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Kundig, Father Martin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1842 July 15

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Identifier: CDET III-2-g

Scope and Contents

He excuses himself for not writing sooner. Before leaving Detroit, Kundig engaged Doctor Louis Cavalli to make a settlement with Michigan bank if possible. Cavalli now writes to him that his debt of $500 and five years' interest can be settled for $180. Had Kundig returned to Detroit with Lefevere, he could have settled it without difficulty, for he advanced up to $40 for the burial ground of the Trinity congregation; and $94 for the building of St. Mary's Church, Detroit and Cavalli has $25 or $30. These resources and the income due him from the Trinity Church congregation in the June pew-rent would have enabled him to bring the business to a close. Now here he is in Milwaukee after Cavalli has given the word that in four weeks he will redeem the bill. Kundig desires to be left to follow his calling, which cannot be as long as the debts remain. In Milwaukee he cannot get a cent. He must have the church enlarged and have a schoolhouse, a cemetery and a pastor's house. Had Bishop Frederick Résé assisted him with the orphans, things would be in a better standing. The Trinity congregation for a considerable time could pay him nothing; when he labored for the Germans, too, he had nothing wherewith to pay his debts. Cavalli will call on Lefevere to hear what he can do. Kundig writes reluctantly to Lefevere in this matter, not knowing any one else in Detroit who could have any influence with the trustees. Prospects in Milwaukee begin to be a little better. Mr. Soloman Juneon and he began to solicit a subscription for church and school purposes. Kundig will give Lefevere good lodging next fall in the pastor's house. He will have about $300 or $400 to make a beginning. The most is presented by Protestants in and around Milwaukee. The inhabitants of Furlongs Settlement Wisconsin have consented to hew and haul the frame for the pastor's house to town and raise it without letting one Milwaukee man assist them. :: III-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1842 July 15

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English.

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