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Müller, Father Gaspar?, Alleghany, Pennsylvania, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1863 February 25

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Identifier: CDET III-2-j

Scope and Contents

Müller has spent 9 years in U.S. Missions, coming from the Ludwig Missionsverein of Munich. He left Kansas to go back to Europe, but unpaid loans kept him here. While sick he stayed with his sister, then with Father Superior Leo Meyer Mayer of the Society of Mary near Dayton, Ohio and with the Benedictine Fathers in Erie. Having received no answer to his letter to Germany, he gave up the idea of leaving the United States. At Erie he saw Father A Caron whom he had met on a retreat in Nazareth, and Father J Luhr who told Müller that the Detroit Diocese was greatly in need of German priests. He is 38 years old with a good voice. He regrets not following Father John Hespelein, C.SS.R. some years ago to Detroit. He had declined an offer from a Benedictine Father in St. Paul because he prefers a more settled country. At present he is staying with the Franciscan Fathers to make a retreat before resuming mission work. Müller encloses a copy of a testimonial from Erie; the testimony from Dayton is in German by Father Charles Hahne, pastor of St. Emanuel, which Müller will bring. ` A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. ` Enclosure:

Dates

  • Creation: 1863 February 25

Language of Materials

English.

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Repository Details

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