McCloskey, Father George, New York, New York, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 December 5

There is a project on foot to purchase an annuity for Orestes A. Brownson. The committee in charge is composed of Fathers Jerimiah W. Cummings, Isaac T. Hecker, Thomas Farrell, Sylvester Malone,Thomas McLaughlin, and McCloskey himself. Each of the committee gave $100, the Archbishops of Baltimore and New York gave $200. He lists other donations. Cummings has been assigned to collect from Cincinnati; he asks if someone there will take charge of the matter. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.