Lefevere, Peter Paul, Bishop of Zela, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio., 1867 January 15

Lefeverebelieves Purcell has better facilities to send money to Rome than he can find in Detroit so he is sending today to Purcell, by the American Express Company, the sum of two thousand dollars in gold as the amount of collections taken up in the Diocese of Detroit in the aid of the sovereign pontiff-Pope Pius IX. Lefevere wishes Purcell to send this amount to Rome soon. Dr. Censonnault Bishop of Sandwich, Canada, has resigned his Diocese and Rome has accepted his resignation. It is presumed that he will retire to Mt.St. Vincent, New York, where he will remain as Director or Chaplain of that institute of the Sisters of Charity. A worthy bishop is needed badly now in that Diocese. P.S. Lefevere asks Purcell to please acknowledge the receipt of the money. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.