He should have written sooner but they have been sick. Their youngest son nearly died but has now recovered. There is still fear of the cholera but there is now little sickness in the community. He had a letter from Jerome from which it appears that he has married a Miss Walker, a sister of James' wife. Jerome asked for some estate money in the hands of William. John said he could have all but $25 which he wanted Francis to get in place of some lost by "Uncle Sam's agents." They do not have an English pastor. Father Maurice Howard is now at Springfield in Bishop Purcell's diocese. Their own Bishop Amadeus Rappe is in Europe. He wishes that Francis could come and live in their community. Tiffin is now a city. Tiffin and Fort Ball are now united as Tiffin City. R.W. Shawhan is building a brick hotel of 3 stories. John is building a brick office on the same block. He has rented the half story of 2½; to V.M. Griswold, a landscape painter. He has heard of two deaths of those who went to California. About a hundred went, half of them married men. He has been reading Brownson's Review, the Catholic Telegraph and the Pilot, but thinks he will drop the Pilot. Among the victims on the Anthony Wayne was Mr. Hart, formerly of Tiffin. He asks for an answer soon. He has seen a young man from Waynesboro. He asks about his mother. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.