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Schwarz, Mr. J.G., Vienna, Austria, to Bishop Frederick Rese, Detroit, Michigan, 1835 June 20

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Identifier: CDET III-2-g

Scope and Contents

Mr. Schwarz complains because he had received no answer to his letter of February 6. He will not send any money or anything else, until he has received the receipts for the earlier shipments of money and objects. It may be quite flattering that the Papal Nuncio and others intrust him with all the money and other objects, but it is not very pleasant if he cannot exchange his receipts for those of Rese. Schwarz is a business man and insists on order even among friends. He wants a receipt for the two boxes containing mass paraphernalia which he had sent the previous year, also a detailed receipt for the two boxes marked F.R. no 344, 345, which he had shipped to Rese via Triest through his firm of J.D. Kleudgen in New York. He also requests a special receipt for the vestment which the Archduchess Sophie had sent. Rese will receive the copy of the facture of both boxes. They were addressed to Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick to facilitate custom-house formalities and they contained books for him which Mr. Kleudgen will take out of the box in New York. The other books are for rese as he might need them more than the Bishop in Philadelphia. In the next meeting of the Leopoldine-Association Schwarz does not think he can talk them into a distribution of money as long as there are no receipts for the previous remittances. Rese can see for himself to what disadvantages his carelessness can bring him. Besides the above mentioned receipts, Schwarz also wants a receipt for the $100.87, then for the $130.00 of Nov. 1832, and for the $135.63 of Jan. 1834 and the $2,255.93 also of 1834 and finally for the last sending of $143.13 of Feb. 1835. Fathers F.X. Tschenhens, F. Haetscher, F. Saenderl have also not sent any receipts. Schwarz needs them to settle with the Redemptorists. He also wants to remind these three priest and Father Frederick Baraga that they should be more careful what they write, especially Baraga, who expects things from the government of the United States for which he himself cannot stand. Schwarz says that only the fact that he writes from a foreign country where one can make the rudest remarks, can excuse him. to explain this better, Schwarz is sending the official report no. 8 which is included in the box. In it is also the report of Father Banduel translated by Schwarz which besides the reports of the Liguarians and Father Baraga, was the only one of the same size. It was almost impossible to compile a pamphlet as there was no material. If there are no reports how can the association go on? If the Bishop Simon Bruté of Vincennes also fails to send reports, then there is little hope for collections. There is already a decided lack of interest. Schwarz also wants Rese's private opinion about the sum which the late Bishop Edward D. Fenwick had to pay to the Bishop of Philadelphia. The Archbishop of Vienna is of the opinion, that the Bishop of Philadelphia is not entitled to receive the money now, if he has not yet received it. The Association will not refund it, as Schwarz believes that Bishop Fenwick has probably used it quite advantageously. But in any case Schwarz wants exact accounts and copies of everything even if the money had been sent to the Bishop of Philadelphia, because that would p0lease the Archbishop of Vienna. Rese should read carefully Schwarz's letter of Feb 6 and collect several signatures of the American Bishops to the testimony. Schwarz also wants an answer to his inquiry about his brother Joseph Campau and the other matters. Miss Boissier has enclosed a long letter in the box and wishes just as much as Schwarz's cousin, Canon Franz Schmidt, to receive soon some news from Rese. Schwarz requests again, that he will not again undertake anything for Rese, if he does not receive the acknowledgments of the different remittances very soon. Invoice of the 2 boxes marked F.R. 344, 345, sent to Bishop Francis Kenrick for the Catholic Theological Seminary of Philadelphia by the Leopoldine Association. All articles contained and their prices listed. Signed John Michael Leonhard m.p. :: III-2-g A.L.S. German 3pp. 4to.

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  • Creation: 1835 June 20

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