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PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 1, 1889.
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* and Conwell-Hogan Documents 1820-4
fying
, The former Satie Catholic. nthe latte
: 1768. » For several years we have
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- Documents relating to the Egan-Harola
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‘Andrew Duns a and also Pie Conversion
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written and published in Philadephia,
in ee h 1826, as “ an antidote.
The register of Old St. Joseph, prior t to
ad the Almshouse
ooklyn, exami search thereof,
entries relating to the Meade family
om these registers.
That is the best’ information we have
concerning the
The Catholic heal and Weekly Regis-
ter_ advertised lished. Nov. 30t!
1822, By E. F. Sant Philadelphia. ««
The Erin. Published in Philadelphia
August 1822.
Ceremonies of the Catholie Churob.
Boston 1833.
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goes by John P. Kenned
’ Father Bulger, first resident priest, in
1920, tall, athletic, young and handsome.
He had the courage of undertaking to
bis earnest voice, their courage failed
them. The lecture was printed and a
copy of it saw in the late Father Fin-
notty’s library.’
has.
- Wards’ Grand Emblematical History
or the Church of CHrist, 31x84 in, colored
and varnished and mounted in map
tyle, $5. Jno. Doy = Catholic
Talegraph June 5, 18s .
The Prayer Book for the Utchipwai.
n Paris by Rev, «Fred
raga, missionary te Ottawa Indi
Tele July 27, 1837.
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Braddock, Pa., Dec 10th 1888,
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FIRST PUBLIC MASS IN BOSTON.
From The Catholic Herald, Philadelphia November 14th 1823 reprinted from
The National Gazette.
Seeing oy the papers that ten or more Catholic clergymen bave been in
attendance lately at Baltimore, on church business, from the state of Massa
cl husetts, I send for publication an account of the frst introduction of
Catholicism into Boston.
When I was in Paris in 1787, 1 was introduced by a Benedictine monk,
who traveled with me as tutor, to a Catholic Abbé, named Thayer, He
was a native of Boston; had been a Protestant elergyman ; went to France
at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War; became a Roman Catholic, and
was then a sub-deacon in the clerical seminary of Saint Sulpice, at Paris.
Having spent a few years at a college in the south of France, which was
conducted by Benedictine monks, I had fallen into their mode of worship,
and being looked upon as a prosely te and good Catholic, I was received by
the Superior of Saint Sulpice with great kindness, whenever I paid a visit
to the Reverend Mr, Thayer. He communicated to me the Abbé’s inten-
tion to go back to America, in order to spread the new ight that had lately
broken in upon him and me; and drew from me a promise to co-operate
On my last visit to the worthy principal of the
Seminary, the promise was renewed, when he embraced me, gave me bis
blessing, and said that the Abbé would be a priest ina few months, and be
ready to set out on his mission.
Shortly after, I returned myself to Boston. In a few monthe there
came several letters to me from Mr. Thayer, togetber with some boxes of
books, egptaining his theological library; and in about a year after the
Abbé arrived. This was in 1789, just as the disturbances in France and the
West Indies, threw a few. well educated Frenchmen into Boston. Ib wasa
propitious moment for the Abbé to commence his missionary labours.
Although my zeal for the Catholic religion had by this time somewhat
abated, and 1 had again become a Protestant, I gave, according to my pro-
mise, and with the consent of my parents, all the aid I could, in the estab-
lishment of his chapel el, And | such had been the et change in public opinion,
that the event was hailed by every one, ina true spirit t of toleration =~
We fitted up a dilapidated and deserted meeting-house in School street,
that was built in 1716, by some French Huguenots, victims of the revocation
of the Edict of Nantz, and now converted by us into a popish cbapel, prin-
cipally tor the use of French Catholics, Money was raised by subscription,
with which the sacristy or vestry room was put in order ; a pulpit was erec-
ted, the Altar furnisbed ; a few benches were purchased for seats, and the
little temple, which had served as a stable to the British in 1775, was once
more consecrated Lo the uses of religion, The plate for the Altar was br-
rowed of my father, and every thing being made decent, the first public
mass ever said in Boston, was solemnized acid a large concourse of people
of all persuasions. —And this in a town, where only thirteen year before,
the Pope and the Devil were, according to annual custom, promenaded
through the streets, on the 3th of November, i
nous gunpowder plot ; and, after serving as a spectacle of ridicule_and
scorn, were burnt together, leaving it doubtful in those days, which of the
two was the most hateful, *
Lattended the Muss of course,
n commemoration of the fa-
and carried reund the charity box as
Queteur ; and this was the commencement of the Catholic church in Boston,
Mr. Thayer was succeeded by Mr, Matignon, and he by the celebrated Che-
yerus, now arclibishop of Bordeaux. That pious, prudent and learned
prelate, governed his infant congregation, as rector and Bishop, twenty-seven
years, and Was 80 attached to his flock, his diocese and place of residence,
he 18th to take charge of the diocess Montau-
he declined; nor did he comply, untilt that king had had
ilna few years, he was translated from, » thal
ban in Languedoc,
laid his commands upon him. >
bishopric of Bordeaux, where his episcopacy has been emi-
nently useful and popular. Charles the 10th madefhim ajpeer of France;
and he saw Limself without the smallest regret deprived of that rank, in
company with 78 others, by the French Legislature under Louis Phillippe.
How rapidly must the Catholic persuasion have: spread in Massachu-
setts, to require the services of even ten, priests 1 and there may be more
‘True piety and sound morality, no doubt, are inculeated in all he
churches of Boston, whether of the old puritanical stock, the modern No-
cinian, or the first mother of the Christian creed, the Roman worship.
And as to the modes of teaching them ;
“We find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
As if religion were intended
For nothing else but to be m
“S ot aware that two priests
ia thet fe the first public Mass in Boston,”
see to the Arch
ended.” 8. 3B.
“historical glory t an to celebrat
© Chureh in, Ams ie our “fork and did | be was not the it Vireck. We have an autograph of his written in 1861
soul with you ane 3 8. B. was St months old, It is a specially written note) an
se yoration i
cat historians Jeeping facts of the
ld
when he was 90 years, sand 4
draft for £2000 sent to his father jin 1782, "Ep,
endorsement of &
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entomb the witherto sl
venerable past.
Very Sincere .
HICKEY.
When a man ventures an opi
will find Sa wie opps es it. Mel nee
a man without 0) nis a man Kr h.
out opinions. Mae centiery Bric-a- Baas,
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Se
i
ed a Chareh here {Detroit] and a priest,
1792, The French have inde LNT M4
js quite old and never preac
Shureh and a Priest, where both
who, howevel, the river a
e| the south $i ot is go; there to to. be seen in theirJieathenish garb, with
French and is ‘D tal wat-aray. Diary of Dowie? Zeisberger, » Moravian
painted beads aM Vol. 1, P
Missionary among the Indians of Ohio,
had preceded Abbé Thayer so that ©
MANNER OF LIFE OF CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON.
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1828.
Dear Sin :—I received yesterday your friendly letter of 2d inst., and pro-
eved to answer your inquiries, On the 20th I shall have completed
my ninety-first year. I goto bed early and daily rise before the sun, in
winter and summer. During the heat of the latter I use the cold bath be-
tween the hours of 5 and 6 in the morning. I never drink ardent spirits and
use but little wine; but am not so abstemious as the Venetian cornero.’ [
generally rise from my meals, breakfast and dinner (for I eat no supper)
with ap Inclination to eat more, I mention these habits of my life to satis-
fy your curiosity persuaded my doing so you will not impute to egotism.
My parents were Roman Catholics—I was educated in their religions
and in the R. C. religion, convinced of its truth, I expect to die. The Rer.
Dr. Carroll was my distant relative and thé first Catholic Bishop of Balti-
more: and died Archbishop of that See. We went together to France and
studied in the English College of St. Omera in that Kingdom. Accept of
my thanks forthe beneficent sentiments towards me inthe conclusion of your
letter. J remain with great respect Dear Sir, your most humble servant.
CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON. .
To ALEXANDER MITCHELL, {Catholic Telegraph, Oct. 16th 1837.]
of Eaton, 0.
Among the papers left by the late Rev. William B. Sprague. of Albay
is a well-preserved letter addressed to him on March 12, 1830, by Charlee
Carroll of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
After remarking that impaired sight made neccessary the employment of an
amanuensis, the letter read thus:
“ Witbout reverting to the genealogical traditions of Ireland, which I
believe, impute to my remote ancestors a lineal descent from the ancient
kings of Munster, I will confine myself altogether to the American history
of my family. ... My grandfatber, Charles Carroll, the first settler of my
vided with a commission constituting him attorney-general of the province.
He was educated at the University of Douay, in France, and entered the
Society of the Inner Temple in the year 1685. A Roman Catholic by re-
Jigion, he resolved upon with-drawing from the oppressions of that period
by emigrating to this country. He selected Maryland chiefly because toler-
ation was by royal charter extended to it, and. afterwards confirmed: by
Provincial statute, Upon leaving the mother-country he changed (with a
felicity of thought almost prophetic) the motto cf his family arms to ‘ Ula-
curngue cum Libertate,’ in allusion to the cause which induced him to leave
the shores of his native land. The revolution of 1688 in England was such
ceeded by a revolution in Maryland, and my grandfather was destined: to
experience, even in the asylum he had selected, the evils of that religious
persecution from which he had so recently fied. Asa Catholic he was de-
prived of ofice, In the course of time harmony was restored in Marylalnd
and Mr. Carroll was afterward appointed by the first Jord proprietor (Charles,
Lord Baltimore) agent, receiver-general, keeper of the great seal, aud regis-
ter of the land oflice. He enjoyed these appointments until the year 1717,
when the Government and Assembly passed laws depriving Roman Catholics
of their remaining privileges. My grandfather died July 1, 1720, in the
sixtieth year of his age, havipg married Miss Darnell (the daughter of Col-
onel Henry Darnell) in 1693, His son Charles, my father, succeeded to his
property in Maryland, He was born in 1702, and died in 1782, having
martied Miss Brooke, the daughter of Clement Brooke, Esq. . I was bora
on September 8, 1737, old style, and am now in wy ninety-third year, My
father having made over to me during bis life his estate in Frederick county
L took the surname ‘of Carrollton’ upon that occasion, to Sstinguish me
from him, our names being the same.”
The venerable patriot added that bis own general bealth continued very
good, and subscribed his name ina legible though uncertain hand
It our Roman Catholic brethren do, in their conscience believe that,
thetpower of conferring, or of withdrawing the sacred rights of the clergy,
has been handed down, in sure succession from the holy Apostle St. Peter,
to the present Pontiff, Pius the 7th, the people of the United States of
‘America have seen nothing in this belief, either criminal or dangerous, to
ivil liberty. Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, by Chief-~Justice Tilghman iw
proposed alteration of charter of St. Mary’s Church, Philadelphia,
By Capt. Tucker, from St, Augustine, we are informed that on the 24th
ult, two likely young slaves got to that place from Georgia, who were imme-
diately made good Christians and proclaimed free ; by which it appears that
the Spaniards continue the unjustifiable practice of encouraging our slaves
to desert to them, From Georgia we are further informed they employ
some of the Creeks) and Cherokee Indians to seduce them away.—Pa. Ga
sette, May 1th, 1754.
familyjn America, artived iu Maryland ig the month of October, 1688, pro-
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