Fitzgerald, Father Edward, Columbus, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 June 24

He sends $462.00, $212.00 of which is the Pentecost collection for the Seminary. The Asylum for Idiots is two mile from St. Pat's and one mile from Holy Cross Church. A wing and water tower were erected by the State and he imagines Mrs. Neville has no right to dispose of them. It is worth the $10,000 asked but, because of its distance the Sisters would find that people would not walk that far to have work done, however, a street car line is being proposed, and if built, will remedy this difficulty. Mother Superior from Cincinnati will be in town today to look after the matter. He makes the suggestion that Father Joseph Fitzgerald might come to Columbus again, and Father John Murray says he will go wherever Purcell sends him. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.