Records of the American Catholic Hietorical Society of Philadelphia Volume XXII baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912. Excerpt: ... I return my humble respects to the Rev. Mr. Beeston & beg of you the favour to send the other packet to the venerable Mr. Nagot. Latter part of letter lost. Balto. Ar. Case 1 F, Transcript of A. C. H. Society). 5th May, 1801, Washington Ky. Most Reverend Lord: The Baptists are making daily and rapid progress in the Cities of Scot, Franklin & Shelly. I saw some of them whose exalted imagination renders them almost distracted; a certain preacher told me that within 9 months and in the circle only of his acquaintances 2500 have been Baptized; another says that there is hardly a sufficient number of sinners about Elkhorn to make a country dance, for they consider dancing as an abomination, & this is a grand objection they have against Catholics. In my absence M Raph. Lancaster died of a bilious colic; his respectable widow is to give up the place she lives on to Wm. Coomes to whom it belongs after her death. But he is to pay to her a rent of 350 bushels of corn, she will hire out her negro-man & keep with herself her orphan grand-son 9 years of age, her negrowoman & one or two black boys. I hope she will enjoy happy days; she is to live on one of John Lancaster's plantations 1 % miles from this place. Mr. Fournier assisted the poor man who is said to have died with sentiments of penance. I paid a very welcome visit to the good Lady on my way homeward, last Saturday. 3fC 2C Tfc I have received the information of the deaths of my Parents & of some other relations, whom I hear with gratitude you have remembered at the Altar. They have taken a particular care of my infancy & education, they have kept me at schools, in colleges & seminaries for about 20 years & have left nine children, the youngest being now no more than 14 yrs. of age. My distance from sea-port...