Schwarz thanks Lefevere for his letter of January 16, 1846. Fortunately last year Schwarz succeeded in obtaining 1900 florins for Lefevere's diocese. The 1100 florins for Fathers Francis Pierz, Frederick Baraga, and Andrew Viszoczky were special donations. He fears it will not be possible to obtain anything this year as there are so many applications. Father Joseph Melcher, Vicar-General of St. Louis, is there at present urgently asking for support. It is hard to judge to whom to send relief as eleven out of twenty-two dioceses make very sad reports, the funds are scarcely enough for five dioceses so they have resolved to support chiefly those dioceses where a great number of Germans reside. Last March Schwarz received the speech of the Honorable Lewis Cass which made great noise in Europe. He asks Lefevere to pay his best respects to the Cass family. If Joseph Campau is still living he asks Lefevere to greet him and tell him that Schwarz will always be grateful for his interest in him in Detroit and especially when he received news of his father's death. Schwarz has received 1190 florins 28 kreutzers from the nuncio there as the year's amount of the Joffroy Foundation for Lefevere's account which will be paid over to Lefevere by D. Appleton Co. in New York. This will be the last year, as it will be paid next year to the Diocese of Cincinnati. He asks Lefevere to have the enclosed not with letter delivered to Julius Gruber whose wife is from Vienna and if Lefevere can procure employment for him it would greatly oblige Schwarz. Schwarz has not heard from his brother for two years. His brother should pay at least the interest on Schwarz's capital of 1000 pounds due him since 1822. He asks Lefevere for news of the brother. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.