finish his studies which he will have done by spring. Of Albany he hears nothing but he had always taken for granted that the Vicar General Father John Conroy would succeed. Manning has been appointed to Westminster. The Pope took the matter in his own hands. The chapter had named Archbishop Errington. Manning's appointment will probably raise a storm. The news from America is terrible and although the South is conquered peace may not come for some time. The Americans are in mourning. Bishop Patrick N. Lynch's position is getting daily more unpleasant. He is not certain he will be allowed to return under President Johnson. McCloskey suggested that if anything can be done to smooth the way for his return it would be good. There is much said about the French leaving Rome but McCloskey does not think the Emperor has the courage to do it. The Holy Father looks remarkably well. McCloskey is pleased that the Troy seminary does so well. He speaks of coming beatifications and canonizations. It is likely he will get to America this spring or summer and hopes it will not be in vain. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b O'Reilly, Father P.T., Worcester, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 May 5 O'Reilly had succeeded in hunting John Fallon and learning the circumstances referred to. He claims that he was arrested by the girl in Pawtucket on charges of seduction and admits that he appeared before Father McNamee solely to avoid incarceration but swears that he never gave any sign of intention to marry. He denies intercourse with her. Two years after he was sued for bigamy in Worcester but the girl in Pawtucket abandoned the suit. He claims that Father Gibson who lived in Worcester then was assured by Father McNamee that no consent was given by him to marriage. Fallon is a man of considerable property and very good character in Worcester and is a special constable for a portion of the city. If his story can be relied on, the first marriage is invalid in foro interno. ` On the reverse side is a note by McFarland to a priest that this refers to one of his parishioner and asks if the marriage referred to is on record. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCaffrey, Father John, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 May 9 Mr. Rogers has just handed him McFarland's letter. McCaffrey is sorry to seem to put obstacles in the way but he regards this as a very serious matter. Any interference with the teaching during these last weeks is a most serious evil. Rogers is worthy of promotion to the priesthood and McCaffrey does not doubt that McFarland's needs are great. But they think they have done everything to make Fathers McCabe and Rogers very useful priests. He asks as a great favor that Rogers remain as he is until commencement day. He can then make a retreat with the Jesuit Fathers at Frederick. McFarland will be reinforced then by both McCabe and Rogers. They were thinking of petitioning McFarland to let Rogers stay with them a while before he should be thrown into a whirl of action. While they are doing what they can they are overwhelmed. He renews his petition for time for Rogers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Alemany, Joseph S., Archbishop of San Francisco, California, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jun 2 Alemany has received a letter from Father Thomas Quinn saying that he had McFarland's permission to seek admission into any other diocese. Not knowing the reasons for Quinn's step he asks if he is a sound, pious, steady priest and whether McFarland would accept him if he were the Archbishop of San Francisco. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b DuBreul, S.S., Father Joseph Paul, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jun 8 The pastoral retreat has prevented him from ending his report on the seminarians and those to be called to orders at the end of the month. Gaffney is at the end of his 3rd year but not old enough for ordination being only 21. He is about the same as last year and they are embarrassed about his case. They have thought it more advisable not to make him a subdeacon. He has to wait anyway. They think that he might be left to himself to test his vocation, such as in teaching in the cathedral. On Joseph O'Keefe he has nothing to add. He is a good regular man but lacks resolution which indicates some defect of mind. As this does not affect his moral character they have called him to subdeaconship. Mr. Brick has an excellent spirit and ordinary talents and they have called him to minor orders. Fitzpatrick and Lawlor also have been called to minor orders. Mr. Lawler is a disagreeable reader with defect in speech and sight. B. Sheridan gives marks of some worldly inclinations but as he has some college work to do another year will tell better. Murphy is better. Finnigan is good. Fitzgerald is very good. Gorman is pious with ordinary talents and has been called to tonsure. Comerford is also called to tonsure. McFarland is asked to send the necessary faculties for these ordinations. They ask him to be present at the presentation of theses and giving of degrees on June 23. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Finotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jun 9 According to his request yesterday he reminds McFarland of his promise to give Confirmation in his parish. It must be on a Sunday. He has two churches and the sacrament must be given in both. The time will be between now and September 1. He would like August 20, the octave of Assumption which is the titular of his church in Brookline. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-b Timon, John, Bishop of Buffalo, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Jun 13 Timon introduces Father Thomas J. Smith, C.M. superior of the seminary of Our Lady of the Angels. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island, to Bishop James Frederick Wood of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1865 Jul 19 Father William Lambert, formerly of Philadelphia, had, applied for admission into the Hartford diocese. For some months he, has made his home with Father E.J. O'Brien of New Haven and has, said Mass at the convent. McFarland asks for information and suspects, that there is some fault. Woods returned the letter with the signed note, that he cannot recommend him and that it would be a charity to try, him but not alone. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Sorin, C.S.C., Father Edward F., Notre Dame, Indiana, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Aug 6 Sorin thanks McFarland for his letter which he received yesterday and immediately sent to the printing office of the Ave Maria. He regrets that McFarland has not received it regularly but hopes that he will in the future. They will assure gratitude for any encouragement in his diocese. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Aug 11 He writes to have Father McCabe remain there during the retreat. He had told the Bishop the circumstances at the last conference. Joseph Reid wishes to try the climate of Montreal this year. He is ready for philosophy. For some years he has suffered at St. Charles from rheumatism. He thinks Canada might improve him. At least he wants a more northern region than Troy. Hendricken will write to the Superior of the seminary at Montreal if McFarland does not object. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Aug 27 Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston consents with great pleasure to McFarland's request for faculties for a retreat. He is somewhat better but the improvement is slight and reverses frequent. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Sep 4 If Read went to Montreal he would have to remain in philosophy class for two years. On this understanding Hendricken agreed to ask McFarland if he could go to Troy. Read comes from a pious family and will, if his health permits, make a good priest. Though not finished at St. Charles he has read five or six junior Latin and will be able to read philosophy if McFarland lets him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b DeBruycker, Father Florimond, Willamantic, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland, of Hartford Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 6 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: CDHT I-1-b La Rocque, Joseph, Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, Canada, to Father Florimond DeBruycker, Willamantic, Connecticut 1876 Oct 2 It was in all sincerity that he gave DeBruycker hope that he would, send him a priest from Canada a few days ago. One of is priests having, gone to Covington, Kentucky has written for permission to live there., Bow he has just enough priests to take care of his own diocese and none for Hartford. ` A.L.S. French 2pp. :: I-1-b A.L.S. One in French 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father George, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 6 Bishop John Conroy was at his house a few days ago on his, way to Fordham and conversing about his consecration expressed the, fear that he had not invited McFarland to the ceremony. As he, recurred to the matter several times McCloskey thought he would drop, McFarland a line so that when Conroy returns he will have assurance., His brother, Father William McCloskey is still in the west and he, has seen him only in passing, but he spoke of his pleasing interview with, McFarland. George hopes to see McFarland at Albany with many, Mountaineers. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, William S., Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 8 Because all the bishops at the consecration cannot be, accommodated at the episcopal residence it has been proposed that, some of them stay with other families. With the sanction of Father, Edgar Wadhams, Preston invites McFarland to stay with him during, the visit and wishes to know by return mail if McFarland accepts. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 13 Edward Carroll asks to marry his sister-in-law, Margaret Read., They are related in the first degree of affinity. Margaret and Edward's, late wife were of the same Father but not of the same mother and he, believes that in helping to raise the family they will respect him more in, that relationship. ` P.S. Hendricken asks what charge should be made for the dispensation, since Carroll is very poor. Across the letter is written the word, Refused. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Power, Nicholas, Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 14 McFarland's letter reveals a painful state of things of which he, can easily estimate the difficulty because of recent court happenings., The Bishops and clergy in Ireland are having some trouble with, Fenianism in every place throughout the country. Consequently the, members of that body are loud in their denunciations of the clergy and, have opposed them at the elections but to no purpose because they have, no influence. As to Father Jeremiah Vaughn, who has represented, himself as being sent by Bishop Power to collect funds, he has stated an, untruth. He intimated to Power that he wishes to build a chapel in the, parish and asked leave to go to America to gather funds for this project., Power feared that from his extravagance in speeches and letters that he, would in some manner connect himself with the Fenians in America., He gave Power in writing a pledge that he would refrain from all, political agitation and keep clean of Fenianism. Power then gave him, permission to absent himself from his parish with hesitation and, misgiving. His conduct in McFarland's diocese deserves reprehension,, as would a similar priest from Hartford in Killaloe diocese. Power asks, McFarland to forward to Vaughn the enclosed letter. If he causes more, trouble McFarland can use his own authority or let Power know and he, will terminate his mission by the next post. McFarland has enough, trouble with the Fenians. Power is sorry to hear of the death of Bishop, Clement Smyth of Dubuque, his friend. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Storr, Father William, Jersey City, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Oct 26 Storr asks for a mission in McFarland's diocese. He has been in, this country since 1861 in the diocese of Milwaukee. He was called to a, German congregation in Trenton and built a church there but came in, collision with the Bishop. This was not his fault and Bishop James R., Bayley wrote that he would recommend him to get another mission., He would be glad to attend some vacant German mission. He made, studies in Germany and was ordained there twelve years ago. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Noethen, Father Theodore, Albany, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 4 He sends McFarland a prospectus of a new work which he has commenced to translate and trusts that his efforts meet with McFarland's approbation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas S., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 10 The annual offering made by the bishops of the province for Dr. Silliman Ives is now due. The Archbishop John McCloskey asked Preston to send the notice. If the Bishop desires to continue he may remit the money to Preston. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, St. Martin's, Ohio, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 13 McCloskey had hopes to return east before the beginning of November but finds he must remain a while in the west. At. St. Louis he met most of the suffragan and Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick. The Archbishop enters warmly into the matter that brings him there. He will send students and will have a collection taken up one Sunday, and they agreed on the first Sunday of Advent. He thinks Kenrick one of the ablest prelates of the American Church. He is now trying to see Archbishop John Baptist Purcell who is visiting his diocese. Four of Purcell's students leave for Rome in a few days and one or two more will follow sent by congregations. Father Daniel O'Regan of Lancaster told him that his parish would send one. Tomorrow McCloskey moves to Fort Wayne, then Detroit, and home by Cleveland, Erie, and New York. He hopes to visit McFarland. He asks McFarland to set the day for the general collection in the diocese as he cannot fix these things himself. He does not expect to get away until spring, because having come so far he will do all he can. He will go South. Bishop John Quinlan asks him to come. Quinlan will send students and thinks that McCloskey should go to New Orleans. Bishop William Henry Elder he knows will do all he can. He wishes McFarland could send one to take Mr. Hart's place. He would not lose time by sailing now. A letter to him addressed to Bishop Josue M. Young at Erie would reach him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Preston, Father Thomas S., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 13 Preston thanks McFarland in the name of Dr. Silliman Ives for the draft for $30 which he received that morning. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John V.G., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 19 DeNeve acknowledges McFarland's letter of October 8 and hopes to comply with his request. As to securing a priest he prefers the end of the scholastic year. He knows an excellent man who will serve where his bishop wants him, but it would be a shame not to let him finish his course. DeNeve asks McFarland to write if he can wait until September. His name is VanLaar. He hopes he will be useful to the people and to Fathers Fl. DeBruycker and Eugene Vygen. With great joy he has heard of the plans for the seminary of Troy. He hopes that it will be necessary only for Father Van den Trende to state his complaints to the Bishop to have them remedied. There was no complaint about nationality but DeNeve was disturbed to read complaints about lack of clothes and books. He promised a decent support. He pointed out to Archbishop John McCloskey and Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston the name of Vadenhewer. He wrote letters and prompted superiors and McFarland can see why he is so interested in Troy. He has not heard from the Mother Superior. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 3 B- was not around that part of the country the date McFarland mentioned. Hendricken has been trying to find out something about him but cannot. Father F.J. Lenihan should be able to give some information. Hendricken will try to see if he acted so fearful a part. He could never see the most remote trace of a vocation. He has finished his fair and cleared $3000 beyond expenses. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 25 Bishop John Conroy threatens to visit McFarland next Wednesday and since McFarland may have some business and not be at home Healy would like to know so that they can keep Conroy for another day. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Rice, C.M., Father Robert E.V., Suspension Bridge, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Nov 25 Rice has just received McFarland's letter of November 18 and is sorry that he has troubled the bishop. In giving the letter to Mr. Holten he wished to signify that he was obliged to leave here on account of former charges made against him and not on account of anything recent. He did not intend to request McFarland to get him out of his difficulties. In charity to the young man he advised him to consult McFarland. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Dec 2 McCloskey has received word from the Vice Rector of the Roman College that Mr. Chorlton's health will make it necessary that he return home. Chorlton has written to McCloskey that only the advice of the physician has made him make this step. McCloskey agrees because Chorlton desires to finish in Rome and suggests that McFarland mention this to Chorlton's family. McCloskey thinks he will be able to enter at once into the Troy seminary or any other. McCloskey will see McFarland in a few days and asks that he take no steps about the College until then. He has had a satisfactory visit in the West where they do not fear, as in New York, the "Roman doctors." ` P.S. McCloskey includes a letter that Chorlton wrote to his parents which McFarland may read and send on as he thinks proper; also the one he wrote to McFarland. The "young novice" was Chorlton dressed in Monk's clothes. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Dec 7 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter of Nov. 26 and says that he agrees with his views. The collection for the American College must not interfere with that for the clergy of the diocese. It can wait until spring. He finds that he cannot return as soon as he hoped. He finds great prejudice against "Roman doctors" and he is trying to remove it. The weather is so unfavorable that instead of going north he thinks of going to Baltimore. He will wait a few days. There is no news from Rome except the rumored removal of the French troops. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Dec 11 McCloskey regrets that he will not be able to visit McFarland. He was detained a whole week and it is unlikely that any collection will be taken up except the most pressing home claims. He wishes to postpone it until spring. Permission has been given for a Second Plenary Council and Archbishop Martin John Spalding is most anxious to hold it. McCloskey thinks one could question the expediency of a council so soon after Civil War. Questions will come up and prove that they are not united but that there is a good deal of division. Besides Rome might want to send out someone to be present if not to preside. He need not say how distasteful that would be to the American Archbishops and a good many bishops. Councils are frequently stormy sessions and if held while the Bishops are under trial may produce less good. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1865 Dec 13 McFarland's letter of yesterday has arrived. Bishop John Fitzpatrick has asked him to go to Boston. He will probably leave this evening for New Haven, taking Providence on his way. He hopes to see him soon. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jan. 15 Hendricken is very grateful for McFarland's consideration. When he was last in Providence he suggested to Father Delany that he wished to exchange with Father Kelly but since that time he has altered his mind, and now wishes to decline the position McFarland offers him. When he suggested leaving the parish it was not from any love of novelty. He considered his poor health and the great work that might be accomplished and he became uneasy in his responsibilities. He is now satisfied that he will best do the will of God by remaining where God's will has placed him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jan. 18 McFarland is informed that the next conference of the clergy of the New Haven district will be January 25 at the residence of Father William Hart, New Haven. The 4th and 5th precepts of the decalogue will be the subject. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jan. 20 McCloskey asks McFarland to send a draft for 2500 francs on account of the Hartford students at the American college. He does not know what the bill will be. Yesterday Mother Ann Simeon was buried at Mt. St. Joseph's. She died at Mt. Hope of cancer. Many speak of Sister Euphemia, sister of Father William Blenkinsop as her likely successor. Mr. Chorlton, he supposes, has arrived long since. He hopes Chorlton will be able to continue his studies at Troy in the spring. President Father John McCaffrey 's health is not good. Father H. Xaupi 's beard rivals that of Bishop Josue M. Young . Lately they have received the accession of Father Timothy O'Toole of Washington. They write from Rome that the French will go but McCloskey is incredulous. To McCloskey the inroads of the miscreants show that the French will be forced to remain. He leaves for Baltimore and soon to New York. He did not see Bishop John Fitzpatrick in Boston because that bishop was too ill. McCloskey says he noted in the papers that the fair inaugurated by McFarland was successful. Roman doctors make good listeners. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Jenkins, Father O. L. St. Charles College, Ellicotts' Mills, Maryland 1866 Jan.22 Printed circular in which Jenkins announces that while the college was closed for a time because of disease, they are now prepared to state that the fever did not originate in the College, but was brought in by a student from the outside, and that the physicians say that it is entirely safe for the students to return. On the same printed page is the letter of the physicians, F.E. Chatard, William E.A. Aikin, Thomas B. Owings, J.A. Doyle and Christopher Johnston of Baltimore, addressed to Father Joseph Paul Dubreul and Father Jenkins in which they state that the disease in question was typus fever and that it did not originate in the college and that it is entirely safe for the students to return on March 1. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-b Printed Circular 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Lynch, Patrick Neeson, Bishop of, Charleston, South Carolina, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jan. 25 McFarland must have heard of their army losses during the war. Lynch is now trying to repair what he can and supply the many wants of their altered condition. Among the losses is the total destruction of the Ursuline Convent of Columbia, South Carolina during the occupation of General William T. Sherman 's army. Although promised protection they were forced to leave the convent at 11 o'clock at night with 70 boarders with only the clothes they wore and seek shelter for 30 hours in a cemetery. Since then they have lived in borrowed houses dependent on government rations. Two of them, including the niece of Lynch, have died. He is trying to do all he can to reestablish them. Unable to go himself or send a priest because they have lost three by death in 1865, the nuns have sent Mr. Jones. Lynch recommends Jones and his cause to McFarland and his clergy. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b O'Connor, S.J., Father Michael Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Feb. 2 A Catholic colored woman, rather advanced in years, named Clara or Clarissa Bond died yesterday or the day before. She was from Providence. O'Connor asks if she was the lady who left a bequest for their colored church. If so he desires to know and also its probable value. If it exists it may be a work of Providence influencing a decision in favor of the colored people. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Feb. 5 McCloskey acknowledges McFarland's letter of February 2. Hughes was ordained before his time by his direction and in reward for his strict fidelity to duty. He usually chooses two for this. His companion is Father Ignatius Horstmann of Philadelphia. Sherwether of Charleston and Dr. Michael Corrigan of Newark and Richter of the Cincinnati seminary belong to that class of young men. Sheridan's ordination will take place at Easter time or before Trinity Sunday. Regarding the books, Dr. Silas M. Chatard will give Hughes whatever funds he needs and travelling expenses. The draft for 2300 francs can be asked from Mr. Certes payable to Chatard's order. McCloskey hopes that McFarland will send four instead of three students and that they leave about the middle of July so that they can spend their vacations among the hills. He has learned of the appointment of Father John J. Williams to the see of Tripoli and coadjutor to Boston. Archbishop Martin John Spalding will lecture in St. Stephen's and later in Newark. McCloskey sends the London Tablet with items of interest. A nephew of Father Houth's, a Father Wise, arrived from St. Sulpice and is staying at McCloskey's brother's. He left for Utica but will return. Father Houth left the young man his sermons. Bishop William H. Elder asked for the sermons but they were all burned up in the great fire at Emmitsburg. The four students from Cincinnati have reached Rome in safety. Dr. Manning's appointment was the best but would never have been made but for the chapter's nomination of Dr. Errington. The "old English Catholics" had to gulp down the appointment, but the converts rejoiced. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Feb. 8 McFarland has not mislaid Hendricken's report because he has not received it. For the past three weeks he has been confined to bed with lung fever. He has been near dying and he must recollect himself and get back his strength. He was sick when he notified the priests of the conference and had a hard time since that time. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Shahan, Father Thomas W., Taunton, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Feb. 8 Knowing McFarland's interest in their church he encloses the report of their doings no enclosure. The results have been satisfying. He wishes to thank the Bishop first for his presence and for his discourse on the necessity of co-operation. He is pleased to say that the plastering and painting are finished and other work progresses. Three Paulist Fathers will give a mission in Lent. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Donahoe, Patrick, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Mar. 2 Donahoe learns that McFarland is to preach the consecration sermon on the 11th. He asks for the minutes beforehand as this will enable the Pilot reporters to give a correct report of the sermon. This is merely a suggestion as the sermon will be reported and this thing of giving the sermon in advance is done frequently. If McFarland decides to give the manuscript he may do so at his convenience. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo CDHT I-1-b American College, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Mar. 20 Statement from the American College Rome for Hughes and Sheridan. Notes added to the above: January 30, 1866 paid Father William McCloskey, $700; April 11, 1866, Father Francis Silas Chatard 2300 francs, $460 which was divided between Hughes and Sheridan. :: I-1-b A. Bill 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 7 He is happy to say that he will go to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, week after next to hear the confessions of the Canadians in that parish and will write immediately to Father F.J. Lenihan and specify the day. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Allen, Father Thomas, Mullingar, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 15 Lynch encloses an exeat for Peter Kennedy, whose address is lost, who says he desires to become a candidate for Holy Orders under Dr. Patrick N. Lynch sic of Connecticut. McFarland is asked to forward the letter to the Bishop. The enclosure is a Latin exeat giving Peter Kennedy of Meath permission to enter the diocese of Bishop Lynch. It is dated April 15, 1866. :: I-1-b A.L.S. Exeat in Latin 2pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b Bapst, S.J., Father John, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 17 Narcisse Blaits and Firmane Brulliet, both Canadians, were married last October in Southbridge, Massachusettts, by a Protestant minister incurring excommunication although he does not think they knew of the penalty. At the time the girl lived in Southbridge and the man in Woonsocket and they now reside in Woonsocket. Bapst asks power to absolve them. Neither understands English and no other priest speaks French and it is desirable that he absolve them before he leaves Woonsocket next Thursday morning. Or Father F.J. Lenihan could absolve them and they could go to confession to the next French speaking priest to come. P.S. He asks if the answer could come by telegraph. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Elder, William Henry, Bishop of, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 20 Father Matthew Hart of New Haven has recommended Father W. Lambert of Philadelphia who left Philadelphia through disagreement with the Bishop of Philadelphia. Hart says that he has given satisfaction in McFarland's diocese. Elder would keep him if McFarland has more priests than he can use. Elder asks McFarland to find out if there is another cause for his leaving. They have need of priests but they must be reliable men, free from the danger of giving scandal. Also he asks if McFarland is willing that one of their priests solicit contributions for rebuilding the church at Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital, where church, school and presbytery were also destroyed in the war. Elder asks for the sake of auld lang syne at the Mountain. Another priest has had the walls of a church for three years but has no roof yet. When Elder saw it last year a little black boy was sitting in the window of the church fishing in a pool in the church. One of the priests could collect in the west and one in the east. They expect the Redemptorists to give a renewal of the mission there beginning April 29 and asks prayers for its success. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Foley, Father Daniel P., Schenectady, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 24 For God's sake and old friendship he asks McFarland for a place of rest in the diocese. A man who would impugn his character as a priest as the Bishop has done he could not confide in. Life in Albany, New York, is a burden he cannot bear. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Finotti, Father Joseph M., Brookline, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 25 He asks if he may send McFarland a copy of "Excerpts etc." according to the wishes of Chev. Marietti of Propaganda Fide. If McFarland wants it he will send his name to Marietti. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Lynch, Patrick N., Bishop of Charleston, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Apr. 25 He thanks McFarland for the letter. He will try to meet McFarland's views. On May 1 he will go to Providence and will carry out any programme that McFarland wants, except Pontificalis which he understands as a Propaganda Bishop he cannot do in another diocese. During the week he will have to return to New York but would give Ascension Thursto Hartford. He asks if the Jones name might be introduced so that Jones could do something after Lynch's sermon. He asks that McFarland give his respects to the clergy of Hartford, but an outside lecture would be too much for him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bourget, Ignatius, Bishop, of Montreal, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 May 4 Bourget acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 1. He understands that McFarland is satisfied with the conduct of Father Lamarque . As McFarland will receive other workers he will send on a recommendation for this man to the Boston diocese. :: I-1-b A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Clark, S.J., Father James College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 May 13 Clark acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 12 with a check for $72.49 for the board, and tuition of John, the son of Catherine Keegan. He encloses the receipt no enclosure. They will be happy to have a visit from McFarland any time he can come, the sooner the better. Clark should have visited McFarland at Providence but he has been absent a good deal in Boston and Philadelphia. They have 106 or 107 boys, two from Lima, South America. All the Fathers ask to be remembered. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-b DeNeve, Father John, V.G., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hardford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jun. 13 McFarland in his letter of May 25 asked DeNeve what he thought of McFarland's sending a student to the university or college. He will do all in his power for the American missions, especially for those who are patrons, but he could not easily make room for someone to study at the university. He has sent men to the University who were too young for ordination but he thinks he will stop that unless he can make a separate division for that kind of student. He intends to ask the prelates to send them to Rome or to board at the College of Saint Esprit. He thinks the explanation for this would be too long, but he does not have room and priests are needed in America. The expenses at the University are from 1,000 to 12 or 1300 francs; at the American College, Louvain 700 to 900 according to the economy of the student. If the person McFarland speaks of is humble and pious, DeNeve could use him to teach and prefect, as young Spalding did at Louvain. He has a priest from Louisville who wishes to go and if McFarland has a good English scholar who would not raise his mind and is willing to do the work he should write immediately. DeNeve will give him free board. Father Van Laar will come about September. Cooney and Mulholland could be ordained next Pentecost. They do not improve in piety as much as DeNeve wishes. He will show them McFarland's letter. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jun. 18 Although McFarland was in the neighboring parishes lately Hendricken learned of it too late to see him. He wants to consult him about many things, especially about Naugatuck. Tomorrow Fathers Leo and Jerome will open a mission there. He wants to know the number of communicants there before McFarland makes any change. He encloses the list of a collection made there. Father M. McCabe is confined to the house with a very sore eye, a few days may bring the inflammation down. If McFarland sees fit Hendricken thinks that Father Leo should have faculties to absolve a few excommunications. Everything goes well. He had a mission during May and the piety of the people was never more evident. Enclosed is a printed list of persons, members of the Church who contributed $1 to pay for the organist of the Church at Naugatuck up to that date, with notations written in by Hendricken. :: I-1-b A.L.S. and Printed Circular 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David W. Bishop of, Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jul. McFarland has undoubtedly heard of the affliction of the conflagration in Portland, July 4. One half of the Catholics of Portland have lost everything, not only homes but also their church and school houses. Nothing of any value has been saved. The fruit of eleven years is in ashes. Bacon does not know what to do unless the bishops and Catholics of other dioceses aid. He is penniless because it is feared that the insurance will not be paid. He is sure that McFarland will sympathize with him and permit him to appeal to the Catholics of the diocese. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David W., Bishop of, Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jul. 16 McFarland's sympathizing letter of July 10 has been received. He thanks him for the kind offer which appears to be the best plan. He leaves the matter entirely to McFarland who can set the best time for the collection. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Jul. 19 McFarland is notified that the regular meeting of the clergy of the New Haven Conference District will be held at the residence of Father T. Synnott of Bridgeport, Thursday, July 26, 1866. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, New York, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Aug. 7 Bayley asks McFarland if from what he knows of Father William Lambert he may safely employ him. When in Philadelphia he had trouble with the "nimiumest?" but seems to have been careful while in McFarland's diocese. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Bacon, David W., Bishop of, Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Aug. 29 McFarland's letter of August 27 is at hand with the check for $341.25, the contributions of Valley Falls, St. Patrick's Prov., and Compton, besides the sum of $687.57 acknowledged some weeks ago. He received $400 from Father Thomas F. Hendricken from Waterbury . He thanks them for the $1428.82 so far. Again he hopes that they may not suffer a like trouble. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Foley, Father Thomas, Baltimore, Mary land, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Aug. 29 It is expected that the Second Plenary Council will close its proceedings on October 21 and the prelates will be free to return at once. If necessary McFarland can take the northern train at 7 p.m. Sunday evening and reach Providence in good time for an appointment on the 23rd. Archbishop Martin John Spalding asks to give his repects to McFarland. Foley asks that McFarland inform him what clergymen will accompany him so he can provide for them. He has learned from the superior of the Seminary that McFarland will stay there. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McGrath, Father M. F., St. Joseph's, Perry County, Ohio, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Oct. 29 McGrath wishes to attach himself to the secular mission. He has been Dominican for 13 years and a priest 10 years principally in Kentucky and Washington City. The principal cause of his dissatisfaction is a flaw in his profession by want of jurisdiction in the one who received it. The matter was referred to Rome but because it would take a long time he preferred secularization. He encloses the reply of his superior, Father Sheehy no enclosures. No force has been used and he is free. He wishes a more active life. Should McFarland want more than he will find about him in the Provincial's and Father Sheehy's letter he refers him to Bishop Peter J. Lavialle in Louisville. He gave missions in that diocese the last four months of 1865. He made his profession at St. Rose's in Kentucky. He prefers the east to the west and south. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Nov. 8 If McFarland is persisting in his intention of sending three young men to Rome, McCloskey will take them with him. He will not leave for two or three weeks as he hopes to secure two or three burses before he goes. Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick has put himself down for one and so has Bishop John Quinlan . He would be happy to visit McFarland but is not sure he will find time. He hopes that he will find the young men to send. Also if the suggestion were made to Father Matthew Hart and other pastors they would raise a burse, $4000, they would do so. If McFarland thinks it would work he would go to New Haven himself. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. CDHT I-1-b Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Nov. 9 In the summer McFarland wrote that one or any of Elder's priests could solicit in the diocese. When he saw McFarland at the Council he did not expect to do it personally but now he may be obliged to do so. He is undecided but wishes to know if that would be agreeable to McFarland. Bishop John Baptist Lamy starts for New York and sails for Europe on the 17th. He carries the documents of the Second Plenary Council . The theologian, Father Joseph M. Coudert accompanies him. Elder will probably make his visit to Emmitsburg next week. Archbishop John Martin Spalding starts that day for Kentucky for the dedication of the Trappist convent on the 15th. He is in better health than at the end of the Council but he needs rest. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b McCloskey, Father William, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Nov. 16 McCloskey received McFarland's letter of the 15th and the draft for $100 and he sends a draft for the same amount drawn by his brother. As he cannot leave New York before the 28th it is likely that he will go in the French steamer of December 1. By so doing he will reach Paris as soon as if he sailed by Cunard and will escape the channel. He has had enough sailing and will be glad to be in his old quarters, a wiser if not a better man. He hopes the friends in New Haven will be able to make up the burse. It is the only way outside of a foundation. He will make a similar effort in New York. Bishop Clement Smyth of Dubuque was in New York last week and Bishop John Baptist Lamy sails by the French steamer Saturday. McCloskey forgot to say in his other letter that Chorlton had written to him asking a recommendation for ordination. McCloskey would be most reluctant to do this for one who had been so long out of the college. The August testimonial speaks for itself. He would have been ordained in the present year had he remained. He thinks it prudent to abstain from recommending him. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Edwards, Father John, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hatrford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Dec. 8 Edwards has received McFarland's letter, bill, and check and sends back the bill receipted. He will be happy to fulfill McFarland's request about the Hartford students. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Dec. 9 The enclosed paper belongs to McFarland's Archives no enclosure. The oath was made at Worcester College and from there probably brought by their Bishop to the archives of the diocese. Healy hopes McFarland will excuse his asking a favor by telegraph last Saturday. After the ceremony at Troy he was called to New York City and he arrived in Boston too late to communicate by post. He hopes McFarland is well and that they will soon see him in Boston. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp 12mo. CDHT I-1-b Feehan, Patrick Augustine, Bishop of, Nashville, Tennessee, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1866 Dec. 19 It is time to give McFarland an account of the Sisters of Mercy he gave to Nashville. They are just the ones most likely to succeed. They began schools immediately and have nearly 400 scholars and after six months could have 600 if they could handle them. If the community were large enough they could handle a select school. He wrote to Mother Bernard and asked for a few more Sisters. His excuse is the great need, and he hopes that McFarland will not object to sending a few more. He hopes McFarland has been in good health since the Council. He has been visiting. Mother Clare has been ill for some days with a bad cold but is much better today. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c DeNeve, Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1867 Jan. 7 DeNeve acknowledges McFarland's letter of August 18 in answer to his of August 10. McFarland's indebtedness to the American College at Louvain at the beginning of the scholastic year was 171.10 francs. The mother of Father E.J. Vanlaan has repaid the money advanced to him. DeNeve is forced to raise the pension to $600; since the cattle plague, prices made $500 inadequate. Mullholland and Cooney are deacons now. They could be ready by about August for the sacred ministry. If he is to keep them longer he asks to be notified. He has told them to write to McFarland and tell him that they do not know as much French as they should. He cannot accommodate more than 45 students and does not know whether to build. He now has 42 theological students and the spirit of the college is very good. P.S. At McFarland's convenience DeNeve sends his respects to the two Sisters he sent. On the back: Stockman Theology 1st., Philips Theology 2nd. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken. Father Thomas F. V.G., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Jan. 26 McFarland is informed that the regular meeting of the clergy of the New Haven Conference district will be held at the residence of Father J. O'Neill, Stamford, on February 7. The subject will be De justitia et de jure as far as de injusta damnificatione. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 5 Either his trip to Providence or the change in weather brought on him a severe attack of asthma which has kept him in bed since. Father John McCabe has been suffering a week from rheumatism. This explains their absence from the conference. Father Michael B. Roddon is ill with lung fever but thought delirious is not considered dangerously ill. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Walshe, Bishop James, Carlow, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1867 Feb. 5 Walshe asks if the widow Margaret Whelan who did reside at Wanscott Falls, Rhode Island is living and if not when she died. Her maiden name was Kehoe and she was a native of Baltinglass Country, Wicklow. He thinks her husband's name was Michael. He asks McFarland to have one of his priests investigate the matter. On the back McFarland asks that Father Walsh make the inquiries indicated and report back to McFarland, sending the letter back at the same time. Pencilled note: She lives at Lonsdale. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. CDHT I-1-c Loughlin, Bishop John of, Brooklyn, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 8 Loughlin asks if McFarland is going to Rome June 29. From the tenor of the circular it seems the Holy Father would be pleased to have them go. Since many will be going to the Exhibition at Paris it would be advisable to get passage as soon as possible. He finds it difficult to leave on account of the cathedral, etc. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis Patrick McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 15 John Burk wishes to marry his sister-in-law, Anne Jennings. The chief reason is a promise exacted by his dying wife. Burk says he must get married, yet Hendricken doubts that he would go to a justice of the peace or a Protestant minister. If McFarland grants the dispensation, Hendricken asks also for a dispensation from banns and to set the amount of the fine. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c O'Leary, Charles, M.D., Paris, France, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 15 Since spring of last year he has been in Paris availing himself of its hospitals and facilities. He proposes returning to the United States early next fall and has some idea of settling in Providence and asks McFarland's advice about doing this. He thinks it better for an immediate practice than New York where he first proposed to go. His experiences have been unusual. If McFarland would at any time establish a hospital in charge of Sisters he would cheerfully attend it, as he did in Cincinnati. He knows that there are too many doctors in Providence, but this would not deter him. He would appreciate advice from McFarland. Mrs. O'Leary sends her regards and would be happy to see the Bishop there. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hecker, Father Isaac Thomas, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 16 He has just returned from Syracuse where he gave a lecture or McFarland's invitation would have been answered earlier. This morning he sent a telegram that Father George Deshon would lecture for McFarland on Sunday, February 24. His own engagements kept him from accepting. The Tracts were dispatched today by express. Everywhere they are growing in favor. About 400,000 have been circulated. In June they will have their store, press, and the like. The magnitude of the enterprise grows and, given a few years, it will be one of the most powerful means of instruction. Last Sunday evening he lectured in the Albany Cathedral for the Catholic Publications Society and tomorrow will give a lecture in St. Joseph's in New York. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 25 He has just returned from seeing Father Michael B. Rodden at Bristol. Dr. Doherty thinks that he will be able to celebrate Mass in his own church after two months. The doctors are not clear on what was the matter with him. Previous to the burial of F. Sheridan he was complaining and the bad weather probably increased his trouble. His life now is in no danger. He cannot walk without support and his hands are almost useless, but Doherty thinks that all will be right. Hendricken will take care of the parish until he is able to do duty. They have three masses there and he can manage. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Rice, C.M.,Father Robert E.V. Seminary of Our Lady of the Angels, Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Feb. 26 The young man who presents this letter is without reproach in conduct. His talents are middling, but he is able to keep up with his class. He thinks he will make a hard-working priest. McFarland can leave him there or send him to Troy. On the back: Thomas McManus :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Edwards, Father John St. Joseph Provincial Seminary, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Mar. 8 He has received McFarland's letter and check. He encloses a receipt with the notes about the Hartford seminarians no enclosure which he would have sent earlier but understood that he wanted them to remain until the next visit. He will keep in mind McFarland's remarks about the students that have left. He hopes in a few days to send a report on the seminary. He has already sent it to the Bishop of Albany John Joseph Conroy who wishes to make other arrangements about the money he receives from the Bishops. Edwards notes that the expenses of the seminary exceeded the amount received last half year for board and tuition by $700. He hopes this year it will not be that much. P.S. Concerning the student's notes all gave willingly except Chorlton who said that as he paid for himself there was no necessity of his giving a note for what he did not owe. Edwards did not press the matter. Rev. J. Flynn was, he thinks, an exception by McFarland. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hennessy, John, Bishop of, Dubuque, Iowa, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Mar. 8 The city of Dubuque is redeeming its bonds at 20¢ on the dollar. He encloses no enclosure a clipping from the New York Times from the Dubuque Herald of that morning. Hennessy had been told that 25¢ is being paid there and is the highest that can be paid. 20¢ is the most given to persons living at a distance. If McFarland sends him his, Hennessy can get the 25¢ and will feel pleasure to do so. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hennessy, Bishop John of, Dubuque, Iowa, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Mar. 14 Herewith he encloses a draft on New York for $125, the sum received for the bonds. This is the best he could do; 25¢ on the dollar is the highest that can be paid. The current price is 20¢ in cash or 25¢ in bonds. After writing to McFarland last week he learned that the city would likely be compelled to cease paying cash as a result of a judgment likely to be rendered against it. Hence the telegram for the bonds. Judgment was rendered against the city but an effort is made to have the case reconsidered. Had it not been for that the bonds could not have been sold. He hopes the disposition of the bonds will meet with McFarland's approval. If he can do anything there for McFarland, he is to let him know. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Edwards, Father John St. Joseph Provincial Seminary, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Mar. 20 Some time ago Hill of that city took a picture of the seminary which the superior thinks is fairly accurate and asks that a copy be sent to McFarland. As Father J.S. Flynn Flinn is going to Provindence that day Edwards takes pleasure in sending it to McFarland. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Daly, Father Luke, New Britain, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1867 Mar. 26 He has just returned from Bristol and wishes to give Father Michael B. Roddan 's mind. Roddan asks McFarland to send a priest to Bristol to stop with him and attend the other missions until he gets well. Daly fears that he will be a long time. Roddan cannot leave his bed or help himself in any way. He is improving but slowly. Doctors say he will get over it but that it will be a long time before he can do any duty. Daly asks that McFarland send a priest who will not make much noise in the house. McFarland would pity Roddan's mother and sister if he saw them running to wait on him every minute. They had Mass only twice in Bristol since Roddan became sick. Daly hopes the Bishop is well as he did not look well. He himself had a bad cold but is now well. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Verot, Augustin, Bishop of, Savannah, Georgia, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Mar. 28 He asks a favor knowing McFarland's kindness to the South and his diocese. The general distress of the country and his desire to do something for the Negroes compels him to have recourse to the generosity of the more fortunate districts of the North. He asks if McFarland would encourage his undertaking a collecting visit in the diocese soon after Easter. His plan would be to given a lecture at night in the principal churches and take up a collection. He hopes that McFarland will add this mercy to the many others. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 1 McNeirny has received McFarland's letter of March 29 and will comply with his request. Archbishop John McCloskey sends his regards. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Verot, Augustin, Bishop of, Savannah, Georgia, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 3 Verot has received McFarland's letter about Father William Poole . His case puzzles Verot. After McFarland refused to receive him before he was ordained he wrote to Verot and wished to come to Savannah. Verot sent him money for his bills. As soon as ordained he did not wish to come to Savannah, came, it is true, and would do nothing and would not stay. Seeing he was unwilling and not caring for such a missionary, Verot allowed him to depart after Poole paid a part of what Verot had advanced him in Rome. He stated his case to the Archbishop of New York who refused to admit him although Verot had told him that it would be well to receive Poole to save him from worse things. If McFarland wants to receive him Verot has no objections so long as McFarland knows the circumstances. He would wish him to make a good retreat or spend some time in a seminary before going out into the ministry. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 9 Miss Roddan called on him and asked him to write to McFarland about her brother Father Michael B. Roddan who has an objection to going to Boston but not to going to New York. The Carney hospital, they say, is attended by young physicians and the four priests who have gone there for treatment have died. They will await further instructions from McFarland. Hendricken will do all he can for the seminaries but the dullness of the times will make the contributions less than he desires. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 12 McNeirny by reason of one Franciscan Father's acquaintance with some Neapolitan sea captains, had procured from one of them his supply of oil for this year and has now a small container holding 1½ gallons which he will have boxed and sent to McFarland. He will send McFarland a bottle with a little more than a pint for his needs which he can be sure is a genuine article. McFarland should not be anxious if it does not arrive before Tuesday and he may not be able to put it in the express before the next day. He believes he told McFarland that Archbishop John McCloskey is not going to Rome. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 15 Hendricken has just come from Bristol where he saw Father Michael B. Roddan with Dr. Doherty. His condition remains the same. He will be driven to Waterbury Sunday next and on Monday Hendricken will take him to New York. Doherty thinks that a few weeks will be sufficient for him in the hospital, that he will soon learn what the physicians can do for him and return home to apply it. The people of Bristol and Plymouth are very anxious for Mass next Sunday and if McFarland can send a priest, one to two hundred dollars might be realized for the seminarians. If McFarland will telegraph that a priest will be there Hendricken will take care that the people know it. Father Roddan would wish it and suggested it. Hendricken is in great haste to catch the post. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Verot, Augustin, Bishop of, Savannah, Georgia, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 18 Verot is very grateful for the favor extended by McFarland. He will not bother him long, as he wishes to get his collections over in one or two weeks. He trusts that he will not be in the way ofMcFarland's own collections. He finds that by frequent calls the people get in the habit of giving. He hopes to be in Providence a few days before the 2nd Sunday after Easter so as to collect in McFarland's episcopal city on that Sunday, May 5. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 25 Hendricken encloses a draft for $1201. The collection amounted to $1181 and the $20 he borrowed and does not recollect paying. Father Michael B. Roddan is at St. Vincent's, New York. Hendricken went in with him but saw no physician while he was there. The superioress thought little or nothing could be done in his case. She will write in a few days to McFarland. If the doctors there can do nothing for him it will be best to return him to Bristol. Hendricken is sure that he will never do missionary duty again. The times are dull there. Business may expect a stagnation until fall. He is doing well and he expects that the property he bought will be paid for by the end of the year. Thus year by year advance is made towards what he has in view—the building of a splendid convent. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Apr. 27 McCloskey writes to invite McFarland to a meeting of the Bishops of the Province to be held in his residence on Madison Avenue, Wednesday, May 8 to consider whom they may recommend for the vacant see of Buffalo. The day mentioned was accepted by the Bishops at the funeral of Bishop John Timon. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hecker, C.S.P., Father Isaac Thomas, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 May 1 He thanks McFarland for his contribution to the Catholic Publication Society. Today they enter their Publication House with bright prospects with the sympathy and cooperation of the episcopate, the surest guarantee of God's blessing. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McFarland, John A., Tiffin, Ohio, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 May 3 John is not sure he answered the Bishop's last letter because they have been waiting from week to week for him to come to Tiffin. They continue to be blessed with their share of health. In many places they are preparing against cholera and other diseases that are increased by uncleanness. Tiffin is just beginning to do this. He quotes Ward Beecher on the need of cleansing. Pillars, a lawyer, has been baptized by Father J. Behn Bean. He was a Methodist Swedenborgian and Episcopalian. He read with satisfaction Judge Peter Burnett's book which John is happy to see is being republished. He has just read the "Memoir and Sermons" of Father Baker. He liked also the life of Catherine McAuley. He asks if the Bishop has made up his mind to go to Europe. Bishop Amadeus Rappe is going, he has been told. Last night they had a pretty hard freeze. The brothers are all well. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hecker, C.S.P., Father Isaac Thomas, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 May 8 The accompanying circular not present shows what has been done by the Catholic Publication Society . No work of this kind has received more encouragement. A building has been leased and plans are for buying equipment. Success will follow further encouragement of the episcopate. The episcopate is solicited for aid. In addition to the funds on hand it will require $40,000 or $50,000 to purchase the presses, etc. With proper cooperation by the episcopate the funds can be raised without too great a burden on any one. :: I-1-c L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Healy, Father James A., Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 May 20 Healy asks McFarland if he will confirm on July 25, the patronal feast of the church, since his Bishop John J. Williams sails for Europe next Wednesday. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Edwards, Father John, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Jun. 12 Edwards acknowledges McFarland's letter with its enclosure of $300. He had hopes that McFarland would visit the seminary and is sorry that the visit is prevented by indisposition. He could send the bills of the Hartford seminarians but as they want many things he decided it was better to wait until the close of the year. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Jul. 5 Hendricken took up a collection for their new convent and received over a thousand dollars. He had no idea that a new exertion would be called for to aid New Haven. He must ask indulgence as it would be impossible to announce another collection. Miss Roddan called and asked him to inform the Bishop that the roof of the pastoral residence at Bristol is so old that the rain comes through into every room. Hendricken scarcely thinks that Father Michael B. Roddan will ever be able to take charge of the parish again. He is improved but not sufficiently to hope that he will recover. The congregation increases but the factories are idle and the people have three days a week for amusement. He expected three or four thousand on the late collection but the reason for the failure was evident. He expected to see the Bishop before this but the examinations in the public schools took all his time. Should he be able to get away for a week or two he asks McFarland's permission. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Verot, Augustin, Bishop of Savannah and Administrator of the Vicariate, of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Jul. 22 McFarland's kindness causes Verot to bother him again. One of his priests, Father Michael Cullinan of Columbus, Georgia, has an affection of the kidney or liver that seems incompatible with the southern country. Verot can no longer refuse him permission to leave the diocese but he needs a priest for his subjects. He asks McFarland to exchange priests with him, but he would need a good efficient priest. He proposes this just to learn McFarland's views. He has been unfortunate; Father E. Aubril has been recalled by his superior and Father Delafosse who succeeded him has been recalled to France. His vicar general, Father P. Dufau is sick. This is why he makes his proposal. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Aug. 31 The Passionist Fathers of West Hoboken will open a mission there September 8 and he wishes McFarland's approval and faculties of the diocese for them. They ask jurisdiction over reserved cases as arise from marriage unlawfully contracted before a minister of justice or any jurisdiction conferred on missionaries. He is told that Father Michael B. Roddan is improved. He had 500 children at Holy Communion this week. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Sep.2 Although several persons have been telling him that Henry Kinery was ailing he did not think much of it until he informed him that he had had indigestion for the greater part of the winter and difficulty in breathing. This he attributed to want of exercise in Montreal College and fears that if he returns there his health will be completely shattered. He is a good student. He did not report his ill health earlier because he did not want to cause trouble and expected to get better anyway. Hendricken asks what he should do with him, whether he should send him to Troy. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Williams, John J., Bishop of, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1867 Sep.3 The corner stone of their cathedral will be laid September 15 at 3 P.M. and he invites McFarland to come. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, Father William, Frascati, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Sep.4 He did not draw on the Propagation for some time and thus did not answer McFarland for some time. The Bishops came and went. The Philadelphia Archbishopric seemed to receive the approval of the Archbishops. The nominations remain the same, Father Bernard McQuaid to Rochester, Father Stephen Ryan, C.M . to Buffalo, Bishop Sylvester Rosecrans to Columbus, but no action has been taken on the nominations. Seventeen points to be addressed to the Bishops have appeared in print by an indiscretion but McCloskey thinks they are for the approaching council. The Fratres are in some consternation lest they lose some of their too many convents. The cholera is rapidly disappearing. No one in the college has suffered. Archbishop Martin John Spalding is in Ireland, Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick is in Paris and may not return to America this year. Everything is tranquil. Garibaldi's influence is gone in Florence. The Council may open December 8, 1868. He asks if they will have students from Hartford. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Patrick, F.S.C., Brother, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Sep.11 Brother is visiting the houses in the west and his travelling explains his delay in answering McFarland's letter. The Christian Brothers are quite willing to help McFarland when they can afford it because they remember his admitting them to Utica. But losses prevent them from doing what he wants now. They have a goodly number of novices and as soon as they can they will do justice to him. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c DeNeve, Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Sep.13 DeNeve acknowledges McFarland's letter of July 30. Father Edward J. Cooney and Father Patrick Mulholland were ordained August 17. DeNeve showed them McFarland's letter requesting them to spend only two weeks seeing their friends in Ireland but he is uneasy not to learn of their departure. McFarland's letter of August 21 with the draft was also received. The amount was credited to McFarland's account; he hopes to find him a nice German priest besides Princen. He will send his account after Father A. Princen leaves. He has no accomodations left for next year. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c DeBruycker, Father Florian, Willimantic, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1867 Sep. 19 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 fatigue of the visitation. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Edwards, Father John St. Joseph Seminary, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Oct. 1 There are two seminarians from the Diocese of Hartford, Kinnearney and McCauley about whose expenses Edwards has heard nothing. He asks McFarland to inform him if the diocese is paying their bills. On the back is written: McCauley, Father John Lynch ; Kinnearney, Diocese. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Oct. 21 McNeirny apologizes for his delay since he wanted to remove any doubt about the ceremony for which he is to be master of ceremonies. He quotes from the decree that the altar must be consecrated at the same time that the church is to be consecrated. McNeirny takes for granted that the altar must be a fixed one. As to the address, since there is no founder he suggests that they omit it. The breaking of the seal of the present altar and extracting the relics would desecrate the present altar and McFarland can do that. He will try to get a copy of the Falise book and bring it to New Haven :: I-1-c A.L.S. 5pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Oct. 28 He asks for a dispensation from the banns for Michael Horan and Margaret Henehan. He will be in the middle of his fair during the conference and will have to ask permission to be absent. Father John J. McCabe is not in good health. Hendricken thinks that having charge of some place or a change of air would benefit him. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Oct. 31 Father John McCabe's sickness has been decided and he is better and will be able to assist him. In Watertown he received $280 as a start on a church a week ago. This is an offering of about 25 people. There is more to come in. He will place this out at interest. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c DeGoesbriand, Louis, Bishop of, Burlington, Vermont, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Nov.8 Although he has not heard from McFarland he is sure that he will be with them on December 8. Now he wants something more, he asks him to speak on the evening of that day. The Archbishop will preach in the church in the morning. As the diocese, church, and city are dedicated to the Immaculate Conception he thought McFarland might speak in her honor. He asks an answer without delay. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McNeirny, Father Francis, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Nov.11 The faculty for using the baptism rite for children for adults will expire January 1, 1868. Archbishop John McCloskey will ask for a further extension if the Province desires. McFarland is to let him know his wishes. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Alemany, O.P. Joseph Sadoc, Archbishop of, San Francisco, California, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Providence, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Nov. 21 The Prefect of Propaganda has asked him to inform him on the laws of the states on marriage and their enforcement. Knowing no other way to get his information he asks McFarland to let him know these facts about Rhode Island and Connecticut. :: I-1-c L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bapst. S.J., Father John, South Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1867 Dec. 18 The bearer, James Holohan, and Margaret Hanley ask that they be married by the Bishop and Bapst asks that he do so. They were to have been married a few months ago but despite the need of the girl they did not do so. They need to be married without delay and cannot be married without a certificate from the city clerk which could not be dated back. The city clerk suggested that they go to Rhode Island where no certificate is required. They belong to Father William A. Blenkinsop's parish in whose house he is now writing and who wishes the Bishop to comply. The young man is only 20 years of age but his parents already regard him as married. Blenkinsop wants him to write because the young couple first applied to him Bapst. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Machebeuf, Bishop Joseph Projectus, Maynooth, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1868 Last Monday he called at the Shelburn Hotel in Dublin but did not see McFarland because he was not in. He asks about the dispositions of a student of All Hallows well known to McFarland, Steven Whaling, who has been in the States over 20 years and formerly belonged to Bishop Bernard O'Reilly who was lost at sea. He had applied to McFarland but was not admitted to his diocese. He is about 48 years old and is lame. Machebeuf says being lame himself he is sympathetic towards the man. 5 or 6 students of All Hallows have applied to him but since their bishops are missionary bishops as poor as himself he has no hope of getting them. At Maynooth a few more have offered their services but they cannot be ordained for a year or two. He needs so much a few young Irish priests, since he has not a one in Colorado and only 5 French priests, one of whom speaks a little English. When he returns to Dublin the following Friday or Saturday he will call again at McFarland's hotel. In case he is absent or Machebeuf is detained he asks that McFarland reach him in Paris. He was in Rome on August 1 and the Holy Father cheerfully dispensed him from attending the Council. He will sail for America with a few French and perhaps a few Irish priests on November 5. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jan. 8 In a few days he will send his annual report. He avails himself of Father John McCabe's trip to Providence to send a check for his cathedraticum and a letter written to him from Troy by Henry Kinerny. Kinerny got some necessaries thinking McFarland would allow them and finding that the Bishop had made no such provision he wrote to Hendricken but the President did not think this was right and has ordered Kinerny to pay by the 15th. Hendricken thinks Kinerny will make a good priest and hopes that McFarland will take care of this despite his other expenses for priests. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jan. 26 The Bishop may send any one he pleases. If the Belgian priest will do what he tells him and work in harmony he has no choice whatever. Father John McCabe has been very ill since going to Falls Village . Last Friday a telegram came asking for heavy clothes and for the doctor. The doctor says that he was dangerously ill of some internal illness. He may do well on that mission but Hendricken fears he is too far away from restraining influence. He hates solitude. Bourke, who wrote for a dispensation to marry his sister-in-law, has not been candid. He is not the man the girl wants to marry. He thinks there is trouble and has sent for the parties. When Hendricken was leaving Watertown that day Barnard was passing along with the Protestant crowd coming from church with the people. It is a great blessing that McFarland discovered the true character of this young man and removed him from danger of scandal to priests. Times are still dull there but there are signs of a revival of business in many factories. At present few mills run at more than three-quarters time. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Feb. 6 Elder is compelled to appeal for help. Bishop Frederick Wood has permitted him to beg there. He would like to beg in McFarland's jurisdiction. He realizes that the winter had been hard in the north as well as the south but he wishes to state his case. Their orphans, especially the boys under the Brothers of the Sacred Heart do not have the means to buy provisions and clothes. They are not able to pay their store bills of last year. The failure of the crops has hindered their contributions to the orphans. They give all they can but they are not able to pay their own pew rent and are getting their family provisions on credit. His heaviest difficulty in his debts, trusting to contributions promised to them and what they expect to raise. Both have not come because of crops failure. Some debtors are willing to wait but some debts are to poor people or some who are indebted to poor people who need all they can get to provide for their families. It would be a dreadful thing to disappoint them. He hopes that it will not be an old Mountain friend who will disappoint him. He will stay there until after March 2. If McFarland can do anything he should let him know as soon as convenient. P.S. He would not expect to profit by McFarland's permission unless the pastors would give their free consent. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Mar. 19 Father Charles L. Lemagie received McFarland's letter last night. He protests that he knows nothing of the cause of his suspension but declined the advice to go and see McFarland. Hendricken has taken him quietly but is not certain he will not leave a legacy of trouble. He says he has the letter of appointment as assistant, that he has work to be done, that he needs not the salary and that he has no idea of leaving the city. Hendricken is not certain he is not speaking in the heat of passion. Should he try to give scandal it would be of short duration. Hendricken will write in a day or so. Scarcely any one knows of his removal. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Mar. 21 Hendricken wrote McFarland Wednesday some particulars concerning Father Charles L. Lemagie. One thing is certain, McFarland has done well in suspending him. On Thursday he fell over his stove, tumbled down stairs, and though now sober is lying in bed and refuses to eat. He has just ordered some coffee and asks the sexton to get him a boarding house in the city and is determined to live in Waterbury and do all the harm he can. Father Brady warned him to go where he is not known but he laughed at the advice. Hendricken says he is the most profane man he has ever met with. He at first asked them not to speak to him but Hendricken called this child's play. The sexton is a policeman who does not let him make a noise. He threw books until promised handcuffs. He will leave Monday because Hendricken calls on him every hour and this causes him to capitulate. Father Kane arrived last night but the old man would not look at him. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Mar. 23 He succeeded in getting Father Charles L. Lemagie away this noon. He looked like a man cast ashore from shipwreck. Hendricken never passed such a week of worry. Even yesterday he threatened him with a double guard to keep him still. He has gone without scandal to Winston to join the Franciscan Brotherhood. He was sorry in parting for having given so much trouble. Hendricken gave him a letter to Father Leo. Hendricken is sure the old man can save his soul better in a community of religious than as a secular priest. A year or two of novitiate might cure him. He sent Father Kane with him to the depot. He understands that he has a few thousand dollars which would be a good sign of a vocation to such a poor monastery. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, Newark, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Mar. 25 Father F. Bellinger having left the Jesuits, Bayley received him for a time and assigned him to act as chaplain to the Sisters of Charity. They were not pleased with him because he was not neat but imprudent. Since Bayley had nothing further for him he went away and he has never heard from him since. He heard nothing against his morals. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Lemagie, Father Charles L. Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Mar. 28 On leaving McFarland yesterday he was in hope that he could return to his diocese but this hope has been weakened by certain intelligence communicated to this house. He does not believe that McFarland could so charitably dispose of him without letting him know beforehand. He requested an investigation of the facts and supposed that after his retreat he would be again reinstated in a position honorable to the priesthood. He is growing old and anxious of his good name and cannot expect any bishop to receive him if he is dismissed by McFarland. He asks prayers during his retreat. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Apr. 19 A young man is staying with him who left May-nooth seven years ago at the end of his course because he thought he had no vocation. He is a man of fine abilities and comes of good family and Hendricken thinks he will make a fine priest and acquisition for the diocese. Father Kane will assure the Bishop that the man knows his theology, is a mathematician and well read. It will be necessary to go to college but he is willing to teach in Providence in the Bishop's school. He has taught in the Jesuit college in Liverpool for four years. Hendricken has been acquainted with M. Walsh and his family for years and there is not in Kilkenny a pupil more devoted to the Church. He has no money but Hendricken will advance him some. Hendricken sends $1 for the seminary collection. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Apr. 28 If agreeable he will take advantage of the permission granted by McFarland in February. He proposes being with him by may 17 and asks to begin at the Cathedral if that is agreeable. There is a possible contingency that the same day would be the consecration of Bishop William O'Hara at which he has promised to assist. A private letter from Father H.L. Wright in Rome of March 28 says that Father William McCloskey would be consecrated Low Sunday and bring the bulls with him for the others. Next Sunday Bishop Frederick Wood officiates at the reopening of the church at Lancaster which has a new roof, has been lengthened and renovated. Father Bernard Keenan has asked him to preach. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 May 4 In reply to McFarland's letter of May 1 his method of sending remittances to the Holy Father is to purchase Bills of Exchange from Eugene Kelly Co. of New York and remit them payable to the order of Cardinal Barnabo who presents them with any expression one may wish to the Holy Father. He thinks it best to have the Bills drawn in McFarland's own name and endorsed to the Holy Father. His secretary will oblige. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, Newark, New Jersey, to Bishop Frances P. McFarland of Hartford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island 1868 May 7 Bayley has been much surprised at the large sum McFarland raises each year for the seminary. McFarland's diocese is more Populous but he gets three times as much as Bayley. He asks how McFarland works. He also wants to know McFarland's regulations about priests' salaries. Because of the fluctuating currencies he has not changed since the war but has been allowing the priests to take the Easter and Christmas collections with bad effects. He has thought of fixing the salary of parish priests at $1000 and of assistants at $600. He asks McFarland's opinion. Of course they get the perquisites also. McFarland is a practical man and he desires his advice. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bacon, David William, Bishop of, Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jun. 3 Fathers James Hughes, O'Brien, Hart and others have promised him collections to aid his building fund for his cathedral. He would not accept were it not for the conditions since the fire. He asks an answer as soon as possible. He would like to know about a Father Murphy who is temporarily in Pawtucket. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bacon, David William, Bishop of, Portland, Maine, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jun. 9 In his letter last Thursday he forgot to tell McFarland that Father James Hughes has set June 14 as the day he could collect in his church, St. Patrick's, Hartford, with McFarland's permission. Since McFarland was probably absent he asks again. He would like to know something about Father Murphy whose letter remains unanswered. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Spalding, Martin John, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jun. 9 Cardinal Alexander Barnabo directs Spalding to send to Rome a theologian to represent the American hierarchy in the labors preliminary to the approaching General Council. Spalding asks McFarland's opinion on the subject. He can think of no one better qualified than Dr. James A. Corcoran who is also qualified in Italian and acquainted in Rome. They will have to make up a purse of $1,000 to defray his expenses. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Elder, William Henry, Bishop of Natchez, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jun. 13 He has been tempted to write to McFarland three or four times. McFarland has provided a sensation with the great ordination, the largest ever held in the United States. The deed speaks of the future of the Church in the diocese and the country. Elder thanks the Bishop for his and his clergy's hospitality. He has received several letters that have been forwarded from Providence. If more come he is to send them to Father James Keveny, St. Peter's Church, Troy. He goes to St. Mary's, Father Haverman, tomorrow, to Cohoes, Father Thomas Keeny, 21st St. Peter's, West Troy, the Jesuits later. He will not be able to go the day Father Cooney offered him in Providence. P.S. Father Stanton of Philadelphia writes that Bishop William McCloskey wrote to Bishop Wood that he was to be consecrated on the 24th. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jun. 13 Hendricken regrets the trouble he caused the Bishop regarding M. Walsh. He gave him $50 promising to pay all extra expenses during the seminary course. He wrote to the President asking him to advance everything required. The first intimation that he was in Montreal was a telegram for more money which he did not answer except to notify the president and him of the fact. On learning the particulars, Hendricken withdrew his offers of aid. Walsh has written since but Hendricken has not answered. If he has appeared drunk at the gates of the seminary he must take the consequences. The excuses are those of a school boy. Father Kane had warned him. Hendricken says he has caused the Bishop much pain but he thought he was doing dood. He can only ask forgiveness for his mistakes. Walsh's age and experience will suggest some way of satisfying his Boardinghouse keeper for the expenses he has incurred. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McQuaid, Bernard Joseph, Bishop -elect of Rochester Seton Hall, South Orange, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1868 Jun. 30 The bulls for the erection of the see of Rochester and for his appointment to the see have arrived. His consecration will take place in New York, Sunday, July 12, and he wishes McFarland's attendance and prayers. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of New York, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Jul. 28 Since there are some problems affecting the Province Seminary to be discussed he asks McFarland's presence on the morning of Wednesday, September 2. If the time and place is convenient, McFarland is to inform him. :: I-1-c L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, Newark, New Jersey, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Aug. 3 He thinks it right to inform him that the Franciscan Sisters of Winstead have been collecting in the diocese without permission and that he caught them telling lies. Although he knew they had collected in Paterson they denied it. He does not wish to make a formal complaint but McFarland will have to keep an eye on them and their superiors. These friars have a bad morality about begging and set at naught diocesan and parochial regulations. The Sisters have given scandal by begging on railroads and in all sorts of houses. Bayley has issued a strong circular against them and he thinks they will have to take measures against them and their superiors. He hopes that McFarland has survived the not cycle. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Brann, Father Henry A., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Aug. 3 A year ago he received an exeat from Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley to enter the Paulist novitiate to see if he had a vocation to the Paulists. He finds he does not. His superiors think he should not remain near New Jersey, and asks if he can work in McFarland's diocese. He was in Rome with McFarland. Bishop Bayley, Archbishop John McCloskey and Father Isaac Hecker have promised assistance. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Brann, Father Henry A., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Aug. 7 He would be wanting in gratitude if he did not thank McFarland for his kind letter even if he is not to work for him. He hopes that McFarland's hopes will be justified and he will be saved from this imprudence of the past. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Oct. 02 Hendricken cannot express his gratitude for the gift McFarland has bestowed on him. It is Friday and he asks that the cap and ring be not given until a week from Tuesday. He asks some instructions. Will he have a high Mass on the occasion or vespers in the evening? On reading the letter, the ceremony is to be the evening of the 6th if he can be ready and he will be. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hennessy, John, Bishop of, Dubuque, Iowa, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1868 Dec. 18 Hennessy will accept Father H.T. Brady back. Hennessy is grateful for the consideration and will write to Brady. If Brady or his cousin have any contrary wishes he will respect them. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McCaffrey, Father John Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburgh, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Jan. 15 He asks if Michael P. Curran reported to McFarland after running away or tried to get into another seminary. This is his duty even when he is not directly responsible. It has been reported that Curran is in St. John's Seminary, Fordham. If the Jesuits want him they should know of his leaving the seminary a few months ago. Edward Martin, McFarland's subject is a good man but he is of little use to them except as a sacristan. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Norwalk, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Jan. 28 Hendricken had many things to put before the Bishop and is sorry that by illness he had to miss the conference. He asks a dispensation from the banns for Michael Moran and Mary Deigan, because of the short time before Lent. A man half Catholic and Protestant for twenty years has begun to live with his niece as husband and wife. A child will be baptised that night in Waterbury. They are Terence Caffrey and Margaret Reilly. If the Bishop will grant the dispensation he will endeavor to collect the fine. They cannot be separated. He encloses a letter Father Michael O'Connor wrote on the same subject not included but the decision is up to the Bishop. There were 19 priests at the conference. The matter for the next conference is baptism and confirmation and will be held May 13. He did not telegraph the Bishop as he prefers Father M. Princen to the others mentioned. He fears the latter would give scandal. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop FrancisP. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Apr. 1 It is a joy to have the Bishop back but he must take greater care of himself. The collection for which he encloses a draft is larger than last year. The Bishop's circular was very convincing. He would have gone to Providence Monday but the examinations were being held in the public schools and he was one of the examiners. This is the second year without Confirmation but the children are small and it will not hurt to delay another year. If he comes, a week-day will be suitable. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Apr. 25 Archbishop Martin John Spalding asks him to request a meeting of the Committee of Bishops on the affairs of the American College, Rome at his home next Thursday, April 29. They want to lay before the Committee the collection so far, the efforts of Father George H. Doane and a special communication from Propaganda on the same subject. P.S. McFarland is to telegraph so that they can arrange accommodations. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c O'Connor, S.J., Father Michael, New Haven, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Apr. 27 Father Edward J. O'Brien asks him to communicate the following. A Mr. Hewitt, previously of Boston and friend of Bishop John Cheverus died and left $10,000 to the Catholic orphan asylum of New Haven. The will was accepted in court according to O'Brien who wishes him to tell the Bishop. He has been laying over between appointments with the intention of using Father Matthew Hart's permission to collect for the colored brothers. He is pleased that the Bishop's health is improving. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1869 Jun. 24 This is a circular to the pastors of the diocese announcing the annual collection for the support of the orphans to be taken up the first Sunday in July. The sum collected will be accredited to the parish. The average number of orphans has been 360. The whole number of children who have found a home there is over 500. Yet more have been lost than have been saved. The pastor is to announce the collection on the next Sunday and explain its importance. :: I-1-c Printed Circular 2 copies 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Jul. 1 He wrote some time ago to Archbishop Martin John Spalding concerning the claim of Bishop William G. McCloskey to $3,000 back pay, that Archbishop John McCloskey, of New York, Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick and Archbishop John Baptist Purcell had voted for it and that he thought the Archbishop should pay the debt. Wood sends the Archbishop's response no enclosure. He asks an immediate response especially to the last paragraph. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Durcan, Patrick, Bishop of, Achonry, Ballaghaderreen, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Jul. 30 Some years ago he undertook the building of a cathedral for his diocese, one of the poorest and smallest in Ireland, and having exhausted all his funds the church remains unfinished. He has decided to send one of his priests, Father Henry Anderson, to America to appeal for funds. Anderson is at Albany and will probably visit McFarland and he would be grateful if McFarland will let him beg in the diocese. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Fish, Hamilton, Washington, District of Columbia, to Francis P. McFarland, Bishop of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Aug. 16 Passport No. 2810 stamped for Rome and Naples, February 3, 1870, etc. :: I-1-c D. 2pp. folio CDHT I-1-c Mongan, Father E.J., Propaganda, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Nov. 18 He received the note last evening and would have answered before but he did not see the man deliver the note. The list has been prepared for some time. They agreed on the need of reading matter but delayed in the hope of seeing him again. They want him to be comfortable while in Rome and are sorry they are so useless. Today he heard that F. Curry had arrived and since F. Quinn intended to come with him he is anxious to know if he has arrived. He adds a list of the books they have acquired. He lists eleven titles. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1869 Dec. 7 Shortly after Kinerny returned to Troy his confessor decided that he had no vocation. He went to Boston to work for Donahoe for one week. Father James Healy told him not to abandon the idea of the priesthood. He consulted Father John Bapst, S.J. and went recommended by him to Montreal. Since then he has been at St. Hyacinth but after that no one knows anything of him. When he returned Hendricken told him he should have left his ecclesiastical dress at the college because his conduct was disedifying. Had he not supposed the Bishop knew this he would have written before. Because of the way Kinerny spent the vacations Hendricken thinks little can be made of him. He may be saying more than is necessary but the information may be useful. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Manchester Brothers, Providence, Rhode Island 1870s Photograph of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-c Photograph 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Steinhuber, Father A., Fathers H. O'Callaghan, T. Kirby, A. Grant, G. Cernié, G. Roelants, H. Brichet, A. Santinelli, F. Silas Chatard, and P. Semenenko., to Commendatore Gadda, Rome, Italy 1870 A written protest of the rectors of the national colleges in Rome against the invasion of the Roman College of the Jesuits. They charge the Italian government with making instruction impossible despite their promises not to interfere with international education. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-c Printed circular 2pp. folio CDHT I-1-c DeNeve, Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1870 Jan. 19 He wishes him a happy new year and asks a prayer in Rome. He forwards a letter he has just received from the father of Father DeBruycker requesting him to pay board and tuition of Mr. Broderick and to charge it to McFarland. He asks a reply. So far Fagan and Creedon are doing pretty well. A.L.S. 1p. Enclosure: CDHT I-1-c DeBruycker, J, St. Josse Ten Noode, to Father John DeNeve, Louvain, Belgium 1870 Jan. 18 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. CDHT I-1-c DeNeve Father John, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1870 Feb. 17 He delayed answering because he was waiting for an answer to his question about Thomas Broderick's bills. Can he charge Father Tierny? Father H. DeRegge has arrived and given him McFarland's letter of January 8. He gives DeRegge Nos. 88-94 to take to America and assures the printer that McFarland's subscription continues. It is impossible to send a priest to Father F. DeBruycker. He is grateful for suggestions for the good of the college. If the theologians were better known Gratry would have less influence. He wishes the Americans would study their theology. The American prelates should examine before giving jurisdiction and give jurisdiction for only a limited time. He has made up his mind not to receive students for such dioceses. As to the two men for McFarland, Creedon so far is all right. Fagan has given no satisfaction in the first examination. He sends the questions and his examination in scripture no enclosures. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Rome, Italy 1870 Mar. 4 After the funeral of Mrs. Sheffrey, the sister of Father E. J. O'Brien, he placed before the clergy the consideration of the Bishop's letter about the erection of canonical parishes in the diocese. He had thought this was of little interest but the clergy showed considerable interest because they could show a preference. He mentions the priests who were there. They immediately requested Father James Hughes to call a meeting of the pastors so they could deliberate on the subject. Hendricken feels sure that they will decide because while they are confident in McFarland's justice, a time may come when matters would be different. The meeting will be held at the residence of Father Hughes next Thursday. He will send the results but the Bishop should not be surprised if he is requested to present a petition to Propaganda. Father Ned sees in grief that he cannot raise more money on the mortgage but his congregation needs to be taught some self dependence. Father J.T. Fitzpatrick was also in New Haven but in a delicate state of health. Father P.J. O'Dwyer is not entirely out of danger from his last attack six weeks ago. The pastor of Bristol has lost nothing since the Bishop left. The secular states agreed with Father Francis Dent and Father Leo has no Objection that he should. Hendricken is building. The sisters are praying for his safe return. He is sending the Bishop the New York World. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Spalding, Martin John, Archbishop of Baltimore, Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1870 May 9 A document in which Spalding exposes the doctrines of Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick on papal infallibility. Besides quoting the pertinent passages from the theology of Kenrick, he compares it with the teaching of Perroni. :: I-1-c Printed Document 3pp. folio CDHT I-1-c Hewit, Father Augustine F., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1870 Dec. 1 Hewit has received McFarland's letter and will give a conscientious opinion of the man in question. It is difficult to decide the vocation of the young man. He was not dismissed or advised to leave the Paulists . He would have been admitted to orders before Christmas had he remained but he found the restraints of religious life irksome and preferred the secular priesthood. His scholarship is fair and his knowledge of French is one of his best points. In piety and discipline he has been exemplary but there is levity of disposition. There is reason to believe that the temptations at the beginning of his career would be dangerous to him. This is the opinion of Father George Deshon, his director. He will require special care and vigilance for some years. If his vocation is decided, Hewit would not hesitate, were he the bishops, to receive him. Note on back: Higgins :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Spalding, Martin John, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1870 Dec. 1 Spalding was very sorry to learn at Louvain that Father H. Spruyt had returned to America. For his own good and to avoid scandal, Spalding advised him to go back to Belgium and to stay there but he told Father John DeNeve that McFarland had agreed to take him. For the sake of religion McFarland should induce him to go back to Belgium as he is totally unreliable. Spalding thanks McFarland for his congratulations. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Marietti, Cav. Propaganda Press, Rome, Italy 1871 Printed circular containing a letter of the Rectors of the foreign colleges in Rome. Loreto Iacovacci of the Urban College of the Propaganda, etc. to Alfonso Lamarmora complaining of the treatment of certain persons connected with their colleges. Dated Rome, December 18, 1870. The answer of Lamarmora, dated December 22, 1870 to Monsignor Loreto Jacovacci and the rectors of the national colleges. And the further letter, January 5, 1871 of the Rectors, Loreto Jacovacci and others to Lamarmora. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-c Printed Document 4pp. folio CDHT I-1-c Webb, Arch, Louisville, Ky., to Jam s Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Jan. 1 Webb sends $1.25 as an offering to the Pope, from five members of his family. He expresses his regrets at the size of the offering but will repeat it once a month as long as the Pope is suffering. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Gross, C.SS.R., Father William H., New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Jan. 6 The bearer, Miss Camilla A. Rhodes, is a convert who has suffered the numerous trials of a New England convert to Catholicism and has been for a long time one of Gross's penitents. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Murray, Hugh W., Wolfe Island, Canada ?, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Jan. 17 He plans to give a few lectures in New York and other cities on the events in Rome in September and asks McMaster if such a project would take in New York. His object is to keep up the attention of Catholics upon the Roman question and to use the proceeds from the lectures to build a church on Wolfe Island for Irish Catholics. He asks that McMaster keep this letter a secret. He asks for a reply as early as possible. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Feb. 2 The price paid originally for the barn was $3500. It has been rented at $300 per annum. The property will undoubtedly increase in value and be worth more than was paid for it but it might be better to part with it and pay off the indebtedness as the Bishop suggested. By selling off the property the debts would be nowhere. Should he live until the end of the year they will owe very little. The Sisters are anxious to see the Bishop. Their fair opens that night. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Shahan, Father Thomas H., Taunton, Massachusetts, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Mar. 5 McFarland's letter saying that Edith O'Gorman had been attacked in Taunton by a crowd of 1000 led by a priest was received. The statement is false. Priests do not lead mobs in Taunton. She was hissed by men and boys who gathered to see her. Before the end of the lecture Catholics had been cleared from the streets by the priests. They policed the crowd because there was rumor that there would be a disturbance which might have been planned by her or her partner Phillips. Shahan had stationed himself at the door of the hall to prevent Catholics from entering. Of course this prevented her from having a full house and caused her to make up her story about the 1000 attacking a little woman. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Mar. 11 He invites McFarland to attend a meeting of the Bishops of the Province at the archiepiscopal residence Wednesday, April 19, at 11 A.M. He invites McFarland to stay at his house during his stay in the city. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Father Thomas F., Waterbury, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Mar. 28 Hendricken encloses no enclosure a vote of the Board of Corporation of the Church empowering him to mortgage, sell or convey the land he spoke about when he was in Providence. As soon as he receives it back with the Bishop's signature he will endeavor to dispose of the property. Real estate does not have a good market and it might be best not to hold out for too high a price. The old Catholic cemetery is now available and can be sold whenever the Bishop is willing. It stands in the center of the city. The bodies are being removed and the congregation will have no objection to parting with it. He might want to sell it before the end of the year. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Conaty, Nicholas, Bishop of, Cavan, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Apr. 22 Conaty is pleased to renew his acquaintance. He had hoped to see McFarland on his return from Rome. Thomas Mulvaney, who presents this letter, was for two years a student in the diocesan seminary and gave satisfaction and is a member of an excellent family. He wishes adoption in McFarland's diocese. What changes since they last met. He sends his regards to Father Hart. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Apr. 27 Archbishop Martin John Spalding thinks it expedient for the interests of the American College in Rome that there should be a meeting of the Executive Committee. They are to meet on May 11. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Apr. 29 Wood has to apologize for inviting McFarland to attend a meeting of the executive Committee of the American College of Rome on Thursday, May 11 instead of the Bishop of Boston. Nevertheless they will be happy to meet him and have the benefit of his counsels. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Rossi, Father Gaudentius, Baltimore, Md., to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 May 4 Gaudentius says that he has read the resolutions of the temperance society that were directed at McMaster, with grief and indignation. He wonders why someone has not come to McMaster's defense, or why McMaster doesn't defend himself. Gaudentius expresses his love and esteem for McMaster and urges him to have courage and confidence. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Lynch, Patrick N., Bishop of Charleston, Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 May 8 He has remembered all winter the promises of the diocesan clergymen to allow him to collect and as soon as his duties in Charleston permitted, he has come. He has preached at Father Thomas J. Sinnott 's church and Father Thomas Drea 's and will collect there next Sunday. He would go to Providence to see McFarland but is not sure he is at home. He preaches tonight for Father Sinnott and goes tomorrow to New York. He saw Dr. Geddings of Aiken. Father Read is staying with him, and is recovering his health but not as well as he expected. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Wood, James Frederick, Bishop of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 May 8 Wood acknowledges McFarland's letter of May 4. The original arrangement of the plenary council set up a committee of seven archbishops and five bishops, Newark, Charleston, Columbus, Hartford, and Philadelphia, as the acting committee on the American College, Rome . No meeting of these committees was ever held and in Rome the prelates present quashed the old committee and set one in their place consisting of the prelates of Baltimore, New York, Boston, Newark and Philadelphia. Remembering that McFarland was on the old committee he erroneously invited him to the meeting. The work has been done principally by Father George H. Doane and by Wood and Wood hopes to be relieved at the meeting in Baltimore. He hopes that McFarland's health is improving. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Kernan, Francis, Utica, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 May 22 His son Nicholas is to be married to Miss Jenkins at Baltimore on Thursday, June 1. If it is convenient they would like to have the Bishop present on this occasion. They expect to leave New York for Baltimore on the preceding Tuesday and will be at the 5th Ave. Hotel on Monday. They will be at the Mount Vernon Hotel. In any event they hope he will visit them in Utica this summer. Mrs. Kernan gives her regards. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Leroy, Father Joseph, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Jun.5 By a grievous sickness of more than five months their rector Father John DeNeve has been unable to answer his letters. The draft from McFarland has been sent to Noel Estère at Monpellier, who has received it. Since Mr. Berhens was so far under the canonical age, his ordination has been delayed. Creedon and Fagan have been ordained subdeacon last Saturday. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Creedon, J. American College, Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of Hartford, Providence, Rhode Island 1871 Jun. 8 Father John DeNeve, who has been seriously ill, has charged him to tell the Bishop that his letters have been received and the business attended to, even though he cannot do it himself. Creedon has been ordained subdeacon. He wishes also to thank the Bishop for granting his request. He hopes the bishop will find his confidence has not been misplaced. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Rice, Father Robert E.V., Niagara County, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Jun. 27 This letter will be presented by Thomas Preston of McFarland's diocese. He has finished the classical course and is recommended to the Bishop for adoption. He calls the Bishop's attention to their work in promoting vocations, along with St. Charles at Cape Girardeau. They need help in their good work. The Bishops remove their vocations to a cheaper institution after they finish the classics. This is harmful to their efforts. Rice has presented this difficulty to several bishops who have consented to let their candidates complete their theological studies with them. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c O'Connor, S.J., Father Michael, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Jul. 3 In coming from Boston he called at Providence but found McFarland away. He intended to tell the Bishop that he had proposed to Father Keller what the Bishop had proposed. He recommended and he seemed to agree that the church of St. Peter in pencil St. John now held by Father Hugh Carmody would be suitable for their purpose. It would be easy to erect there a house for retreat and this would make a suitable place for a day college. O'Connor hopes the Bishop will be able to make the arrangement with Dr. Carmody especially since another good church is likely to become vacant. If not the new church would suit the purpose. O'Connor goes to Europe by steamer. He has every reason to hope that the college will be established on a more satisfactory basis than he could have arranged. It will take some time since the Jesuits require that the title be vested in them. Father Keller thinks this can be accomplished be conveying it to Boston College or to some member of the Society by lease until a separate institution be incorporated. O'Connor will be willing to serve the Bishop in Europe and gives his Dublin address. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Masterson, Hugh, Lone City, California, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 July 20 Masterson encloses 18 dollars, part of which is for the Pope, the rest being for the subscriptions of himself and certain friends whose names he gives. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Gabriels, Father Henry, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Jul. 25 In consequence of the changes caused by the departure of Canon Vandenhende the vacation at St. Joseph Seminary will be prolonged one week this year and the opening will take place September 12. The candidates will be examined the next day. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McQuaid, Bernard J., Bishop of, Rochester, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Aug. 11 A few days ago he received a package of vestments from Montpellier, including some for McFarland which Noel Estève had put in the case. McQuaid told his secretary to send them by express. McQuaid hopes that McFarland is not working in his usual manner in the hot weather. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Feehan, Patrick A., Bishop of, Nashville, Tennessee, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Aug. 16 Feehan has received McFarland's letter and will give him an account of the Sisters of Mercy there. The three who remained there four years ago were unable to supply the schools. Mother Clare brought with her a number of young persons from the east. After the usual time all were professed. They were not at first all educated or the most desirable subjects. They seemed to do well. But at the beginning of this year five began to complain about Sister Basilia, the assistant superior. After this was discovered, of the two most guilty, one got a dispensation and left. The other remained until recently but did not improve until it was necessary to remove her. From time to time other postulants and two novices left. All from Providence or New York complained bitterly. No one complains of Mother Clare but her health has been unfirm. Feehan has found her candid and upright. The other sisters seem now united and keeping their rule. In the schools the Mother and older sisters have been zealous. They have over 400 children and their training of them is admirable. But Feehan has been grieved that reports have been made to the Mother Superior in New York. Feehan will give McFarland occasional reports on the community. Father F.P. Garesché, S.J. will give their retreat. It is the work of establishing the community that has kept Feehan there the past 4 years instead of going to Memphis. There is now a parish house and convent at a cost of $70,000 and a failure would be a great disappointment. A letter from McFarland to Mother Clare would be of benefit. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Taschereau, Elzear Alexander, Archbishop of, Québec, Canada, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Aug. 24 Jean Baptiste Bernatché and Anastasie Boulanger of the Québec diocese, not being able to get a dispensation for second degree affinity, went to the United States last May. They exhibited a certificate of marriage of which Taschereau sends a copy no enclosure. Taschereau has no doubt about the invalidity of the marriage because of the affinity and the lack of consent of the curé of the place, but he does not wish to publish the scandal without some clarification. He asks McFarland to ask Father James B. Reynolds who celebrated the marriage to enlighten him about it. He asks McFarland's help because of the scandal involved. There is a note in McFarland's handwriting with his initials asking Father Walsh to inform him if this party was married by Father Reynolds; if they had the dispensation of affinity and how long they had been in the parish of Meriden. The letter and certificates are to be returned. And McFarland will send the letter to the Archbishop of Québec. :: I-1-c A.L.S. French 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Aug. 25 On McCloskey's return last evening, he found McFarland's note. He regrets not seeing McFarland as in a personal interview they could have consulted on what course to pursue in reference to the withdrawal of the name of Father H. and the substitution of another. What would McCloskey think of recommending Father Thomas F. Hendricken as dignissimus? Father Hughes ' name might then be suggested for the third or second place. McCloskey will write to the Cardinal, withdrawing H.'s name. He will be on retreat with his clergy at Troy, and home on Saturday. The Bishop of Ghent wrote that he has secured the services of an excellent professor for the Provincial Seminary. As he is an acquaintance of the other Belgian professors he will feel himself at home. P.S. In reply to McCloskey's letter asking for a good professor the Bishop of Ghent wrote that he had found a man who would suit, Father Augustin Fèvey ?. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Feehan, Patrick A., Bishop of, Nashville, Tennessee, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Aug. 29 Those charges against Mother Clare of the Sisters of Mercy are false. Sometimes the doctor had commanded her to take some porter or ale but that is all. There has been no restraint about any appeal to the Bishop or confessors. Feehan says she has a keen sense of responsibility. They all seem now in good spirits after an excellent retreat. The rule is faithfully observed. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c McCloskey, John, Archbishop of, New York, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Sep. 6 In obedience to instructions from Rome McCloskey requests McFarland's attendance at a meeting of the Bishops of the Province to consider the choice of names to be presented for the coadjutorship of Albany . The meeting will be held at the archiepiscopal residence Thursday, September 14 at 11 o'clock. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Rice, C.M., Father Robert E.V., Suspension Bridge, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Sep. 9 McFarland's letter from Danbury of the 5th arrived and Rice is sorry he could not answer sooner but the suggestion is still good that students from McFarland's diocese who have made a good preparatory course with them be permitted to remain for their philosophy and theology. The reason is the discouragement to see these good students withdrawn. On other matters he did not see the Provincial and is not empowered to take on other houses, but he has sent the Provincial a copy of McFarland's letter. He thinks Father John Hayden of Germantown, Pennsylvania, will entertain the idea. If he does he will probably visit McFarland himself. P.S. He sends by mail a copy of their catalogue. Signed per J.C. :: I-1-c L. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Williams, Mrs. V L., Yonkers, New York, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Sept. 15 She asks the address of the Little Sisters of the Poor, for she has a large amount of cast-off clothing they could use and which he would send by express if she knew where their home was situated. There should be a central bureau of a Society for the Promotion of Catholic Interests that could receive such donations and give information. McMaster suggested something of the sort in one or two issues of the Journal and should recur to it frequently, for people are impressed only by repitition. P.S. The Freeman should give a permanent list of Catholic benevolent societies with street and number. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Garesche, Alexander P., St. Louis, Missouri, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Sept. 25 He received McMaster's letter of the 21st too late to write to him, so had to telegraph in order to suppress the whole introduction. His reasons for doing so are that Mr. Schaeffe is an enemy of the Church and Garesche learned that he was about to declare that there was no miracle and that the whole affair was a scheme of the Sisters of Mercy to raise money. The matter has created intense excitement. The Watchman published an account which was copied by the daily papers. The Medical Society met last Saturday and Garesche sends their report. Of the parties mentioned, Dr. Harmer is a German Liberal; Montrose is a Protestant, as are Drs. Patten, Hodgon, Cooper and Bond. He does not know about Dr. Rucckelbahn. Garesche erred as the miraculous nature of the cure, Garesche believes it to be the work of the Blessed Virgin, to whom Theresa Schaeffe prayed that she might be cured. He bases his belief on the fact that the girl was given only a few hours to live, by some of the most eminent medical men of St. Louis, and the next day was able to walk more than a mile and a half to church and back, besides eating heavily, something she had not been able to do before. The report of the Medical Society shows that no trickery is imputed and that a strange cure is admitted, and that no theory of explanation is given. The first, third and fourth paragraphs of McMaster's story would do injury to the Church and should be changed. Garesche believes the cure to be a miraculous one and the apathy or cowardice of the medical society shall not shake his belief. Mrs. Garesche and he pray for McMaster's wife and have distributed the memoriam cards to those who will pray for her. P.S. He returns the check McMaster sent for Miss Schaeffe. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Delaney, Father P.M., Boonsboro, Ia., to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Oct. 12 Father Delaney sends McMaster 35 dollars, five dollars for subscriptions to the Journal for Edward McCormick, and 30 dollars for the Pope. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c O'Connor, S.J., Father Michael, Meath, Ireland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Oct. 17 A few weeks ago O'Connor visited a convent of Sisters of Mercy in Ennis, County Clare, which seemed in excellent condition and full of nuns. He was told that Dean Kenny who founded it was so attached that he would not allow any foundations from it. The nuns are under the same impression about the Dean's unwillingness to part with any of the inmates. O'Connor joked with the dean about it and he denied it and said he was willing if there were proper applications. After some conversation with the dean, O'Connor thought of McFarland and thought he might find the sisters a good accession to his forces. The Dean received the proposal and the Sisters were willing. But they would not become incorporated in another community. It was for this reason that they refused Dr. Carmody. O'Connor thinks it better to allow them to form an independent community of their own until they agree to unite. He told the dean and the sisters that he had no authority but that he would tell McFarland. O'Connor will stay in Ireland until next spring and would be glad to handle the negotiations. He would transmit letters with explanations but would not have any responsibility. The Sisters said they would merely give the sisters the means of traveling and to outfit in America would not be at their charge. The present Sisters of Mercy would not be unwilling to resign in their favor any existing establishment and let these sisters paddle their own canoe. This would be better than to have another community near them. He has written to Father Thomas J. Sinnott of Bridgeport refering to him a subject on which a Sister of Charity in Scotland wrote him thinking he was the Bishop of Hartford. She is a niece of Cardinal Cullen. She wanted Sinnott to authorize Francis Graham, in his parish, to collect for a hospital they are building in Lanark. He knew the sister in her father's house in Liverpool. He wrote to Father Sinnott that he did not think any collection would interfere with the parish. He sees by the papers that a consistory will be held in Rome in November and the affairs of McFarland's new diocese will be deferred until then. Then Council has not changed things. He hopes for better health but he has not found it yet. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Foley, Thomas, Bishop of, Chicago, Illinois, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Nov.6 Foley has received McFarland's kind letter and the circular urging his diocese to come to their relief and he will always regard this as a personal act of friendship. McFarland hoped that the smoke had gone away. It has, but only to show their losses. They now have grand ruins. The losses are enormous, fifteen hundred thousand dollars will not cover the losses. Five of their principal parishes are without a house standing. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Lawlor, S.J., Father Michael, Cincinnati, Ohio, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Nov. 20 Father Dawlor sends a 100 dollar Papal Bond to be added to McMaster's subscription to the Pope. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Sullivan, John T., Wheeling, West Virginia, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1871 Nov. 20 He sends a post office order for $3 sent to the Holy Father by Stephen and Margaret Murphy. He calls attention to the fact that Murphy's Freeman's Journal has been sent to him addressed P. Murphy, while his name is Stephen. He would like to have this corrected, so as to prevent confusion. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Chatard, Father Silas M., Rome, Italy, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Nov. 22 By the request of Bishop James Frederick Wood he acknowledges the receipt of $175 from the O'Reilly Foundation in the American College for the first half of the current year. The Holy Father is well. Preparations are being made to outdo the papal illumination at the opening of the parliament. The Cav. Ottino, director of the festivities, brought with him 2000 workmen, say the papers. Chartard hopes that McFarland's health is improved. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Gabriels, Father Henry, Troy, New York, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Dec. 2 Enclosed McFarland will find no enclosure a bulletin concerning his students in the Provincial seminary. Of the students, the faculty proposes for Christmas ordination T. Mulcahy for minor orders, Th. Clinton for tonsure and minor orders. He is very grateful to McFarland for his kind remarks on the printing of the rule. They will try to adapt their actions to the need of those entrusted to them. He hopes for an answer about those proposed for ordination. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c O'Connor, S.J., Father Michael, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Dec. 8 Since writing from Ireland, the doctors a advised him to come back. He arrived last evening and received his mail from Dublin and the letter of McFarland of November 3. He is sorry he is not in Ireland to close the matter. He encloses his letter to Dr. Kenny, the Dean of Killaloe which he asks McFarland to send on with explanations. He thinks there will be no difficulty unless there is a delay at Middletown. He supposes the good ladies can come as soon as the season permits. He has alluded in his letter to the points of McFarland's letter. He has not alluded to the possibility of a fusion. If they come they will be the leading community of the order in the diocese of Hartford if there is a separation and that would be desirable. A fusion can take place only with the consent of all parties. It will rest with McFarland and the Sisters of Mercy to effect it. He has come back with the conviction that he has little time to spend in any work. Dean Kenny said the sisters would extend their good work through their relations through additional members they will be able to obtain. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Spalding, Martin John, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1871 Dec. 16 The intelligence in McFarland's letter has saddened Spalding. He had heard that Father John De Neve was ill but had no hint that his malady would terminate so sadly. The rector should be a Belgian so that he may have influence with the Belgian Bishops and clergy. If Father F. Dumont is still there Spalding would vote for him. He thinks he was vice-president when he visited the college a year ago. He is acceptable and is on the ground. He has been a missionary to Michigan and was selected by Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere . Spalding's second choice would be Father P. Defraine whom the Bishop of Louisville would be loath to part with. If McFarland agrees about Dumont he should let him know and he will write to the Archbishop of Mechlin in their names. The appointment might be provisional during the illness of the rector who would naturally be replaced by the vice-rector. He asks if McFarland has heard anything of Father H. Spruyt . The letter he wrote him to Willimantic was returned. He fears that he is worse than dead. McFarland wrote about him, he having followed McFarland from the American College in Louvain :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-a Garvey, Father Eugene A., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1872? Garvey asks that his copy of the Freeman be sent to Williamsport. He supposes McMaster has heard of the troubles in Williamsport, Bishop William O'Hara of Scranton removed Father Michael Stack from his parish in Williamsport, whereupon Stack took the matter to the civil court. He claimed he was removed without sufficient cause, and asked the court to condemn the Bishop's action. He engaged as council Messrs. Price of Philadelphia and Armstrong of WilliamsPort; the Bishop is represented by Judge Maynard. The court closed yesterday, but the Judge has not yet handed down a decision. Father Stack's council tried to show he was fighting for his rights "in" the Church and according to Church law, and much time was spent in trying to prove that America in not a missionary country, but is under canon law. Stack has the sympathy of all the Protestants and a few Catholics, but a decision in his favor would be disastrous, and the case would go to the Supreme Court. Carvey will not speak regarding Stack's character, and does not know if the Bishop made a charge of immorality, but it he did, it was not used. Stack intended to publish in the city papers a letter from a back number of the Freeman relating to the authority of Bishops. Garvey's letter is confdential, but may be used. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Miravalle, Countess of, Seville, Spain, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Providence, Rhode Island 1872 Jan. 4 The Marchioness of Villa Vieja as president, the Countess Miravalle as treasurer, and the Marchioness of Guizamonde as secretary make an appeal in the name of their Asociacion de Senoras para Socorro de las Re ligiosas for financial aid to rebuild the church of the Convent of St. Clara in Tenerife which was destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to 18,000 duros. Appeals have been without results. Despoiled of aid for many years the sisters are very poor. They have appealed to this association founded to collect funds for the sick, old, and poorest of nuns. Miravalle adds a note signed in her hand: They would never bother the bishop if the benefices of the Spanish clergy were paid but since they refuse to take the oath of the Constitution they are reduced to poverty. :: I-1-c Printed circular L.S. Spanish 3pp. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, Newark, New Jersey, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1872 Feb. 15 He sent McMaster a copy of his Pastoral Letter last Thursday, and does not know how the Herald got it, as Bayley had given orders that no copy should be given to any secular newspapers until it had been read in the churches. He sends McMaster another copy today by which he will see the Herald left out the word "without" in the sentence; "A Parish without such schools does not deserve the name, etc." :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Keller, S.J., Father Joseph E., Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1872 Mar. 14 Father Michael O'Connor, S.J. sent him McFarland's letter on the subject of the church in New Haven which he kindly offered to the Jesuits. He will probably find it advisable to call on McFarland next week to confer and to look at the places proposed in the letter. He hopes that there will be no obstacle to their accepting the foundation although they have hardly the men right now. He can have no objection to their bearing a proper share of the common burthens in regard to collections but he suggests that they have a large seminary and novitiate of their own with an immense debt on them. They are obliged to call on their congregations every year for contributions. If they are asked also to support the diocesan institutions this would be a double tax. He hopes McFarland will consent to relieve their church from the seminary collection until they get their debt into manageable proportions. For other purposes he does not see why collections should not be taken up in their church as well as in others. Keller is much in favor of increasing the number of their institutions in New England as that is a promising field. Enclosed is an extract from Bishop John England Vol.4. p.34 on the New England character. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Keller, S.J., Father Joseph E., Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1872 Mar. 16 He said in his late letter that he would be seeing him this week because he thought McFarland would be making changes immediately owing to the approaching erection of the new diocese. If this is not the case he will see McFarland after Easter. He asks McFarland to send word by telegraph after Easter. If no telegram comes he will leave Baltimore Tuesday night, the 19th, see Father John Bapst in New York on Wednesday and be at New Haven on the same evening. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c Keller, S.J., Father Joseph E., Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1872 Jun. 15 Just returned from their country missions, he finds McFarland's letter waiting. He does not fore-see any thing that will prevent the proposed retreat. If an obstacle comes it will he made known in time. As to New Haven they are in no hurry.Father Michael O'Connor, S.J. is going home slowly but receives Holy Communion daily. The new Sisters of Mercy of Middletown have applied to him for a Father to give them a retreat. He will try to comply with their request. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c The Pilot, Boston, Massachusetts 1872 Aug. 10 Clipping in the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland about the purchase of property in Hartford for a new cathedral and convent at a cost of $70,000. :: I-1-c Clipping, one inch CDHT I-1-c Parks, P , Brooklyn, New York, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York 1872 Oct. 28 Because of the remoteness of his residence and the demands of work, he is unable to attend the lectures given by Father Thomas Burke and is grateful to the Freeman's Journal for the detailed accounts of these lectures. He has read the lecture at the Academy of Music given on Oct. 17 in which Burke vindicates the character of Ireland and Irishmen from the aspersions of the Englishman, Fraud, or whatever he is called. However, he asks whether Burke's statement was quoted correctly, in regard to the relating of how the crown of King Henry VII was disputed by two others, with the inference that these two were Protestants. There were no Protestants in England or Ireland at that time. Again Burke is quoted as saying that George I died in 1753 and that George II was King in 1722. He hopes this is a mistake of the reporter or printer. George I died about 1727 and was succeeded by George II who died in 1760. P.S. He asks that his paper be sent to 27 Wolcott Street in the future. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c McFarland, Francis P., Bishop of, Hartford, Connecticut 1873 Five small clippings dealing with the Bishop and the diocese; mostly from the Boston Pilot :: I-1-c 5 clippings less than one inch each CDHT I-1-c The Pilot, Boston, Massachusetts 1873 Dec. 6. Clipping from the Pilot on the ceremonies of the dedication of a convent of St. Joseph and the Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut . In Papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland :: I-1-c Clipping about 5/6 of a column CDHT I-1-c Hendricken, Thomas F., Bishop of, Providence, Rhode Island, to Bishop Francis P. McFarland of, Hartford, Connecticut 1874 Jan. 19 Hendricken asks McFarland to write on the back of the enclosed, permission to have Father Fitzgerald receive the letter and he will send it back by return mail. He has heard that McFarland's health is not good. His is such that he cannot stir or he would have gone to see McFarland. He keeps posted on the progress of the new Hartford pro-cathedral. P.S. If McFarland will send him an impression of his seal he will have a crest designed for a cut for his letterhead. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c Illustrated Catholic Family Almanac 1875 Clipping of a page from the Almanac containing a brief sketch of Bishop Francis P. McFarland, Bishop of Hartford. :: I-1-c Clipping 2pp. CDHT I-1-c Pulsers, Father James J., Louvain, Belgium, to Bishop Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. of, Hartford, Connecticut 1876 Apr. 3 This is his third letter of congratulation to the Bishop. The Administratior will tell Galberry of the relations between the American College at Louvain and Bishop Francis P. McFarland. McFarland had asked him to adopt a Belgian and a German for the diocese and he will do so when the occasion presents itself unless Galberry decides to the contrary. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. CDHT I-1-c The Connecticut Catholic, Hartford, Connecticut 1878 Oct. 19 Clipping containing the account of the death of Bishop Thomas Galberry, O.S.A :: I-1-c Clipping CDHT I-1-c Clipping of an account of the consecration of Bishop Lawrence Stephen McMahon as Bishop of Hartford. :: I-1-c Clipping 1879 CDHT I-1-b Onahan, William J., Chicago, Illinois, to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana 1879 June 1 He has the books, 100 volumes, ready for Edwards. He will keep them until he hears Edwards' wishes in regard to sending them. :: AI-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CDHT I-1-c The Connecticut Catholic, Hartford, Connecticut 1879 Jul. 5 Clipping about the naming and consecration of Bishop-elect Lawrence Stephen McMahon, which will take place August 10. :: I-1-c Clipping CDHT I-1-c The Connecticut Catholic, Hartford, Connecticut 1879 Aug. 16 Clipping describing the consecration of Bishop Lawrence Stephen McMahon, Bishop of Hartford. :: I-1-c Clipping CDHT I-1-c Middleton, O.S.A., Father Thomas C., Villanova, Pennsylvania 1884 Jul. 12 These are some notes on the life of Bishop Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. prepared by Middleton. Born in 1836 in Ireland, brought to the U.S. in 1836. Came to Villanova in 1847. The account describes his spiritual life. He served at Lansingburgh, New York, President of Villanova, 1870 to 1875. Bishop 1876 to 1878. :: I-1-c Ms. 8pp. folio CDHT I-1-c New Haven, Connecticut 1885 Aug. 5,6 Clipping describing the national convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America in New Haven, August 5 and 6, 1885. :: I-1-c Clipping CDHT I-1-c Catholic? Herald 1886 Jun. 16 Clippings about the sickness and death of Bishop Thomas F. Hendricken. :: I-1-c 4 Clippings CDHT I-1-c Vespignani, Rome, Italy, to Father William Maher, Chancellor, Hartford, Connecticut 1890 May 13 He has received Maher's letter and the check for $25 for the full series No. 2342 which he takes to assist the Artists and Workmen's Primary Association. He remembers accompanying Maher through the Vatican Exposition, and acknowledges this act of homage to the Holy Father. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CDHT I-1-c Maher, Father William, Hartford, Connecticut 1890 Sep.25 Circular letter instructing the clergy that according to the instructions of Pope Leo XIII of 1884 and 1889 they are to continue the October Devotions and specifying the form and the indulgences attached to the devotions. The pastor is to read this circular to the people and remind them of the need of prayer. :: I-1-c Printed Circular 2pp. 8vo. 10 CDHT Graphics Box 11/13 Thomas Galberry, Bishop of Hartford: Request for Apostolic Benediction for religious of his Archdiocese 1877/0603 CDHT Graphics Box 13/02 Latin Document (Papal letter?) re: William Maher of Diocese of Hartford 1888/04 GDHT Diocese of Hartford: Graphics |