Tuesday (c. 1638) Monsieur, Just a word. I believe that it is necessary to attend promptly to this poor girl who has so won the hearts of the local people that rumor has it that … Read More
Elizabeth, Letter 1-010: To Dr. Richard Bayley
New York 13th February 1797 My Father This is to intreat and implore you to smile on me when we meet, and not to punish me with the well merited reproof my Conscience has prepared … Read More
Louise, Letter 0089. To Monsieur Vincent
Thursday (c. 1638) Monsieur, Sister Turgis is greatly upset because the Sergeant of the Company of Monsieur de Castillon came to tell her that he would be sending soldiers to be billeted in the quarters … Read More
Vincent, Letter 0010. To Charles du Fresne, secretary of Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi
[October 1617] Saint Vincent informs his friend that he hopes to take a trip to Paris in two months. There, according to the enlightenment that God gives him, he will make a final decision concerning … Read More
Elizabeth, Letter 1-009: To Eliza Sadler
August 1796 Do you not think that after all the anxiety I have lately known on your Account, I kissed the letter and placed it in my Bosom, which told me that you were quietly … Read More
Louise, Letter 0038. To Monsieur Vincent
Sunday (c. 1638) Monsieur, I am sending your reply to Madame Pelletier by Sister Turgis. I am so wicked that I would have preferred, given her imminent departure, that this message had never been sent. … Read More
Vincent, Letter 0009. Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi to Saint Vincent
October 15, 1617 Two days ago I received the letter you wrote me from Lyons, in which I learned of the decision you have made to take a little trip to Paris at the end … Read More
Elizabeth, Letter 1-008: To Eliza Sadler
New York 8th February 1796— At last I have recieved your letter by Morison and as it is nearly five months old I hope I shall recieve a fellow to it soon—and really Mrs. Sad … Read More
Louise, Letter 0026. To Monsieur Vincent
July 2 (c. 1638) Monsieur, They have come to tell me that the plague has broken out in the house where our sisters of the H6tel-Dieu are living. I beg you to tell me if … Read More
Vincent, Letter 0008. To Madame de Gondi
[September or October 1617] Vincent de Paul consoles and encourages Mme de Gondi, while exhorting her to be submissive to the good pleasure of God.