He thanks Corry for his letter and encloses copies of papers dealing with the financial relations of John Smith with Father James O'Reilly. Smith is a brother-in-law of the deceased. He urges Corry to pay as much as he can to Smith since Smith has been impoverished by his deals with O'Reilly. Copies enclosed: 1. Shrahan Sept. 22, 1854. A promise of O'Reilly to Smith to pay on demand 3 pounds 10 shillings. 2. Letter of O'Reilly to Smith: Rome July 15, 1855. He has sent his letter to Father Corry at Green Bust, New York asking him to send to Smith 30 pounds 7 shillings for feeding the cow. It will be later than he planned. He will pay more than he promised for this service. O'Reilly gave 2 pounds to Father John Lynch for masses for his father but Lynch must have forgotten. He asks about the Lawsuit between Dixon and John and the like. If any of his parents die Smith is to pay the expenses and O'Reilly will repay him. But if he takes one glass of liquor he is gone forever. 3. Letter to Smith from O'Reilly March 27, 1857: He must leave soon since he has been called back. He will leave when he receives money from the United States. He will send some to Smith and now sends him a note for 100 pounds. Smith is to preserve the note and the address of Father John Corry. In the papers of Bishop Francis P. McFarland. :: I-1-a A.L.S. and enclosure 4pp. 4to.