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Abstract
of Letter from Father Joseph Quérat
at 1861 Nov
28 A copy of the
original letter with complete text Source: The abstract below was prepared by archivists at Notre Dame and is posted on their website for researchers. It has been re-printed here solely for the purpose of including the surnames in a search of this site.
"Quérat, Father (Joseph) "to ( "He announces the death of Miss Adams, a faithful convert. On November 10, she was at Mr. Fagan's where she customarily came once every six weeks to assist at the Holy Sacrifice and to approach the Holy Table. The next day she returned to her Father's, 20 miles from the Fagans, who are the nearest Catholic family. November 20 her Father and brother left for Port Lavaca. Hardly had they left when she had a chill. The next day she had another, but neither she nor Miss Duke, who had come to keep her company, thought there was any danger. Nevertheless, towards evening a doctor was called, but could not arrive until Friday. Although all are Protestants, her neighbors sent for Quérat. He arrived too late. They waited for her Father's return to bury her. All her neighbor's paid the greatest respect to her religion which made him feel her loss even more strongly because he feels that her presence had already exerted a kind of apostolate among them. He recalls how much she wished to convert her Father and her brother. It is the greatest loss his mission has ever suffered. "P.S. He received her letter several weeks ago and presented her order to Mrs. Sidick and she promised to do all she could to pay. He has not yet seen Mrs. Doyle. As for Mr. Byrne he replied with insults, saying (the Ursulines) were very punctual in presenting their bills but did not fulfill their obligations toward his children, Mary and Sarah." A.L.S. (French) 4pp. VI-2-f A.L.S. (French) 7pp. 12mo. |
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