He has been tempted to write to McFarland three or four times. McFarland has provided a sensation with the great ordination, the largest ever held in the United States. The deed speaks of the future of the Church in the diocese and the country. Elder thanks the Bishop for his and his clergy's hospitality. He has received several letters that have been forwarded from Providence. If more come he is to send them to Father James Keveny, St. Peter's Church, Troy. He goes to St. Mary's, Father Haverman, tomorrow, to Cohoes, Father Thomas Keeny, 21st St. Peter's, West Troy, the Jesuits later. He will not be able to go the day Father Cooney offered him in Providence. P.S. Father Stanton of Philadelphia writes that Bishop William McCloskey wrote to Bishop Wood that he was to be consecrated on the 24th. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.