Kennedy, Michael, Grattan, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1866 July 20

Kennedy pleads with Lefevere not to remove Father Henry Rievers and to ignore the false accusations contained in a letter sent him. As one of the oldest members of the congregation he has never found a priest who performs his duties better than Rievers. None of the congregation, except the demons that sent it, knew about it. This "long tail family" are always doing mischief to the German and Irish priests. Father Shelly Nicholas Stehle? told Kennedy of a man who had received 18 bushels of wheat to swear falsely. Many people are praying for Lefevere to retain Rievers. Kennedy brought the first priest to Grattan 22 years ago. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.