Overview Giovanni Costa of the Society of Jesuits (S.J.) wrote these three letters to three English contacts on the same day in 1851: Thomas Grant (1816-1870), Roman Catholic bishop of Southward; Jesuit Father Brownbill in London; and Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (1802-1865), cardinal and archbishop of Westminster. In each of these letters, he provided an introduction to Mr. Giacomo Laguita (1813-1895), described as a good Catholic and the lawyer of the British Legation in Naples, Italy. He asked...

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From Nice, Kate Malcolm writes to her friend, Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), Professor at Trinity College in Cambridge, England and apologizes for not writing sooner. After noting that the French revolutionaries have interfered with her family's travel plans, she uses the opportunity to introduce her friend, Mr. Lacaita, and hopes that Professor Sedgwick will extend Mr. Lacaita every courtesy, including a tour of the University and the use of the libraries there.