McCloskey arrived home safely last Monday but yesterday being the great festival of their cathedral, he could not take up his correspondence until today. Concerning the O'Reilly estate he is uninformed since there is no mention of it in Father John Corry's will, nor did he leave any written or oral instructions beyond what McCloskey told McFarland in Boston, that he had intended to invest it in the education to the priesthood of O'Reilly's relatives. Owing to his absence no action was taken on Corry's will. He thinks the account of the O'Reilly estate will be found properly kept. Father Corry had told McCloskey that all big works had been settled and that there remained, only the settling of the education fund. McCloskey suggests that McFarland try to get from the Surrogate what remains unsettled. He hopes that McFarland will have appointed the custodian of the O'Reilly money. If nothing interferes with the arrangements they have made in Belgium they will have a good staff of professors for opening the Provincial Seminary in Troy after next vacation. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.