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BARNABAS LITTLE. Born May 16, 1763. Died Mar. 19, 1839. Aged 76 years.
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JOHN STORM. Born Febr. 23, 1797. Died in Mexico Sept. 27, 1847. .
In memory of John R., son of G. and Jane LITZINGER. Died at San Angel, in the Republic of Mexico, Apr. 19, A. D. 1848. Aged 19 years, 9 mos., 19 days.
LORETTO CENTENARY. 205
JOHN KELLER. Born 1728. Died Dec. 8, 1814. Aged 86 years.
JAMES BURK, Sr. Born 1758. Died Inne 5. 1817. Aged 59 years.
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WALTER ELDER. Born 1774. Died Febr. 23, 1842. Aged 68 years.
MRS. ELEANORA Myers, Born 1768. Died April 12. 1832. Aged 64 years.
JOHN MCHUGH. Born 1768. Died Sept. 6, 1839. Aged 71 years.
PHILIP O'SKALLEY. Born 1759. Died July 2, 1835. Aged 76 years.
ANN WHARTON. Born 1759. Died Mar. 14, 1837. Aged 98 years.
MICHAEL SKALLEY. Born 1745. Died Nov. 27, 1831. Aged 86 years.
GODFREY WILMORE, Born 1751. Died Apr. 2, 1815. Aged 64 years.
· JOHN BROOKBANK.
Born 1752. Died Jan. 22, 1820. Aged 68 years.
JAMES RIEY. Born in the city of Dublin, St. Mary's Lane, 1743. Died Nov. 26, 1818. Aged 75 years.
CHARLES BRADLEY. Born in Co. Derry, Ireland, 1790. Died Dec. 23, 1882. Aged 92 years.
MRS. JONATHAN DOUGLAS. (Monica Delozier.) Born 1786. Died July 9, 1881. Aged 95 years.
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LORETTO CENTENARY.
207
TWO INTERESTING DOCUMENTS.
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(From the Cambria Tribune, October 20, 1899.)
E. R. Dunegan, Esq., of St. Augustine, has in his pos- session two receipts which, aside from the fact that they are more than one hundred years old, possess a peculiar interest at this time, inasmuch as they prove that Father Gallitzin was not the first priest to visit the Allegheny mountains, al- though he was the first resident pastor. At the time these receipts were given, Cambria County was yet a part of Bed- ford, one of the original five counties in the State. Mr. Dnn- egan has also a leaf from a memorandum book containing the list of subscriptions for the maintenance of the priest, in which the amounts are set down in pounds and shillings, showing that it must have been of still earlier date. It is so worn with age, however, that the date and a considerable number of the names are now illegible. The receipts re- ferred to were obtained by Mr. Dunegan from Rev. Edmund Burns, the second pastor at St. Augustine, and he prob- ably obtained them from Richard McGuire. They are as follows:
I received from Mrs. Rachel McGuire a dollar for her part of the sum that ought to be spent in buying a horse for the priest serving the parishes of Huntingdon, Sinking Val- ley, Allegheny, Path Valley, etc.
Allegheny, December 15, 1794.
LEWIS SIBOURD, Priest.
I have received from the inhabitants over Allegheny, the sum of sixteen dollars for my maintenance for six months. Allegheny, June 6, 1795.
LEWIS SIBOURD, Priest.
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PASCHAL COMMUNIONS. PASCHAL CONFESSIONS. CONFIRMATION.
NOTE .--- In an old memorandum book, which the writer found among the personal effects of his deceased father. Father Gallitzin had written down the names of those who fulfilled the precept of Paschal Communion in 1810, and of Paschal Confession in 1811 and 1813, as also the names of those who were confirmed by Bishop Egan in 1811. These names are here copied in alphabetical order, except those on the Confession list of 1813 which is in great measure a ro- duplication of the fist of 1811. In his Confirmation list. Father Galfitzin gives the ages of the persons, especially of the children, confirmed: but the writer has thought it better to add the dates of birth, where such dates could be found among the carly entries in the Register of Baptisms. It was the first time that Confirmation was administered in Western Pennsylvania, and it is to be noted that on that occasion chil. dren of very tender years, even infants a few months ofd. were presented for Confirmation. Thus, of the children con- firmed, six, were born in 1806, seven in 1807, ofeven in 1808, seven in 1809, eleven in 1810, and four in 1811 -the year Con- firmation was administered.
PASCHAL COMMUNIONS.
ADAMS Eve. Elizabeth.
BARNICLE Sarah.
BAXTER George. BLATT (Platt) Jolm. Catherine. Joseph. Catherine. Mary.
1810. BECHER Elizabeth. BERE Conrad.
Emannel.
BENDER Emerick. Ann Mary Elizabeth. Mary Ann. Martha. BRADDOCK Nicholas. Eleanor.
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BRADLEY Charles.
Mary. Alice.
COOPER Sarah. COSTELLO James. Elizabeth.
Mary. BRAWLEY Catherine.
Sarah.
BROWN Michael.
CURRAN John.
BURGOON Robert.
Mrs. John. DAWSON Mary.
HALEY Bridget.
Margaret.
John.
DELOZIER Daniel, Sr.
HOLDER Elizabeth.
Margaret.
Temperance. Mary.
Ann.
HURLEY Jeremiah.
Mary.
Honora.
Monica.
INLOW (Inloes) John. Elizabeth.
Daniel.
Nicholas.
Belinda.
JORDAN Eleanor.
Sarah.
Mary.
Charity.
Margaret.
Susan.
Eleanor.
Elizabeth.
KAYLOR Peter. Elizabeth.
McCOY An.
Sarah.
DICKERHOFF John.
Elizabeth.
McGONIGLE Jolm.
Agnes.
DIGGS Dudley.
KIMMAN Henry. Sarah.
McGocon Sarah. Esther.
Margaret.
DIMOND Daniel, Sr.
LEAVY Agnes.
MCGRAW William.
CARNEY Catherine.
Margaret.
LILLY Joseph. Henry.
Charity.
Mary.
Elizabeth.
Ann. Mary. DONECKER Joseph.
Thomas.
MCGUIRE Rachel. (Widow.) Richard.
CHERRY Mary.
DOWLAN Richard.
LITTLE Bernard.
Eleanor.
CHRISTY Archibald. Mary.
DURBIN Mary.
John.
Luke, Sr.
Francis.
Honora.
Mary Ann.
Margaret.
COMMISKEY Bridget.
Theresa.
Anna Mary. Elizabeth.
Michael.
CONNOLLY James. Ann.
DWYER John. FAGAN Bridget.
LAITZINGER Sarah. LOGAN Elizabeth. Mary.
Peter.
CONWAY Patrick.
GALLAGHER James.
Ann.
Joseph.
LOSHETT Henry. Anna Clara.
LUTHER Mary.
MAGEEHAN Ann. (Widow.) James.
MOKESSAN MCKENZIE Elizabeth.
Christina.
Mary. Mary. GERSTENWEILER Andrew. GLASS George, Sr.
LORETTO CENTENARY. 209
(Glass) Ann.
(Murphy) Apollonia.
Snsan. Ann. Jacob, Jr. Amn. GORMAN William. Catherine.
MALONE Joanna.
MARSHALL, Christina. (Widow.)
MCATEER Jonathan.
MCCALLEY John.
Mary.
Mc CONNELL John, Sr.
Catherine.
Providence.
HORN Mary.
Daniel.
Catherine.
BURKE Prudence. (Widow.)
Anastasia.
Mary.
BYRNE John.
DIARMITT Arthur.
CANTWELL James.
Ann.
CASSIDY Francis.
John.
Luke, Jr.
Mary.
Henry.
Milburg.
Catherine.
Charity.
MCINTOSH John.
MCKEEVER Margaret.
COONS (Kuhns) John. Catherine. Catherine.
CRISTE John.
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LORETTO CENTENARY.
211
(Bender) Martha. (Burgoom) Temperance. BURKE James,
Mary Ann. BLACKBURN Hetty. BLATT (Platt) John. Joseph.
Nicholas. Patrick.
Apollonia. Eleanor.
('atherine. Catherine.
Elizabeth.
Mary.
Elizabeth (of James. )
Mary.
Margaret.
Sarah.
Margaret (of Nicholas.)
BRADDOCK Nicholas.
Mary.
Am.
Prudence.
John:
Sophia.
Eleanor.
BYRNE John.
BRADLEY Charles.
Sarah. John. Agnes.
William.
CANTWELL Jannes.
Dorothy.
Thomas.
Elizabeth.
Margaret.
Elizabeth.
Susan.
Martha.
CARNEY Catherine.
Mary.
CASSIDY Elizabeth. CHRISTY Archibald.
BRANNIFF Thomas.
Mary (of Arch.)
James. Margaret.
Mary.
BRAWLEY Donnis. Catherine.
Sarah.
BROWN Michael.
BURGOON Robert.
Catherine.
CONNERY Patrick.
Elizabeth.
BEHE Anthony.
Eve.
Conrad.
John.
Ann.
Honora.
CONNOLLY Hngh. Ann.
Mary.
('atherine.
Milburg.
CONNOR Mary.
Mary.
Emerick.
BARNICLE William.
Elizabeth.
Susan.
Margaret.
(McKinzie) Mrs. -. MCMULLEN Samuel. Susan. Lawrence. Robert. Mary. -
SULLIVAN Owen. Rose. WALTERS Englebert. WEAKLAND Barbara. Sarah. WELSH John, Jr. Am.
MURRAY Mary.
MUSSELMAN Sarah.
WHARTON Mrs. Ann. (Widow.) Ann. Catherine.
NOEL Christopher.
O'HARA Catherine.
O'KEEFE William.
Mary.
PARRISH Joshua.
Theresa. WHITE Rachel A.
PLUNKETT Patrick. Apollonia. Mary.
Mary Ann.
SCANLAN Theresa. SKELLY Michael, Sr. Mary.
Michael.
Samuel.
Mrs.
Mary.
WYSONG Ludwig.
STEWART Mary. STORM John, Sr. YINGLING Elizabeth. YosT Jacob. Susan. John, Jr. Margaret. Abigail. Joachim. Number of Males, 82; Females, 136. Total, 218.
PASCHAL CONFESSIONS.
1811.
ADAMS Richard.
Thomas.
Ann.
(Barnicle) Sarah. BAXTER George. BECHER Elizabeth.
Mary.
Matthew. Mary Ann.
Theresa.
BAKER John.
BENDER Jacob.
Mary.
Mary.
COMMISKEY John. Bridget.
Mary.
Francis.
Michael.
Charles.
Edward.
WILL Rachel.
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DOUGHERTY Edward. Margaret. DRISKEL Ann.
DURBIN Mary.
Theresa.
Honora. Mary.
COSTELLO Elizabeth.
DWYER John.
CRAMER Margaret.
ELDER Priscilla.
CRISTE Elizabeth. (Widow.)
FAGAN Bridget.
CRUM Catherine.
FARRELL Margaret.
JORDAN Eleanor.
LUTHER Elizabeth.
CURRAN John.
FELTZ Mary.
KAYLOR (Kehler) Poter.
Mary.
Ann.
FLANIGAN Peter.
Elizabeth.
MAGEENAN Mrs. Aun. (widow.) Daniel.
Elizabeth.
Ann.
Peter, Jr.
DECKER Margaret.
FLOWER Jacob.
Jacob.
James.
DELOZIER Daniel, Sr. Providence.
Mary Magdalen. Jacob, Jr.
Catherine.
Apollonia.
Anastasia.
Elizabeth.
KELLER Jolm.
Ann.
GALLAGHER James.
KERRIGAN Poter. Patrick.
MARKS Catherine. Sarah.
Charity.
Joseph.
Elizabeth.
MARSHALL, Catherine
Elizabeth.
Mary.
Margaret.
MCATEER William.
Monica.
GERSTENWEILER Andrew.
Elizabeth.
MCCABE ROSS.
Catherine.
KINMAN Henry.
Catherine.
.
GLASS George.
Sarah.
MOCALLEY John. Sr.
Samuel.
George.
Eleanor.
Mary.
Eleanor.
Snsan.
LACY Mary.
Ann.
DIARMITT Mary.
Jacob.
LEAVY Agnes.
Mary.
DICKERHOFF Joanna.
Jacob, Jr.
LILLY Joseph. Charity.
Elizabeth.
Ann.
Thomas.
Rose.
Esther.
Richard.
MCCLOSKEY Patrick.
Daniel, Jr.
Rufina.
Josoph, Jr.
James.
Ann.
GORMAN William.
Ammı.
DODSON Andrew.
Ruth.
Margaret.
Sarah.
GROVE Eleanor.
LORETTO CENTENARY.
213
HALEY Patrick.
(Little) Mary Elizabeth
Bridget.
HIGGINS John.
Mary.
Mary Ann.
LATZINGER Elizabeth.
HORN Mary. Mary Ann. Sarah.
HURLEY Jeremiah.
Mary.
LOGAN Dennis. Mary.
LosnerT Henry. INLOW (Inloes) John. Elizabeth. JOANNA. (A nogross.) Anna Clara.
Elizabeth.
MALONE John. Joanna.
Belinda.
Mary.
DEMPSEY Patrick. DIARMENT John. Michael.
Ann.
Koen George.
Daniel.
MCCARTY John.
DIGGS Dudley. Ann. DIMOND Daniel, Sr. ·
John.
1
Samuel. Ann. LITTLE Bernard. John.
Mary.
DONECKER Joseph. Mary.
MCCONNELL Daniel.
COONS (Kuhns) John. Catherine. Christina. Elizabeth. COOPER Sarah. Ann. Elizabeth.
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(McConnell). Mary (of Dan.) Arthur. John (of Arthur.) Margaret (of Henry.)
(McGuire) Michael. Ross.
Agatha.
Catherine.
Margaret.
Charity.
. Margaret.
Joanna. (Widow.) Joanna. John.
Milburg.
Patience.
Sarah.
Susan.
Snsan.
Michael (Irishman.)
Susan.
Catherine.
MCHUGH Matthew. Margaret. Elizabeth.
Mary.
McCOY Alexander. Jolm.
Elizabeth.
Patrick.
MCINTOSH John. Mary.
Ann.
MOINTIRE Peter. Elizabeth.
Susan.
MCGOUGH James. John. Thomas.
MCKINZIE Jomm. Elizabeth. Elizabeth.
Esther.
MCLAUGHLIN Margaret.
Esther.
MCMULLEN Samnel.
Sarah. .
Honry. John.
MCGRAW Peter.
Eliza both.
Catherine. John. Sarah.
Joanna. Margaret.
MCGUIRE Inke, Sr. .
Margaret (of Luke.) MCVEY Susan.
Luke, Jr.
MELOY William. Ingh.
Richard.
Eleanor.
John. Edward.
Peter.
Henry.
Bridget.
(Meloy) Elizabeth. Susan. MILLER John. Catherine. MOONEY Margaret. MULHOLLAN Jolm.
MULLEN Hagh.
Mary. Joanna.
MURPHY Eleanor. Elizabeth.
SHORT Poter. Catherine.
MURRAY Mary.
MUSSELMAN Sarah.
MYERS Catherine. NAGLE Margaret. Honora.
NEASON Mary.
NOEL, Nicholas. Joseph. John. Elizabeth.
Susan.
Poter.
John. Catherine.
SULLIVAN Owen. Rose. THOMPSON Mary. (Widow. )
John. Elizabeth. TREXLER Peter. Elizabeth
Ann. O'REAN Henry. James.
TROXELL, JJacob. Snsau. Margaret.
WALTERS Englebert. Susan.
WEAKLAND Susan. (Widows , William. Barbara. Jolt.
215
LORETTO CENTENARY.
RHODES Mary. ROSSITER Poter.
Catherine.
RYAN Mes. .
(Widow. )
Mrs. Patrick. Ann. SCANLAN John. Theresa. SHERRY Honora.
SKELLY Michael. Sr. Mary (of Michael) Jolm, Jr. Catherine. Mary. STEWART . Mary.
STORM John.
John.
Rose.
MCKESSAN John.
Mary. Magdalen.
NOON Philip. OCONNOR Henry. Mary. O'HARA Francis. Elizabeth.
Susan.
PARRISH JJoshua. John. PLUNKETT Patrick. Apollonia. REILLY Thomas. Rny James, Sr. James, Jr.
.
Margaret.
Mary.
Mary.
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(Weakland) Peter. William.
WILL Michael. Samuel. James.
Sarah.
Mary Ann.
Susan.
Mary.
John.
Rachel.
Mary (of John.) WILMORE Mary.
Elizabeth.
WELSH Thomas. James.
WIRE James.
WHARTON Anın.
WYSONG Ludwig.
Catherine.
YOST Jacob.
Mary.
Abigail.
Theresa.
Margaret.
WHITE Rachel A. - Number of Males, 170: Females, 257. Total, 427.
CONFIRMATION.
Names of those who were confirmed in the old log church, Loretto, by Rt. Rev. Michael Egan, first Bishop of Philadelphia, in September or October, 1811:
NAME.
Born.
NAME.
Born.
BARNICLE Mra. Thaddeus ..
(Brown) Willinm ..
1:00
Willam.
.Jumes ..
Dec. 27. 1807
BURKE John
BURGOON MIN. Robert Saultimo,
John ..
1800
Mary Ann ..
June 23. 1802
Benedict ...
1803
Bridget .... Nov. 14. 1803
Catherine ..
Oet. 16, 1805
Mnry Ani ...
Feb. 14. 1808
BAXTER George.
1753
BECHER Henry ...
., 1801
John.
1801
Mary ...
... 180G
Catherine.
Nov. 21. 1809
Elizabeth ..
1799
Christina ...
1802
Jolm .......
.. 1805
Apolionin.
Apr. 20. 1808
Mary Ann ..
Sept. 8. 1810
Мочен ..
1700
John.
Feb. 20. 1802
Sarah.
Nov. 21. 1903
Augustine.
LORETTO CENTENARY.
217
NAME.
Born.
NAME.
Born.
(Kimman) Henry.
. 1402
Joseph.
Mary Ann .. ... 180G
Elizabeth ..
Mar. 22. 1804
('ntherine.
Mar. 20. 1810
LKAVY MIchnei ..
Mnr. 30. 1794
Agney.
170%
MAGERIIAN Mra. Apollonia
Mlehnet Dan
.Iniy 14. 1995
O'Hara) ..
.. 1797
Daniei ... May 21. 1800
Robert Aloysius.
Det. 18, 1810
DRISKEL, James,
1795
Willians ...
1797
Charles ...
1799
Ann ...
... 1802
Mary Ami.
Nov. 2. 1805
17MH
Elizabeth.
1801
Mary
MCGRAW Mrs. Sarah.
Peter.
Mrs. P. (Cnth. Mc Afee).
Edward
June 2. 1908
Mary ..
1814
John ...
William
MetiFIRE Mrs. Richard Stopumy
.. 1700
Henry (of Luket.
Nov. 16. 17º1
Margaret.
June 17. 1501
Apr. .... 1706
Miltnirg
1797
Mary ..
... 1799
Elizabeth.
Sept. 3. 1201
Augustine ....
Sept. 3. 1901
Margaret.
Mar. 27. 1817
Anastasia ..
Ang. 23. 1:00
Rachel Bridget (of Rich-
ard).
Sept. 9. 1800
Catherine ...
Mny
9. 1907
Julia Ann ..
June 21. 1800
Mary Ann.
1791
MCLAUGHLIN Margaret
Ivotty Matthew.
Mrs. Matthew
MELOY Mrs. Hugh
William ..
Feb. 29. 1910
Joanna.
1793
Jeremiah.
1795
Malthew. Jr
1707
Patrick ...
1799
John ....
1803
KIMMAN Jacob.
1799
Mary A. Magd
1805
1795
Martha ...
1797
Leonard .. 1799
Francis ...
1-01
Raphael.
1803
Elizabeth ..
1805
Joseph .
Feb. 19. 1807
Mary
Feb. 10. 1:07
Rachel.
Oct. 18. 1800
Joseph
Mnr. 27. 1904
Inmes ..
1410
MOCALLEY Mrs. John.
Ann ..
1777
Henry.
1745
Mary ..
1780
Michaci ..
Aug. 18. 1807
FELTZ JJacob. 1799
('ntherine ...
1802
Anna Mary.
18℃1
Rachel ..
... 1806
Mary Theres ;.. Nov. 11. 1POR
Margaret.
Sept. 21. 1810
GLASS George ...
Mrs. Geo. (Susan Dough-
crl.v ) ... 1780
Ann ..
... 1798
Mary .....
Oct. 31. 1802
Susan.
Dec. 21. 981
.Jacob ..
Sept. 11. 180G
Elizabeth.
Mar. 11. 1809
George ...
Apr.
9. 1810
.Jacob ..
Mrs. Rufina
Daniei ...
May 16, 1809
Belinda Ann
Apr. 11. 1811
GORMAN Mrs. Roth.
1780
Mary Ann
181 9
...
COONS Catherine.
1797
Mary ........
1788
Bridget ....
June 11. 1811
MUSSELMAN Mr4. David
1777
David R.
1797
William ..
Henry ...
1802
COOPER Henry.
Elizabeth.
May 2, 1811
BROWN Mrs. John.
Michael ..
1798
Michael.
1800
James.
Philly
Bartholomew
Catherine .... Mar. 23, 1809
Mary MixAnien. . 1810
CANTWELL. InmeN.
Mrs. Juines ...
Jan. ... , 1707
:
James.
(Cooper) Ann ..
CRISTE Mrs, John (Sarah
1770
Daniel.
218
SOUVENIR.
NAME.
Born.
NAME.
Born.
(Musselman) Amella Rachel .. Sept. 16, 1807 Daniel.
May 11. 1810
George ..
Oct. 22. 1803
Snonr Samuel ..
170G
Elizabeth ..
17!97
Daniel ...
1709
Mary ....
1801
THEXLER Peter
Mrs. Peter ..
WALTERS Mary ...
, 1800
Daniel ..
Mar. 6. 1802
John ...
Sept, 7. 1805
Susan ...
Mnr. 3. 1F03
Catherine Mar. 10. 1810
.
Franeis. 1795
Elizabeth.
1797
Mary ..
1799
Henry
1801
:. John ..
Apr. 27. 1903
Esther ..
May 1. 1805
Thomas
May .... 1868
RYAN P'atrlek ..
1786
Mr4. Patrick
1788
Ann ..
1808
James ..
1776
James ...
1804
WILMORE Mrs. Godfrey.
1753
Mary
17.49
Ilzabeth ..
17 !!
lohn ...
1797
SHERRY Lonis.
Males .... 01
Female4.
John ..
Louis
Total
193
1
LORETTO CENTENARY.
219
NOTES ON FATHER GALLITZIN.
.
(From the Johnstown Tribune, October 13. 1899. )
Jacob ..
1781
Margaret .... 1785
Richard ...
1787
(icorge.
1790
Ilonora. **... 1783
O'CONNOR Franels (of Henry) Mary .
. 1707
1801
O'HARA Mrs. Rachel.
Anu.
1791
WEAKLAND WillInm
Mrs. William.
Catherine ...
Ocl. 20. 1801
Simon .. Jan. 11. 1807
John .... Mar. 21. 1809
Susan ...
Mar. -1. 1811
Wirt. Jneoh (of Peter) Mohnel ..
.1790
Sinon ...
1795
Anthony ..
. 1799
Joseph.
:Dec. 12. 1802
Willlam.
1808
RnoDE's Mary.
(Sherry) Jacob.
1800
NAGLE Mrs. Richard ..!!!
John .....
1779
Father Gallitzin having settled at Loretto in 1799, set about building a church; and his own hands, it is said, did much of the work. The building was of logs 25 by 11 foot. In this church, which was called St. Michael's by its founder. on Christmas Day, 1799, mass was first said, and, the build ing soon becoming too small, it was enlarged in 1809, and in 1817 was torn down and a frame structure, to by 80 feet, was erected on the same site. In 1854 the present commodious brick church was dedicated. It is now a matter of regret to many of the people of the congregation that the old church was allowed to fall to ruin, so much so that if had to be torn down in 1891.
Father Gallitzin not only administered spiritually to the wants of the people, but became in fact the founder of a col. ony, nsing for that purpose the large income which he re coived from his father's estates, expending in all $150,002. until the Russian Government saw fit, in Isos, to disinherit him because he was not a member of the Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, the established religion of Russia. It is said that his sister sont him pecuniary aid as long as she lived: nevertheless, he became financially involved by reason of his great outlays in assisting emigrants, building a grist will near Loretto on a small branch of Clearfield Crook and : saw-mil on a larger brauch near Cresson, the damn of which is still in existence and has long impounded the water for the mill of the late B. P. Anderson. When he found that his in heritance was swept away, he who had previously been a giver, and not a receiver, was compelled, by reason of a sense of duty, to appeal to the generosity and charity of Christian people to assist him to pay part of his debt, as shown by the accompanying appeal in his own handwriting, the heading having been recently appended by Father Kittell, the present pastor of St. Michael's congregation.
1793
Mrs. Louis ..
220
SOUVENIR
The following was written by www. o. a. Gallitoin Lu self. Demetrius Q. Gallition ton of. Prince Demetrics of Hallityin commen to the United States in 1992 bx haver. renowned all the flattering the world , comeas Sinonelf in 1795 to the Mooforse of this Country from that. to the present day's Pres tamos porgreatly a . Parcelties of Lovek & body have been amply in improving the country, the place for select for his above ( formerly a perfect wilderref . but now a flourishing settling Kin establishorg as propagating" Talegion Being the only Son of a wealthy fathers he did not one prase expenses in order togal the shore ends accomplished. But stillispent far below his supposed ability . lately unexpectedly , & without having had it
foresee-for avens to secorrect sauch
prive of the
an event.
whole of his Parents, Colales , & with Debt amounting to this Isowo he . How very relesetandly , but from as varse of Duty , call. upon the Charity of his fellow- Christians for aofertane ? to enable him to pay past of lisi debts , so has users racitione word y . en. -efficient for thewhale is why forwirraly.
APPEAL OF FATHER GALLITZIN FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WRITTEN BY HIS OWN HAND.
LORETTO CENTENARY.
The system of capitalization and division into sentences used is in singular contrast to that of the present day, com- mon as well as proper nouns generally commencing with a capital letter, while the beginning of a sentence with a small letter may also be noted, as likewise the difference in orthog. raphy in the word "expences." The appeal was originally written on both sides of the first leaf of a notebook, but all that was written on the second page and a few words on the lower line following the character &, have been subsequently so completely crossed out by the pen, doubtless by the hand of Father Gallitzin himself, as to be entirely undecipherable to the naked eye.
On the second page are the five contributions, beginning with that of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the last of the
G. Carroll ofcarrollku $100 Toberd Guias 100, Baron de Maltitz 1000 2 F. Silverha Rebello-100-2 Cardinal Capillari- 200000
lark
20
20
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SUTRACRIPTIONS OF CHARLES CARROLL AND OTHERS IN RESPONSE TO THE. APPEAL OF FATHER CALLITZIN.
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signers of the Declaration of Independence, the phrase "oľ Carrollton" being first used when signing the immortal Declaration, which act, had the Revolutionary War proven a. failure, would have cost tho signers their lives. Some one remarked, "There go many," the meaning whereof was that there being many Charles Carrolls, the indentity of the signer would not be known; whereupon Carroll instantly added, "of Carrollton," which he ever afterward retained. Carroll's handwriting in this subscription and also in an indorsement of the worthy motives of the appeal on the third page, shows the tremor of age so much, compared with his autograph to the Declaration of Independence, that it is hardly recogniza- ble as the same.
Of all the remarkable traits in the life of Father Gallitzin, none is more remarkable than the fact that his handwriting never showed the nervousness of age so common to other men, his last entries in the baptismal and marriage registers of the church in March 18440, when he was seventy years of age, being in as clear and legible a hand as his first records in Jannary, 1800.
The person whose name is second on the accompanying list of subscriptions lived in Baltimore, was a member of the well-known Oliver family, and attorney for Father Gallitzin. Baron de Maltitz was Russian Minister to the United States, Jose Silvestre Rebollo filled a similar position for Portugal. and Cardinal Capellari afterward became Pope Gregory XVI. Matthew Carey was an American publisher and anthor, the father of Henry C. Carey, the noted political economist. The next entry, "Cash $20," and the last "Collected along. the Canal below Blairsville, say $370," as may be seen by com- parison, are in Father Gallitzin's handwriting.
In addition to the above, there were many collections, aggregating several thousand dollars, made along the Alle- gheny Portage Railroad, in which lists appear the names of many of the old Irish settlers.
It is somewhat singular that the list of contributors is remarkable for the absence of the names of those for whom Father Gallitzin had incurred the debt he was heroically
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endeavoring to pay the pioneers of Allegheny Township. It may be that they contributed their mite in another way, perhaps by collections in the church, which were not entered in this little book, or perhaps they were paying for the land on which they had settled.
Doubtless, in the life of Father Gallitzin. there was nothing so humiliating as to be compelled to appeal to the generosity of Christian people, for of all men there is none whose name is farther removed from a suspicion of cupidity than his.
Abont the unselfishness of his motives in becoming an ecclesiastic there cannot be the slightest doubt. for in the history of the world there is perhaps not another instance of such self-sacrificing devotion of a person in high position
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: to what he believed to be his duty; certainly none to surpass that of the apostle of the Alleghenies.
Kings, tired of the cares of State, some doubtless through remorse, but nearly all of them disgusted with perplexities, have laid down the scepter and entered monasteries; but it is doubtful if there is another instance of a man on the thresh- old of life surrendering such flattering prospects of the world to follow the dictates of his conscience, and immune himself for a lifetime in the solitudes of an almost inaccessible wilder- ness. His appeal to those who knew him did not need the indorsement of the first citizen and last signier of the Declar- aration of Independence, which was given.
It may not be generally known that Captain Michael Me- Guire, the founder of the McGuire Settlement, had been dead six years before Father Gallitzin settled at Loretto.
Although Father Gallitzin at an early day had an assist- ant in the person of Rev. Terence MeGirr, the Baptismal Register and the Record of Marriages were kept by himself. The first baptism recorded is in April, 1809, the child having been Joseph, son of Charles and Mary Bradley. This entry, which is in Latin, is signed Demetrins Augustinus do Gallit- zin, alias Angustinus Smith, Parochus.
Father Gallitzin's entries of baptisms differed from those of the present day in that the surname given both parents was that of the father, except in cases where the parents were not married; so one can tell by looking at the baptismal register kept by Father Gallitzin whether or not a person whose name is recorded therein was born in lawful wedlock. Now the maiden surname of the mother is given in all cases.
It is probable that there never existed in Western Pen- sylvania another community of equal size in which there were fewer illegitimate births than in the Loretto congregation during the time of Father Gallitzin's pastorate.
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