Dame Magdalen (Parramatta) to Dame Scholastica Gregson and other members of Stanbrook Abbey (32 letters), 1848-1874

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Content Summary:: The letters, a few of which are incomplete, refer to the establishment of the convent (Subiaco) at Parramatta; the house and gardens; the convent school; novices; Archbishop J.B. Polding; Bishop C.H. Davis; Dr H.G. Gregory; Dame Walburge Wallis; the Benedictine monastery at Sydney; English news; services and festivals; mutual friends; requests for books; daily routine; Elizabeth Sconce; the death of Bishop Davis (1854); efforts to recruit novices; arrival of three sisters from Princethorpe Priory (1856); receipt of gifts; return of Dr H.G. Gregor to England; attacks on Archbishop Polding in Freeman's Journal; education of Catholic children in N.S.W.; news from Princethorpe Prior the constitution of the convent; embroidery; the destruction of St. Mary's Cathedral (1865); Golden Jubilee celebrations (1869); music; reconstruction of Cathedral.
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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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