Borgess, Caspar H., Bishop of Calydon, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1870 October 21

He came home Monday and Miss Conahan handed him Purcell's letter Tuesday. He has been home for the first time for ten successive days but even this is for the corner-stone laying at St. Joseph's Church. It is a bold undertaking, the estimate being $80,000, but the Germans merely said it must be built and at the first meeting subscribed $12,000. Mother Angela Gillespie announces that Purcell is going to visit them. Borgess would be happy to see him when he goes to South Bend. Last Monday he saw Father F. Boff of Toledo visiting with Father Ernest Van Dyke in Adrian and he said that the talk about Bishop Amadeus Rappe was most scandalous. No wonder the good bishop reprimanded his indiscreet friends. Borgess saw in the Catholic Telegraph that the prayer to the Holy Ghost is to be omitted. Does Purcell regard the Council ended? Is the despatch that a bull to that effect will soon appear correct? :: II-5-d A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.