Oram, Father W., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 November 16

What Purcell has told Oram the night before last has made him very unhappy. The terrible charge made against him by a dying man and accepted by a bishop would drive him to despair if he were not confident of his innocence. He is sure that the man was out of his mind in making the accusation. If he felt that he were responsible for the loss of a soul, insanity and probably suicide would be the result. The letter which Bishop Josue M. Young enclosed was written to the bishop to enlist his sympathies, and to appease the wrath of the bishop against him for not discouraging the discontentment of the people of the oil regions, and for receiving a purse they sent him. In denying the crime he is not denying that he is capable of sin. The remainder of the letter is missing. :: II-5-c A.L. Incomplete 4pp. 12mo.