Brown, Father John, Eagle Harbor, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 June 1

He wrote Purcell a letter about his Bishop Frederic Baraga for which he is now sorry. It is not true that Baraga restored a suspended priest on the payment of money. The priest was never suspended because the Irish portion of the congregation needed him badly. Brown also said that Baraga's goodness was the ruin of the diocese because he received some bad priests. But they came with false exeats. Brown regrets he wrote that letter. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.