Ireland, Archbishop John, St. Paul, Minnesota, to William J. Onahan, Chicago, Illinois, 1889 December 3

The St. Louis Western Watchman shows how much reliability can be put on newspaper information. It gave Ireland credit for organizing and bringing to a successful conclusion the American Catholic Congress . The good results of the Congress are being made daily more and more apparent. Onahan's first meeting was the acorn for the present tree. He hopes Chicago will win so that the place being agreed upon they can begin to discuss the details of the International Congress which must be the greatest one ever held in Christendom. Onahan will be pleased to know that he suffered in no way from the Fredericksen failure; he got full value for the lands sold; he is now freed of the option he gave on others. Their consecration of bishops will take place the 27th of December. :: IX-1-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.