McFarland must have heard of their army losses during the war. Lynch is now trying to repair what he can and supply the many wants of their altered condition. Among the losses is the total destruction of the Ursuline Convent of Columbia, South Carolina during the occupation of General William T. Sherman 's army. Although promised protection they were forced to leave the convent at 11 o'clock at night with 70 boarders with only the clothes they wore and seek shelter for 30 hours in a cemetery. Since then they have lived in borrowed houses dependent on government rations. Two of them, including the niece of Lynch, have died. He is trying to do all he can to reestablish them. Unable to go himself or send a priest because they have lost three by death in 1865, the nuns have sent Mr. Jones. Lynch recommends Jones and his cause to McFarland and his clergy. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.