Joseph, Sister Mary, Tralle, Ireland, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 September 3

Sister acknowledges Purcell's last letter and remarks about the failure of the crops in Ireland due to havy rains and that there will be a large emigration as a result. She gave the L 3 to Thomas Sullivan. He is poor and has a wife and three young children—two of whom are in Sisters' Infant School. His brother John is no longer in the Kerry Militia. It has disbanded and he is waiting for his sister in America to send for him. Sister is looking forward to Purcell's promised visit in 1861 and says that transportation is now cheap since there is a railway to Tralee. She would like Purcell to meet their beloved Bishop Moriarity. She says if Purcell comes to France to see his two students it would be worth his while to come to Kerry. Sister recently saw her Mother from Cork and will be able to see her often because of the railway. Sister wishes to tell Purcell of all the Irish Purcells. Mother M. Aloysius is younger since she is no longer Superioress. Sister Mary Joseph's brother, Richard, has a large family and is manager of the Provincial Bank in Cork. His two sons are with the Jesuits at school. The eldest has just entered the army. Her youngest brother, Denis, is doing well in Ceylon with his fine Catholic wife. Agnes is married to one of John Donovan's sons and has four children. Sister asks Purcell to pray for them all including their own father's departed soul. Peter, who was in America, is agent to Mills and is very happy, although his wife is delicate. Lieutenant John in Bollena Bank has a Protestant wife. Sister asks special prayers for him and for her brother Bryan, attorney in County Clare. Sister M. Magdalen Walsh from Waterford died last spring of consumption and wanted her sould recommended to Purcell's charity. Dean McEnory spends his life hearing confessions in the workhouse jail, and parishchurch and he has performed several miraculous cures. Sister says that Father Mabe? is their parish priest and his new church is nearly completed. It is difficult to get funds in Ireland. She asks Purcell and his brother Father Edward to pray for her, and sends her regards and those of Sister Aloysius to Sister Catharine. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.