Benoit, Father Julian, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 July 6

It will not be necessary for Purcell to send him a copy of Bishop John H. Luers ' will as he has found a copy which names him administrator of the diocese and of the will. He opened Luers' safe and found the deeds of the real property of the different churches but the deeds to the other lands Luers had with him at the time of his death and the money he should have had, must be kept elsewhere. The notes cannot be collected by anyone except Benoit unless they have been signed over to some one else. The deeds of the real property will be registered in this country courts and likewise cannot be deeded over unless already this has been done. All the money he has found consists of $57.00 and some smaller pieces he has not yet counted. P.S.—Benoit asks Purcell to tell him why he silenced Father William F.M. O'Rourke when he was in Dayton. Purcell's answer will romain a private affair. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.