Fitzgerald, Father Joseph, Delaware, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862 February 6

Fitzgerald encloses a full statement of the financial affairs of the Church. The school is not self sufficing and the collections are small. The two men who complained to Purcell about the downfall of the school are in debt to it themselves, as can be seen on Mr. Miller's Jr. books. Neither of them should consider themselves Catholics because they haven't attended Mass for 6 months. The Irish were about to have the teacher dismissed but Fitzgerald spoiled their plans. The elder Mr. Miller is responsible for adding $200 to the church debt by buying a small organ. Miller is a very moody and eccentric old man, and he was wrong when he told Purcell that Fitzgerald was neglecting his German countrymen because he promised them and kept his promise at a cost of $48 to himself by having a German priest in six times a year. The Germans are zealous and have often asked that he denounce the few complainers. He has complied with Purcell's wish that he visit none but his own people and went so far as to decline an invitation to Judge Williams. Because he lives half a mile from the Chapel he says Mass but 2 or 3 times a week. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.