Vanpaemel, Father Ed , Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit Michigan, 1855 July 5
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Vanpaemel acknowledges Lefevere's letters of June 6 and 27. Last Sunday at a meeting of the best Germans, he read Lefevere's answer and all seemed satisfied. A building committee was appointed—Vanpaemel as disburser. The intended church, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, will be called St. Mary's Church. The committee bought two lots from Mr. Scribner for $850. Scribner promised $150 as a donation. Vanpaemel asks Lefevere's opinion on the advisability of having the Germans of Alpine Settlement join the German congregation of Grand Rapids while the rest would go to Town-Wright . Is he to tell the Germans that a German priest will be stationed in the city? The generality of the Germans do not like Father Julian Maciejewski . Vanpaemel begs for an early reply. P.S. Vanpaemel says that he is forwarding to Lefevere a letter received from New York about some pictures he knows nothing of. They may have been sent to Father Andrew Viszoozky :: III-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.
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- Creation: 1855 July 5
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