Smith received Corry's letter of last November on Jan. 4. He could not answer because Lewis Cass had not obtained the Bill that Corry sent to Father James O'Reilly before his death. Now Cass has obtained the bill and he can send it. Cass has offered him all the belongings of Father O'Reilly but thought it best that Corry obtain letters of administration. Smith has paid the funeral expenses and had fifty Masses said. The balance he will hold until he receives the letters of administration. The parents of the deceased asked for his personal effects but he sent in reply the official statement of the American legation. He asks Corry to give his regards to Bishop John McCloskey. This is among the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland . :: I-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.