Fitzgerald, Father Edward, Columbus, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1866 January 8

It would appear in Purcell's letters to Father John B. Hemsteger that Father Emmanuel Thienpont is not coming there. Fitzgerald heard Thienpont say that he will not stay in the hospital. He asks that an old man Father John Fitzmaurice be permitted to stay with him on trial for a time. Fitzmaurice came to him on Christmas Eve and his letters show him not to be under censure. He has committed errors twice since ordination, once in Philadelphia and again in Fort Wayne. But he has not touched a drop of liquor since. Fitzgerald thinks he will suit very well for attending the outside missions which he had to neglect since the arrival of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.