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Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892.
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spelling JSH John Dawson Gilmary Shea Papers Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2017 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English JSH John Dawson Gilmary Shea Papers 1857-1892. Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892. 2 linear feet. University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 English. Administrative Information Apparently acquired by James Edwards. Edwards first asked for Shea's manuscripts on 10 February 1887. Preferred Citation John Dawson Gilmary Shea Papers (JSH), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556 Scope and Content Correspondence dealing mostly with Shea's writing and his financial difficulties; manuscripts of the first three volumes of his History of the Catholic Church in the United States; and a manuscript of his American Martyrology: lives of Catholic missionaries killed on the Indian missions in Canada and the United States from the earliest times. Calendared Background Catholic historian, co-founder of the United States Catholic Historical Society (1844). Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. American martyrology. Letters. Catholic Church -- United States -- History. Martyrs -- United States -- History. Related Material Ernest Audran Papers Information Services Diocese of Richmond (Va.) Records James Farnham Edwards Papers Notre Dame Presidents' Letters, 1856-1906 Richard H. Clarke Papers Edmond J. Schmitt Papers Edward Sorin Papers CJSH John Dawson Gilmary Shea: Manuscripts CJSH .01 Reception for Most Reverend M.A. Corrigan, Abp. New York 1890/0116 CJSH .02 To the Vaults of the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company CJSH .03 Lecture by Rev. D.J. Stafford, "Eloquence in Shakespeare" CJSH .04 Reception at Convention of the Catholic Young Men's National Union 1885/0502 CJSH .05 Admission to the American Catholic Congress CJSH .06 Invitation to hear members of the Irish Parliamentary Party at the Metropolitan Opera House 1890/1106 CJSH .07 Celebration of St. Mary's Academy, NY, 50th Anniversary 1885/0515 CJSH .08 Reception to the Archbishop of New York 1890/0116 CJSH .09 25th Anniversary of Ordination of James H. McGean 1898/0921 CJSH .10 Meeting of the Reception Committee of Catholic Club 1892/0205 CJSH .11 Invitation to Sacrament of Confirmation at the Protectory, West Chester 1891/0610 CJSH .12 Sacrament of Confirmation at the Proctectory, West Chester 1890/0618 CJSH .13 Reception for Golden Jubilee of Rt. Rev. John Loughlin, Bishop of Brooklyn 1890/1017 CJSH .14 Invitation to Grand Charity Fair for the French Hospital 1891/0120 CJSH .15 Dues reminder for Society of Alumni of Georgetown College 1891/0120 CJSH .16 Requiem for deceased president of New York Catholic Protectory 1890/0607 CJSH .17 Ticket to Inauguration of Statue of Liberty CJSH .18 U.S. Catholic Historical Society, nominations for 1888 CJSH .19 U.S. Catholic Historical Society 4th Public Meeting 1886/0524 CJSH .20 Seating Chart, Dinner of Xavier Union 1886/0218 CJSH .21 New York Historical Society, Acknowledgement of receipt of Illinois and Miami Vocabulary and Lord's Prayer 1891/0601 CJSH .22 Toast List CJSH .23 Program, Missouri Historical Society Celebration of the 205 Anniversary of Exploration of the Mississippi River by Marquette and Joliet 1878 CJSH .24 Preface to the History of the Catholic Church CJSH II-2-o Dubourg, Louis William Bishop of Lousiana: St. Louis, Missouri, to Father Simon Gabriel Brute: Mt. St. Mary's Emmitsburg, Maryland 1819 Oct. 4 Dubourg has received Brute's letter through Rodgers and will have all consideration possible for his recommendation. The young man has neither learning talents or a trade, and there money or strength are needed if one does not have a trade. Dubourg has hired him to work on the soil on one of his farms. Another youth from Brute's neighborhood has arrived. He was robbed of all his baggage and lost Brute's letter of recommendation. He speaks of Father Samuel Cooper and of his successor. Dubourg does not remember his name but he will try to give him work. He expects Brute to give more details about Mt. St. Mary's. He has heard Archbishops Carroll and Marechal regret their inability to exploit fully Brute's great talents. Dubourg has learned of the decision of the Sulpicians about Emmitsburg. He wrote to Father Jean Tessier what he thought on the matter. He has heard from Father Jean Dubois of the decision of the Superior General to keep it but there is still a difference of opinion between him and the Sulpiciams in Baltimore in repect to the prietorship and responsibility. Dubourg is very happy that the matter has been settled satisfactory since he would have regretted the closing of the Emmitsburg institution. The progress of the Sisters fills him with consolation. As to himself they have commenced well. Among the things begun are the cathedral, the college and the seminary and the establishment of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart, the replacement of some bad priests with good, and the reunion of two parished in New Orleans. Finally he had filled up the vacant parishes with the erection of several beautiful churches in brick, the prospect of native priests is already encouraging and he has also a Roman count already 26 years old, wealthy and learned. He has made part of his theological studies before family circumstances caused him to interrupt them. He has traveled six years in Europe. He was in New Orleans when the needs of the diocese revived his former interests. Brute is already aware of one wonder worker of Bardstown and he will not repeat these deeds. He assures Brute of his affection. P.S. He will write to Father Dubois and the good Mother. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. 4to. 6 CJSH II-2-o Flaget, Benedict Joseph Bishop of: Bardstown, Kentucky, to Father Simon Gabriel Brute: Emmitsburg, Maryland 1820 Feb. 27 Flaget does not know why their correspondance has ceased, but if he is the cause he is without malice, but Brute's response has taken away any cause of ill-feeling as his letters have always done Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat, the first fruit of his episcopacy bears this letter and Brute can ask him many questions about affairs in Kentucky for which Brute is to give him some letters of introduction to some of his friends. Flaget asks if it true that Brute has left the Sulpicians. He heard this but he does not understand this from Father John Dubois nor from the Sulpicians. He asks Brute to enlighten him. Some have told him of the annoyances they have had to endure at Emmitsburgh and finally of the capitulation in which Father John Dubois was left in charge of the field. This is a very great evil that the priests and brothers misunderstand. It is with pleasure that he learns that the seminary and the college are flourishing. He wishes them courage and perserverance. P.S. He sends his regards to Dubois. He asks that Brute give an account of the Masses acquitted for them. Bishops Jean David says it is 200 but Flaget does not think it is only a hundred. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. 4to. 4 CJSH II-2-o Flaget Benedict Joseph, Bishop of Bardstown: Hardinsburg, Kentucky, to Father Simon Gabriel Brute: Emmitsburg, Maryland 1820 July 27 Flaget rejoices that Brute is still in the company and praises him for his work and marvelous success. This is not a compliment, it is a fact because Fathers Charles Nerinckx and Guy Ignatious Chabrat who were eye witnesses of the work have told him, and they are not flatterers. He admires what they have done and can not understand it. For if six priests did not work that these two are doing he would consider them sifficiently employed. One thing troubles Flaget that is that both are subject to die, and since they are no longer supported by the seminaristes of Baltimore what would happen if one of the two should die. Why should the good bishop worry. Is God not mighty enough to continue and even to perfect the work that he had started? From then on Flaget will be an admirer and not a fault finder. Since the departure of Fathers Charles Nerinckx and Guy Ignatious Chabrat from "Chezapye" Flaget has not heard of anything about them nor their boat. Each day of their absence is like a week especially at the time that this letter is being written. He is sixty miles from Bardstown and also there is a young priest who is seriously ill. This misfortune, beside adding to the physical work, worries Flaget about the whole future of this missionary. The extraordinary success that he has had in the two and a half years since his ordination has given Flaget hopes of his success, but it appears that the plans of the Divine Providence differs. However at all times, and in all circumstances, Flaget is resigned to the will of God but he admits that the loss of the young man would greatly distress him. Abell's reputation as a preacher is universal among protestants as well as Catholics and many people traveled twenty miles to have the pleasure of hearing him preach. He sends his respect to Father Jean Dubois and to Mother Elizabeth Seton. P.S. To quite himself he asks Brute how he is mourneful Father Byrne performs mircles. He asks what Brute thinks of young Comisky who has been chased from the seminary and the diocese. Bishop Jean David has been well for fortnight. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. CJSH II-2-o Cheverus John Bishop of: Boston, Massachusetts, to Father Simon Gabriel Brute: Emmitsburg, Maryland 1820 Dec. 19 Cheverus blushes at the unanswered letter of Brute of St. Ursula's day. He hopes that Mother Elizabeth Seton will be left many years yet for her children his Ursulines pray for that favor. He can never think of the mountain without emotion. The two novices he brought from Canada have made their solemn vows on the feast of St. Ursula. A great number of Protestants were there. He took for his text from A Cor 6,9,10 Quasi morientes et ecce vivimus. "The Community consists of four persons and a lay person. The Ursulines teach more than a hundred young girls in the forenoon and in the afternoon. They do not yet receive boarders but have day scholars. He thought he was in the cenacle when he visit the Sulpicians in Montreal. The canadian clergy were very edifying. Abbe Calonne is an apostle. Bishop Burke who died in Halifax November 29 is a great loss. He had just began to build a cathedral. In Boston they are going along slowly. They had 700 Communions at Christmas. Catholic in Massachusetts are as acceptable as are Hews and Mohametans etc. Cheverus asks Brute to transmit the two notes enclosed. He has a small relic of St. Vincent De Paul with its authntication if Brute wants it. He sends his regards to Father Jean Dubois. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. 4to. 3 CJSH II-2-o DuBourg, Louis William Bishop of Louisiana: St. Louis, Missouri, to Father Simon Gabriel Brute: Emmitsburg, Maryland 1822 Dec. 8 Brute should tranquillize himself. DuBourg has already written according to his desires. Brute had merely to hold to his first decision. He does not know what Brute means in speaking of his two dioceses. He will return to Washington one of these days because he has there awaiting him a train of affairs. He has seen someone who has received a letter of their friend and given him hope that all will end well. P.S. He asks Brute to send $20 to Mrs. Wood. He collected it for her. He has been trying to get places for her children but did not succeed. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 2 CJSH II-2-o Rosecrans, Bishop Sylvester H., Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1857 Jun. 23 Shea is so persevering in his complaints of the "Telegraph", that Rosecrans has come to the conclusion that Shea honestly believes himself to have been wronged. If Shea will prepare a brief statement of the points in which his book has been unjustly treated, Rosecrans will publish it. Why Archbishop John Baptist Purcell 's kindness to Shea in reading over and correcting Shea's book, should be made an occasion for dragging his name into the controversy, Rosecrans is at a loss to understand. The proffer of kindness made by Rosecrans and his senior was sincere. Rosecrans never exulted in Shea's pecuniary losses. :: II-2-o Photostat Copy from Chicago Historical Society 2pp. 8vo. CJSH II-2-o Demers, Modeste, Bishop of Vancouver Island, New York, New York, to John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1867 To his great surprise, he discovered an error in the Decree, J.C. which he does not think is the proof. He without delay wrote to Baltimore, and very luckily it had not yet been sent to Paris, and so it will be corrected for the publication in Rome, where he hopes to be himself as he has made up his mind to go to Europe for various purposes. He proposes leaving early next week from Providence and Boston, from there taking the steamer to Halifax thence to St. John, New Foundland and finally to Ireland, to the danger of being arrested by the Fenians! :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Wadhams, Bishop Edgar P., Ogdensburg, New York, to John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1873 Aug. 25 Shea's letter is received. The anticipation of obtaining any additional information of Father Francis Piquet, the executive Father Pierre Huet De La Valinière and the missions in this section is delightful. Shea is to send Wadhams the books he lists. Wadhams' name is to be inserted as a subscriber to Shea's "History of French and Spanish Missions." :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Edward Jacker, Pointe St. Ignace, Michigan 1878 Apr. 6 Shea encloses a check for $22, his first installment of the promised $100. A gentleman from Buffalo Orsamus Holmes Marshall has written Shea at great length on a project for a Father Jacques Marquette monument on the island. A frame chapel with possibly the sanctuary of stone, using, if available, the foundation stones, using, if available, the foundation stones of Marquette's, and with a marble slab on the outer wall will, Shea thinks, be sufficient. Shea sent a copy of the article to Father Felix Martin in France. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Edward Jacker, Pointe St. Ignace, Michigan 1880 Feb. 15 Jacker's letters are always deeply interesting to Shea; the one he has just received seems two centuries old. With all the boasted progress, Jacker has to wait a month for his mail and get it at Last by a dog train! The books came safely with Jacker's photograph. Jacker's "routier" of Father Henry Nouvel is a surprise to Shea; he hopes Jacker will give an account of his labors. If for him or Father Claude Allouez . Jacker lacks anything that Shea has printed, Jacker should let him know. At Father Joseph M. Finotti's sale, Shea tried to get some of the Indian books, but James Hammond Trumbull was there with unlimited orders from two libraries and the Library of Congress also. A gentleman asked him to buy Bishop Frederic Baraga 's Dictionary, but when Shea had bid up to nearly $20 he stopped. He has ordered Father Albert Lacombe 's reprint; he hopes Lacombe has not altered. Bishop John Ireland made Shea a call and renewed a request made by John Fletcher Williams, Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society, that Shea work on a translation with notes of Father Louis Hennepin 's "Relation de la Louisiane 1683." Two or three points on which Shea thought Hennepin wrong turn out to be really correct, and the "Nouvelle Découverte 1697," in which the pretended voyage down the Mississippi appears and which has drawn on him a reputation for falsehood and imposture, has, Shea is certain, been tampered with. The book was printed in two different offices. If booksellers were saints in those days, Shea has never read the fact, and certainly those in Holland have not the reputation of being better in those days than ours are now. Shea does not believe a Protestant bookseller in Utreacht would hesitate a bit more than "the sharks who call themselves the Catholic Publication Society " as Finotti expressed it, feel any hesitation in defrauding Shea of compensation for several months of hard labor, or in invading Shea's copyright by reprinting portraits that cost Shea time and money to procure. Father Pamphilo de Magliano, Provincial of the Recollects, used to accuse Shea of injustice to Hennepin. So now he wishes to do Hennepin full justice. Orsamus Holmes Marshall of Buffalo makes Hennepin say Mass in the church at Mackinaw where Father Jacques Marquette lay, and alludes to Jacker's discovery. Shea thinks it was the little chapel near the Ottawa village. Shea hopes to have the book ready for the printer in a month. Has Jacker read Pierre Margry 's volumes? Shea thinks he has another Cayuga, lacking map, which he will send. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. 16 CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Edward Jacker, Pointe St. Ignace, Michigan 1880 Apr. 25 If Jacker sends a copy of the enclosed list to Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Librarian of Congress, offering such as he may select in exchange for Pierre Margry 's volumes, Shea thinks he will succeed. While sending off his Father Louis Hennepin circulars Shea dropped one to Jacker. Shea is completing his last revision. He does not think the case has ever been put more fairly for Hennepin, and Shea raises doubts as to Hennepin's responsibility for the 1697 edition. Shea has sent Jacker one batch of his little books. Has Jacker ever had poor Father Joseph M. Finotti 's "Wizard Clip"? As soon as Shea gets Hennepin off his hands, he must read Father Maes' Life of Charles Nerinckx, Shea trusts that Jacker's arm is better by this time. P.S. Jacker should tell Spofford that he is a student and antiquarian investigating the early history of the Northwest. Shea lists the documents relating to the Seigneuries in Canada and other works Jacker is to request. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Edward Jacker, Pointe St. Ignace, Michigan 1880 Aug. 15 Jacker's letter filled Shea with pain at the loss of his outfit and above all the copy of the "Dictionary" with his patient notes of a quarter of a century. Shea printed a Yakama grammar that his old friend George Gibbs fished out of a pond in Washington Territory and which proved to be the work of Bishop Louis Joseph D'Herbomez . They regret Jacker's removal from Pointe St. Ignace. While he moves, Shea is chained in Elizabeth. Shea wishes to print the Register, and to engrave in time the bread iron and vestments. They are not perhaps older than 1750, but Catholic Maryland cannot show as much of the missions of the last century as Jacker can at Mackinac. Jacker is to apply for a copy of Pierre Margry 's Works before they are all gone. Jacker's notes on Father Louis Hennepin are so valuable that Shea will give them in the Appendix. Reverend Edward Duffield Neill is going to attack Shea, and Jacker's testimony comes so directly to the point that one who rewrote Hennepin's first book destroyed its value, that it will add no little weight to Shea's argument. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C., Notre Dame, Indiana 1882 Apr. 27 Hudson's relic of St. Francis de Sales has reached him and will be preserved with holy care. Years ago Shea found that an Abenaki missionary, dedicating his chapel to St. Francis, sent a letter and a wampum belt as an offering of his Indian flock to the tomb of the saint of Annecy. Shea wrote and received word that the American offering was still preserved and they sent Shea a copy of Father Bigot's letter. Shea wishes to propagate devotion to the Venerable Anthony Margil of Jesus, founder of the Texas missions, apostle of Guatemala, founder of a missionary college. His cause for canonization was very far advanced. This year, if Shea has time, he intends to get out a life of this servant of God. Shea is suffering from a racking cough, and he feels that his days may perhaps be numbered. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Gregori, Luigi, Notre Dame, Indiana 1883 Mar. 4. Original manuscript and drafts of the speech given by Gregori upon the occasion of the conferring of the Laetare Medal upon John Gilmary Shea . Scrap pages from Gregori's writings are included. :: II-2-o Ms., Drafts 22pp. 4to. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Daniel J. Spillard, Notre Dame, Indiana 1884 Feb. 29 Dennis and James Sadlier sent Shea a note of Spillard's to them, which makes Shea regret extremely the offence given. As a rule they Catholic Almanac print the reports of the Bishops as they come, and never alter except by the consent of the Bishop, for which they have to write. Messrs. Sadlier do not compile the Almanac, Shea as editor knows nothing of their business correspondence. This year the Bishop of Fort Wayne refused to furnish a report; Shea wrote to every parish and institution. From Notre Dame he asked a list of all Fathers belonging to the Community in this country and made up his report scrupulously from this. That he could go wrong in following it, he never suspected. Many, however, write to Messrs. Sadlier on business and say something intended for the Editor, which the clerks in the book store are apt to overlook. Shea alters spelling or post office addresses as desired, but the Bishop of his Secretary will often in the last proof restore the erroneous spelling they have adopted. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Ganglbauer, Cardinal Coelestin Joseph, Vienna, Austria 1884 Nov. 12 Autograph Speech? given when he received the skull cap at Vienna from the hands of Count Alfonso Maroni . Ganglbauer expresses his thanks. Found in the papers of John Gilmary Shea :: II-2-o A. Speech? Latin 1p. 4to. CJSH II-2-o Manogue, Patrick, Bishop of Grass Valley, Baltimore, Maryland, to John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1884 Dec. 4 Manogue has no recollection of the letter referred to. No doubt it is among his letters in Virginia City, Nevada, where he lived for 22 years. On account of travelling considerably through the northern portions of the diocese many letters were misplaced. The few lines accompanying are a brief synopsis; he also encloses a photograph no enclosures. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 4to. CJSH II-2-o Farley, John M. and Donnelly, Arthur J., New York, New York 1885 Apr. 6. The accompanying circular of Dr. John Gilmary Shea refers to a movement commenced in this city immediately after the close of the late Plenary Council, to enable him to publish a history of the Catholic Church of the United States. Among the originators and supporters are Cardinal John McCloskey, Archbishops James Gibbons, John J. Williams, Patrick J. Ryan, and Michael A. Corrigan, several of the Bishops, indeed all to whom the matter has been submitted, and many of the Rectors and lay gentlemen of this city. A committee appointed to carry this out consists of Corrigan, Monsignors William Quinn, Thomas S. Preston, Fathers McSweeny and Burtsell . Father John M. Farley is Secretary, Father Arthur J. Donnelly, Treasurer. Enclosure: CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1885 Mar. Most of the leisure hours of Shea's life and much of his means have been devoted to studies bearing on the early and actual history of the Church in this country. It has been the purpose of his life to write this history, hoping that the evening of his days would give him the means and leisure. He has maintained himself by literary labor comfortably, but no more; and year by year his leisure has been required by work needed for his support. Recently some of the Archbishops and Bishops, with several of the clergy have debated on the best means of securing him the necessary leisure, and of completing his collections. Shea proposes to follow the plan adopted by the Abbé Migne with his Patrologia. The History will form five large volumes, each to be complete and independent in itself, the whole series forming a consecutive and complete narrative. The volumes are to be issued at intervals, the first on or before May 1, 1886 and the last to appear in not more than five years from May 1, 1885. The plan will be that each subscriber shall pay the subscription price of the first volume on or before May 1, 1885 and that as the subsequent volumes are delivered a similar payment shall be made. Each patron subscribing $50 annually will receive twenty sets of the work. copies of circular :: II-2-o Printed Circular 5pp. 8vo. 4to. 13 CJSH II-2-o Coudert, Frederic R., New York, New York, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1885 May 16 Since they had their last meeting, W. Bourke Cochran and T.F. Neville have requested him to send their names for membership. As he may not be present at the next meeting may he rely on McGean's kindness to see that this is done. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Edwards, James F., Notre Dame, Indiana, to Dr. John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1887 Feb. 10 When Shea's letter arrived, Edwards had not yet received the volumes. He found that they were misplaced. Notre Dame is quite a little town in itself and unless each package is addressed to a particular person or department, it may be lost for weeks. Edwards has secured a new subscriber for the series in the person of Professor Joseph A. Lyons . Edwards wishes it were possible for him to order one hundred thousand copies. Edwards will gladly copy the letters written by Archbishop John Carroll . He has, in all, ten. The two sermons he has are the same manuscripts as the sermons published in the "Life of Archbishop Carroll". He will also send Shea a description of the Archbishop which he got some years ago from an old servant who remembered him well. He can also send a photograph of Archbishop Carroll's chalice. Edwards is indeed grateful for the offer of India proofs of the engravings that appear in his initial? volume. He also thanks Shea for the three numbers of the directory he can send for their set. Edwards is anxious to obtain Shea's manuscript for their historical cabinet. If not too late, Edwards hopes to secure a few more subscribers for Shea's work. He regrets that the University of Notre Dame did not receive a circular announcing the fact that Shea intended to bring out this work as Notre Dame would certainly have been on the list of patrons. In the future, Shea should always place the University on his list. Edwards can send an autograph of Father Louis Deseille . They have in one of their cabinets his chalice and other relics. The manuscripts given him by Father Joseph Querat are some letters written by Bishop John Mary Odin . He has in his possession a letter signed by Bishop William Louis Dubourg as Bishop of St. Louis. All of his early letters he has are signed Bishop of Louisiana, one is signed Bishop of St. Louis, and the others are signed Bishop of New Orleans, and the last ones Bishop of Montauban. Did he ever hold the title of Bishop of St. Louis? If Shea can let him have a document written and signed by Bishop Penalvery Cardenas or Archbishop Leonard Neale, he will confer a very great favor. Any old letters by any of their prelates will be gratefully received for the Bishops' Memorial Hall . Edwards wishes that Shea could find time to pay Notre Dame a visit. Edwards sends Shea by mail a copy of the circular of Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C. . The letters on page 260, etc. may be of interest to Shea. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo. 10 CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Francis Jacker, Jacobsville, Michigan 1888 Apr. 1 It is indeed a gratification for Shea to receive a letter from one so near to his late friend. About this time last year Shea received a letter from Father Edward Jacker in which he said he would send to the United States Catholic Historical Society a pocket missal long carried on the mission by Bishop Frederic Baraga. This Shea reported to the Society, and the donation was announced at a meeting and printed in the proceedings. This made Shea anxious to prevent its being lost, but placed where Father Jacker intended. It is, Shea has no doubt, that which Mr. Jacker describes. Shea is very much indebted to Mr. Jacker for the letters of Bishop Baraga, whose portrait drawn by Father Jacker is one of Shea's greatest treasures. Father Jacker's manuscripts on the Chippewa language are of great value, and Shea trusts they will be kept together. Father Jacker understood the language far better than Bishop Baraga, and his critical notes are important. If there is any treatise by him that seems an independent article, Shea will gladly have it printed in the magazine. Shea has been waiting for material to prepare a sketch of Father Jacker's life for the April or July number. His letters to Father Joseph M. Finotti and to Shea give much as to his later life. Shea finds it hard to get local pamphlets, synods, statutes, pastorals, controversies, Indian catechisms, and praverbooks printed out West. Anything of that kind, especially of Father Gabriel Richard's time, Shea would be glad to purchase to incorporate in his History. Shea would like to borrow Father Jacker's Register of Mackinaw if it is available. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Marc F. Vallette, Brooklyn, New York 1888 May 6 She is not well and is greatly depressed and cannot do much, but he feels that their next morning must be a success. The Dongan matter ought to be brought out. Shea wrote to Dr. Richard Lalor Burtsell advising him to invite Mayor William Russell Grace to attend and make some remarks. If he can be induced to do so it will tell; and if he consents, he can probably obtain authority to have the original charter at the meeting. If he cannot or will not, Father Patrick F. Dealy has already read a paper on Dongan and can readily give a sketch. Shea requests that the preliminary matter for the third meeting and the recised list of members be hurried up. Envelope is enclosed. :: II-2-o A.L.S. and Envelope 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Marc F. Vallette, New York, New York 1889 Feb. 28 Shea sent to Father James H. McGean ll the papers in his hands: Two by Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Shahan; emoir of Robert Walsh, Mrs. Timothy E. Howard. hen is the Committee to meet to decide on them? As no election has been held there can be no new Committee, and they seem to take Shea's incidental mention that Walsh and Shahan might be read for the decision of the Committee. This is scarcely regular, but it will be a gain if anything is done. The Very Rev. H. F. Parker ould give a paper on the diocese of Wheeling. But what is the use of asking people to prepare papers, if they will neither read nor print them. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1889 Mar. 4 Shea is still confined to bed and chair, and now he finds that the Leslie establishment is to move next month. Shea has some materials at the office which he would appreciate having stored in McGean's garret or cellar until the U.S. Catholic Historical Society has an abiding habitation. Unless McGean proposes to dispense with all reports, the Committee on Publications is to make one. Shea has recently gotten hold of Bishop John England 's diary for his first two years at Charleston. Shea is amazed at the extent of his work, and has a higher opinion of Bishop England than he ever entertained. Is it possible that they can not find an eloquent Bishop, priest, or Layman to produce a grand discourse on him? If not, more shame to them all. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Professor James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana 1889 Mar.29 He is delayed with the historical materials from Edwards. Many of these letters have been in several hands and how little they made of them! Henry de Courcy had some of them; Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley had them for a year; Archbishop John Joseph Hughes had them and would not let Shea see them. Edwards has more material for a history of the Church in this country during the present century than was ever dreamt of. What a picture it is! The real piety in the letters of Bishop John England has been very consoling to Shea. In men like Bishops Benedict Joseph Flaget and Simon Gabriel Brute one looks for it, but in men of action, one scarcely expects tender piety. What would Shea not give to find letters like these of Bishop Hughes. Shea is gaining slowly. The surgeon lets him try to visit New York one day next week. He has had time to think of his sins in the bitterness of his soul. They all hope to see Edwards on history to Europe. :: II-2-o L. Printed but not signed 2pp. folio CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1889 Jun. 5 Shea is glad that the meeting went off so well, and is sorry he was not there as he is anxious to meet their new President who seems to take hold in a way that looks like real work. The matter for the new number of the Magazine is getting into shape. He will send Father? Dougherty some notes to publishers to ask for books for review to be sent to McGean and will stop on his way to the ferry when there are enough. The paper by Mrs. Howard on old Catholic times in New York would please many people. Shea has thought that an amusing paper on shellfish and religion could be prepared. Shea is still on the lookout for a position or for work, but sees no opening yet. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Henry F. Brownson, Detroit, Michigan 1889 Jun. 25 Shea would like to gratify the Committee and mankind generally by such a paper, but Orestes A. Brownson apart, what have American Catholics done in the domain of literature, science, or art that can be paraded? Will it not do more harm than good to parade fifth-rate people. If he could see his way clear he would be happy to go at the paper. Some other topic ought to be selected. There are subjects more safe. He lists several in a postscript. Copy On the same paper: CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Henry F. Brownson, Detroit, Michigan 1889 Aug. 3 Shea is much like the rest of mankind in his ignorance of Catholic Congresses. Unless the Catholic Union, formerly Xavier Union, has some reports he does not see how he could venture to treat a subject of w which he is profoundly ignorant. If Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan asked Frederic R. Coudert, Shea thinks he would take up a subject and treat it well. Is the Congress to have any representatives from Canada and Mexico? With a man like Mercier from Canada and Icazbalceta from Mexico, the interest would broaden. Masonic action against the Church is skillfully conducted on the same lines, but if Catholics fight as detached regiments, they are sure to be beaten in detail. Thrown out of employment at the age of 65, Shea had to look for means of support. Herman Ridder offered him the editorship of the Catholic News and three days employment. It is not enough and he is looking for additional work. What may turn up he can not tell. His duties are not very onerous, and he will retain his position there if possible; but a position taking up all of his time is, of course, to be preferred. He is now able to get about the house with a cane but he uses crutches in the streets. There is too much rush in New York for him to be able to get about there except by riding. Copy :: II-2-o Copy, Copy S. 3pp. folio CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Marc F. Vallette, New York, New York 1889 Oct. 5. He tells him to put as subscribers if not already on the list: L.P. Sylvain, Librarian, Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada; Father Benedict Neithart, rector of St. Alphonsus Church, St. Louis, Missouri. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary 1889 Nov. 6? Speech commemorating the centennial of the erection of the first bishop's see in the United States, that of Baltimore established on November 6, 1789. :: II-2-o Ms. 10pp. folio CJSH II-2-o Corrigan, Father Patrick, Hoboken, New Jersey 1889 Dec. 1 The late Centennial Celebration and the meeting of the first Catholic Congress are great historical events in the Church of this country. The struggles of the Church have been recalled in the great celebration that has just ended, but they are yet to be handed down to posterity by her historians. The man best qualified for this task is John Gilmary Shea . His labors have already completed the history down to 1815. It is most fitting that some effort should be made to enable him to devote all his time to the speedy completion of the history. Corrigan wishes to have a response to his appeal within the present month. The amount may range from ten to one hundred, or more dollars. Money can be sent either to Corrigan or to Bishop Winandus M. Wigger . The approvals of Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan of New York and of Bishop Wigger of Newark are included. :: II-2-o A. Mss. or Draft S., Printed L. 14pp. folio 8vo. 2 copies of each CJSH II-2-o Corrigan, Father Patrick, Hoboken, New Jersey, to Dr. John Gilmary Shea, Elizabeth, New Jersey 1889 Dec. 27 When Father Corrigan called on Dr. Shea in Baltimore during the Catholic Congress and urged him to abandon all other literary labor in favor of the speedy completion of the history of the Church, Shea told him of the time and the expense that such a course would entail. Corrigan asked Shea to give him one month to prove that Shea's clerical and lay friends would be willing come to his aid. The response of the clergy has been so enthusiastic that he feels justified in exhorting Shea to go on with the good work. The three years regained for the finishing of the history will give Corrigan ample time to hear from clergy and laity. He encloses a check for a thousand dollars. The cancelled check is enclosed. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo. 32mo. CJSH II-2-o Corrigan, Father Patrick, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 Mar. He addressed a circular last December endorsed by Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan and Bishop Winandus M. Wigger, in reference to the raising of a fund to enable Dr. John Gilmary Shea to devote all his time to the completion of his "History". The impaired health of the historian at the time, as well as the fear of his assuming other literaty engagements with the new year, inclined many to defer answering the circular. Shea's health has been entirely restored, and Corrigan has anticipated the generous responses of the clergy by making final arrangements with Shea to complete his work. The first two appeals were not successful. The success of this latest appeal will free Shea from anxiety and present him with a handsome balance when his work is done. Shea expects to finish the history in 1892. It may appear among the Catholic exhibits at the World's Fair. Endorsements by Archbishop Corrigan, and Bishop Wigger are quoted and extracts from a letter of Shea to Corrigan dated December 30, 1889 are given. :: II-2-o 3pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, New York, New York, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 Mar. 10 Like most clergymen, Corrigan has in his parish some worthy person whom he would be glad to put in the way of earning money. The subscription to The Catholic News is $1 a year but they will allow 50 cents for every new subscriber Corrigan's canvasser can obtain. The Catholic News makes this offer in order to reach every Catholic family. To anyone selected they will send samples and outfit. :: II-2-o Printed Circular 1p. 4to. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 May 5 A statement he inserted in the last number of the Catholic News leaves Shea free to withdraw whenever Corrigan finds it necessary. Last week he did much work at Baltimore, and today he hears of a large batch of documents coming from Rome. His volume is half done. He got out volumes I and II alone by night work about 25 hours a week. Now with Corrigan's help he can devote 55 hours a week to the work. The connection with the "News" helps him in his work. However, if his name on Ridder's paper affects Corrigan's appeals, it must come off. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 May 8 He asks Corrigan to accept his grateful thanks for the check of $1000. His Roman documents, at least, the first installment, arrived that week, and he has been correcting his narrative by them and the result of researches in Baltimore. Printing will begin within a week. Corrigan has received his note and seen the last number of the Catholic News which leaves Shea free to act as Corrigan sees best. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 Sep.3 The time of Corrigan's remittance must await his opportunity for collecting. Shea is laboring to shorten the time as far as possible, and is fast completing his third volume and arranging material for the fourth, so that he hopes to bring it to a happy conclusion the following year. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1890 Sep.26 While enclosing a receipt for $1000, the third payment made by Corrigan this year, he must express how much he and all Catholics owe to Corrigan for the generous friends he has interested in the Church History of this country. The accident made it very difficult for Shea to continue his work, but Corrigan's action enables him to complete the work as he projected it. Besides adding steadily to his stock of documents from Rome and diocesan collections here, he has acquired a rich mine of other material. Since the beginning of the year he has laboured on his third volume. He can finish it next month. He will then set out for the West in search of documents and letters, and upon his return he will begin writing the fourth volume, which he hopes to complete by the first of May. He hopes to be able to issue the final volume early in 1892. His aim is to be able to finish the whole work before the Columbus centenary. He hopes to receive a complete list from Corrigan of those who cooperated with him so that to them he may dedicate his fifth volume. An incomplete copy in the handwriting of James F. Edwards accompanies this letter. :: II-2-o A.L.S., Receipt, Copy 5pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York City, New York 1890 Nov.11 He annexes a list of deceased patrons to the number of fourteen; and of patrons who have not sent in their payments for Volume 3; many are personal friends who need only to have their attention called to the matter. After Shea's accident and the shabby treatment of the Frank Leslie concern, his first object was to find a position to support him. He thought of how he could return the money to those who had paid for Volume 3, if he had to let it drag for some years. He encloses a circular no enclosure which he sent out when Volume 2 was finished. Just before his accident he concerted with Msgr. Arthur J. Donnelly and Msgr. John M. Farley for the other circular which he encloses no enclosure. :: II-2-o A.L. 4pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., Notre Dame, Indiana 1890 Nov.24 Returning home, after Sorin escorted him to the train, Shea thanks Sorin for the condescension and favor during Shea's stay at Notre Dame. Shea was not prepared for what he actually beheld at Notre Dame. Sorin's work has produced institutions which are unequalled. The good that Notre Dame is doing has not been fully appreciated. Shea regrets that Providence had not guided him to Sorin's to labor under him. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana 1890 Dec.24 He asks God's blessings on Edwards for his attempts to forestall the ultimate destruction of Shea's materials. Since his return from Notre Dame, his health has deteriorated. His thoughts are turned to preparation for the close of an unexpectedly prolonged life. His trip to Baltimore yielded little. Documentary material henceforth becomes very fragmentary. His third volume is nearly through the press and he hopes to see a bound copy by the first of January. The publication will require the expen se of time and letter writing on his part, but he will subsequently be able to plan for future work. Mrs. Shea and the girls have coughs and similar winter troubles. :: II-2-o Copy 2pp. folio CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1891 Feb. 6 Shea thanks McGean for the $45. His volume is now on its way to patrons and subscribers. He had made a start on volume IV, when sickness invaded his household. He has indexed, under the different dioceses, more than a hundred volumes of Catholic newspapers between 1843 and 1852. It is disheartening to find that while he works others propose to kill the U.S. Catholic Historical Society . No. 8 is printed. No. 11 is in hand. He is working on No. 12. As the Council stopped the meetings he lays out to have a meeting and paper read. His wife is past the crisis and improving. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1891 Mar. 7 His notes furnish little about Jersey City. Father William Burns appears as pastor in the Catholic Almanacs from 1835 to 1837 and died in October 1837. Father T.C. Levins calls him a Scotchman and mentions his preaching in the N.Y. Cathedral in June, 1834. Father Hugh Mohan was pastor of St. Peter's from 1839 to 1842. Father Walter Quarter, 1834-44, was assisted in 1845 by Father John Kenney. Father John Kelly was attending to an English neighborhood and Hoboken in 1846. In April 1834, R. Gilchrist, Cashier of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, lost some bank notes, etc. which were found and restored to him through Father John Power. The loss occurred in Jersey City, and this raises suspicion that Power attended Jersey City early in 1834. :: II-2-o Copy 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana 1891 Apr. 25 In a day or two Shea will send a memorandum of some papers he would like to examine, as the work on his book progresses. He would like to see the letters of Bishop Dubois and Archbishop Hughes, and any letters of Archbishop F.P. Kenrick and Bishop Reynolds of Charleston. His History cost him his position by giving his enemies a handle to operate against him. He is seriously embarrassed. Of the fifty patrons who subscribed for $50 twenty are dead; three refused to continue. Shea hopes to make the work pay for itself and give him a return. Archbishop Ireland is too busy to help him at the present time. The U.S. Catholic Historical Society in Philadelphia has made him an offer for his Library, but he wants the Library to help the History. In New York he made the offer that if 500 subscribers were secured by a committee of priests and laymen he would put his library at the disposal of the Committee to be kept together. The offer has been accepted by His Grace and some clergymen. Its acceptance would enable his Library to be where he can consult it. He will retain duplicates and several of these are early and rare. These he intends to present to Edwards to help build up his department of American Catholic history. He will have to draw up a catalogue and approximate evaluation of his collection. He requests Edwards to keep the details of his offer a secret. The Catholic University of America might have had his collections, and his services in planning and buying for their theological library on the easiest terms, but they did not consider his offer of sufficient importance. :: II-2-o Copy S. 2pp. 4to. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1891 May 7 Bishop Keane encloses this no enclosure but from his letter it is evident it is really a reply to Corrigan. Shea's work goes on but he must hunt up much. The history of a diocese has the date of its erection wrong. The author wrote without ever seeing the Bull. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1891 May 18 He became so weak and dizzy travelling to the new seminary grounds yesterday that he had to return home. He received a telegram from Father Jacob A. Walter that he had telegraphed to McGean, and Shea advises McGean to use the permission granted. Time must not be wasted on preliminaries. The Archbishop must be invited to preside. If McGean thinks best, they can hold the Mary E. Surratt matter until a June meeting, Shea believes it would tell more to use all their artillery now. P.S. There is no heading to Cardinal Gibbons' article. Shea has inserted "Reminiscences of North Carolina." :: II-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father James H. McGean, New York, New York 1891 May 26 On reaching home Shea found a paper by Father Jacob A. Walter of Washington who attended Mary E. Surratt. Walter fails to get it printed. Shea thinks it would be a second strong feature and has asked Walter to telegraph McGean if he consents to this use. The title states that Walter's part on the occasion has been misrepresented and that Walter seeks to present the facts. He suggests title for the article. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo. CJSH II-2-o Shea, John Gilmary, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Father Patrick Corrigan, Hoboken, New Jersey 1891 Jul. 2 If the money arrives by August 1, Shea will not be pressed. He is sorry Corrigan has had matters to perplex him. Shea's book advances rapidly. Sometimes he is staggered by assertions which there is no documentary evidence to support. There has been much sickness here this season. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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