Dominican Sisters Brown Bag Annals

              1 
The Sisters of St. Mary's commenced at 
Somerset, Jan.1830 - having been invited by Bishop 
Fenwick of happy memory some time previous 
to their departure from St. Catherine's, Ky 
had rather a rugged journey by land 
to Louisville. Staid [sic] there a few days in 
company with Father Montgomery who was their 
pilot to their destination met Rev Fathers Abell 
Baden in Louisville, thence on to Cincinati [sic] 
Staid [sic] a week with Bishop Fenwick under 
[carrot mark]  whose [written above carrot mark] auspices the foundation of St. Mary's was made 
when the Sisters arrived in Somerset the place they were 
to stop, the house that had been purchased for them 
was not vacated, consequently they had to find 
hospitality at H. & Peter Dittoe's three weeks. 
when the 4 Sisters Emily Elder, Benvin Sansbury, 
Agnes Harbin, & Catherine Mudd marched up 
Trinity Hill in as much formality as they should. 
The buildings were a small brick house on one acre of 
ground [carrot mark] & [written above carrot mark] the carpenter's shop which was fitted up for to be a 
to take possession of their new home