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Murray, Father Patrick B., Alpena, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1869 February 2

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Identifier: CDET III-2-l

Scope and Contents

Mr. Cisero and a few other men have visited Murray to complain of a petition to be sent to Lefevere got up by several grogshop keepers, but Murray did not think it necessary to stop it. Gelos Potvin and his brother Julius built a tavern next to Murray's church and house. He complained to civil authorities as a nuisance and a firetrap. This he did after the tavern burned New Year's Eve, but the wind favored the church and house, as the enclosed clipping of the Press noted. The Potvins are quarter breeds married to Irish women. Captain Malden keeps a strange house and Tom Reopelle is at Sheboygan. If a petition has been received by Lefevere, Murray requests that it be remitted to him as he wishes to teach a lesson to those delinquents. He has good Catholics here, and wickedness will not retard their progress. They want to build a schoolhouse and hospital with Lefevere's consent. :: III-2-l A.L.S. and clipping 1p. 4to.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869 February 2

Language of Materials

English.

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