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Unpublished letters. Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Volume X. Pages 226-230.
Author
De Smet, P. J. Fitzgerald, John. England, John. Kelly, Patrick. Marechal, Ambrose.
Date Added
11 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1899
Publisher
Philadelphia : American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia
Source
Catholica ACHS
Topic
De Smet, P. J. > Correspondence. Fitzgerald, John > Correspondence. England, John > Correspondence. Kelly, Patrick > Correspondence. Marechal, Ambrose > Correspondence.
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UNPUBLISHED LETTERS.
FROM REV. P. J. De SMET. 5-1-
MRS. --- e-e- --
No. 319 South Third street,
Philadelphia
ST. LOUIS’ UNIVERSITY, April 15:11, 1853
MADAME,
I received your very kind favor of the 21st ulo.-On opening this day
& in putting up your precious bundle of little Indian dresses, I had the
great pleasure of discovering your letter. I hasten to answer it and to
express to you, in the name of the Indians, my most sincere thanks for
your great charity in their behalf. The thread, needles and pins will be
most useful to them & were admirably well arranged for distribution, a
method I shall follow for the future. V
Dear Mrs, , what you request of me, I shall faithfully execute,
I promise you in all sincerity, that daily, at the holy Altar of the Lord,
I shall pray for your only and dear good son, that God may lead him in
all his ways & that he may be the consolation of his good Father and
Dear Mother-I shall daily pray for the welfare & conversion of your
husband & the welfare and happiness of your whole family. Before I
leave St. Louis I shall try my best to pay a visit to your brother
Mr. James A. Hardy-I shall endeavor to console him-his loss has been
very great indeed-the Lord, I hope, will have had mercy on the soul of
his poor child-to-morrow I will offer up the holy sacrifice of the Mass
for the repose of his soul. In -my trip and mission of last year Ihad
the consolation of regenerating, in the holy waters of baptism about
nine hundred children and adults-many have since died and are enjoy-
ing, through the mercy of God & the sufferings and death of our Divine
Redeemer, all the eternal blessings of Heaven. Please assist me by
your good prayers, in my next mission among the poor, unhappy and
abandoned Indian tribes. Our Indian missions in the Indian Territory,
among the Pottowatomie Indians and Osages, the Flatheads, the Ka1is-
pels, the Pends d’oreilles, the Pointed Hearts, the Kettlefall Indians,
the Kvetenays and Spokane Indians and several other tribes, are in a
flourishing condition and give great consolation to the Fathers, (twelve
in number) who devote themselves to their welfare.
Please, thank in my name, all the charitable ladies of your acquaints
ance who have given their time for the benefit of the Indian children-
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