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CATHOLICISM IN BATH
THE JOURNAL OF PETER AUGUSTINE BAINES O.S.B., 1817-19 This document, The Student'sJournal, measuring 4 X7 and quarterbound in red morocco with marbled boards , contains 106 diary-pages two to a week with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday occupying the left-hand pages and the other four days the right . The names of the days of the week are printed, but not the dates , and where Baines does not himself give these I have added them, in italics. Some perceptive notes on this journal and its contents were printed in The DownsideReview for July 1900 (pp . 182-8 ) under the title A Priest's Diary, 1817-18 , and two modern writers who have referred to it are Father J.B. Dockery O.F.M. and Mr Bryan Little, but it has never been printed in extenso. The journal calls for little preliminary comment and can be allowed to speak for itself save on five occasions when its message is obscured by short snatches of cipher. These have been unable to I de-code and they are therefore reproduced as they stand . No doubt , as suggested in the DownsideReview article (p . 183) , the letters M.,D. ,T. ,S. and SS., which occur in many of the journal -entries , stand for Mass, dinner, tea , supper and sacraments , while " Conf. clearly means confession , Comn. communion and " int. intention . These obvious and recurrent abbreviationsare here printed as originally written ; others are expanded , save in the case of personal names ( including titles) and place-names. Original spellings are retained but punctuation and capitalisation have been modernised . All editorial comments or additions, in italics, are enclosed in square brackets. Other words here italicised are ones underlined in the original. Flyleaf entries , unpaginated; my numbering. 1. This Journal of Rev. P.A. Baines (afterwardsV.A.W.D.² and Bp. of Siga) was in Mr Quin's possession at his deathat 14 S. Parade 3.11.90 and was probably given to him by Mgr. Brindle D.D., a colleague of Rev. P.A. Baines on the Bath mission . Mgr . Brindle lived for some years in Mr Quin's house when the N.P. Bank was in Abbey Church Yard. G.J.D. St John's Priory, S. Parade [The first part of this note, as far as the word mission , and the initials G.J.D. , are printed in the Downside Review extract .] 2. [Letter on black-edged notepaper, addressed: Revred Mr Baines 6 Philip St.] Mr Eyston is extremely sorry that Mr Baines has had the trouble of sending up an answer . Mr Eyston had first sent his servant to Philip St.
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In Collingridge : A Franciscan Contribution to Catholic Emancipation (Newport, Mon. 1954) and Catholic Churches Since 1623 ( 1966) respectively . 2 Vicar-Apostolic of the Western District . 3 Dom George Joseph Davis O.S.B. , at Bath 1864-1900 ( Birt , p . 195 . The Post ) Office Directories for Bath from 1858-9 to 1864-5 show Brindle at no . 2 Abbey Churchyard, the address of the National ProvincialBank of which James Quin was manager. The Directory for 1866-7 gives Brindle's address as 8 Ainslie's Belvedere and the following issue shows the bank (and Mr Quin) in Milsom Street.