McQuaid, Bernard J. Bishop of Rochester, Rochester, New York, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 April 12

Purcell's letter of the 9th was received. McQuaid's impression of the meaning of the paragraph was that the word used was once very highly respected. It was evident that Purcell condemned all opposed to episcopal authority with very strong and telling language. McQuaid wrote to Purcell, as he feared that the latter might entertain a better opinion of Father Thomas O'Flaherty's antecedents than they were entitled to. Father Martin Kavanaugh celebrated Mass in peace and quiet on Sunday. O'Flaherty tried to arouse his friends by an appeal published in Saturday's paper, but they were so few that nothing occured. It will now be McQuaid's fault if he does not indicate this spirit of rebellion to ecclesiastical authority. It shall never again raise its wicked head in Auburn, New York . He expects the paper of today or tomorrow to contain an account of affairs in Auburn and he will send them on to Purcell. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.