Onahan, William J., Chicago, Illinois, to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1890 November 5

Onahan emphasizes the fact by putting it in writing that the correspondence relating to the Catholic Congress of 1889, which he lately sent to Edwards for his museum is to be regarded as confidential, since he had no opportunity of examining it anew before sending it. He believes there is nothing which could cause trouble, but many were written in confidence and honor requires that they be so regarded. He is confident that Edwards will live up to the agreement, until enough years elapse that the papers could hurt no one. His purpose in turning the papers over to Notre Dame is to preserve them as historical memorabilia of the first American Catholic Congress. :: XI-1-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.