Box 4

MS letter to Editor, Rocky Mountain News (newspaper), Denver.

Instructions, letters and circulars, mostly printed, to the parish clergy from the Bishop of Boston. Many concern the Pentecost collections instituted to elicit support for a seminarians' education fund. Many instructions are highly bureaucratic, financial in nature, and hectoring toward the clergy.

Instructions, letters, and circulars to the parish clergy from bishop and archbishop of Boston, 1864-1875. Many are of bureaucratic and regulatory nature, or require financial contributions from clergy to bishop.

Misc. correspondence, mostly from Rev. Camille P. Maes, in Michigan.

"To My Venerable Brethren of the Clergy in the United States" MSS

Two versions of "The Sunday of Soldiers."

Autobiographical manuscript on his life beginning with his ordination in 1847.

Bibliography and misc. notes concerning the burning of the Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA, 11 August 1834. Some entries concern "Maria Monk."

11 page MS probably from The Catholic World (journal) of "A Modern Disagreement Between the Church and Italy, Viewed on the Occasion of a Particular Occurrence," by Abbot Carlo Maria Curci. Signed "Mountaineer."

25 page MS providing a synopsis of the book, "Fatti Atroci dello Spirito Demagogico negli Stati Romani: Racconto estrati dei procepi Romani."Firenze: G.B. Campolini, 1853.

Small MS on sacerdotal rules and priestly vows, in Latin.

Ms of approx. 15 pp. on the Jesuits, done partly in terms of words, mixed in Eng. and Ital.

MS of 12 pp. on Jesuit martyrs of the 16th c.: Alfonso de Castro, John Pelletario, Raphael Rieva, Alphonsus Barzana, and Andrew Lea.

MSS, some original, some translations, of history and biography.

Misc. fragments, mostly obscure, except for petition to Gov. John A. Andrew of Mass. Brief info on Finotti's training at Piacenza. Notes on apostasy. Pew rent receipt. Bibliographic notes.

3 page MS listing of Catholic events in early Massachusetts.

MS and copied letters, between Dr. Henry Boynton C. Greene of Saco, Maine, and Rev. Wm. Taylor of Boston. Gathered by Finotti for a sketch of Greene's life.

ALS from Joseph P. Macheboeuf to congregation of St. Patricks's, Central City, CO, appointing Finotti pastor of the congregation.

3 large-format certificates of election to learned societies around Boston, and 1865 instructions from Bp of Boston to priests.

5 numbers of a one-page newspaper put out (probably by Finotti) for the Catholics of Central City, CO, and six nearby communities. Probably a complete run.