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Purcell, Archbishop John Baptist, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Father Peter Hennaert, Detroit, Michigan, 1869 July 15

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Identifier: CDET III-2-l

Scope and Contents

When Father Isidore Anthony Lebel was there, he negotiated with Father Vincent? de Vilas to be his assistant at St. Augustine's, Kalamazoo . De Vilas came a year ago to Purcell from England, where he had been a kind of chaplain to aristocratic folks. He was well recommended by Bishop Roskyll Roskell?. He has not been contented as Purcell had no place for him in a city. Where he was, he had a residence, fuel, light, and $500 a year; he was well liked as he spoke several languages; all regret his leaving. Purcell considers him a good priest, free of all censures and as such, Purcell presents him to Hennaert as a subject of the Diocese of Detroit — in perpetuum. Archbishop Martin John Spalding is to be in Chicago next week to try and name a bishop for that hard, unhappy place. Hennaert is to tell Mrs. Du Charme her father had dinner with him yesterday and is in good health. P.S. What blunders in last week's Telegraph! :: III-2-l A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869 July 15

Language of Materials

English.

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