Foley, Thomas Bishop of Pergamus, Chicago, Illinois, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 October 16

He does not have to tell Purcell the terrible destruction of churches and institutions as well as human sufferings of our people caused by the fire. The gentlemen who present this letter can tell Purcell everything. He has appointed Father Edward Terry and Father J. S. O'Neill, two of his clergymen, to go about to the different cities and with the permission of the Archbishop and the good will of the clergy to collect funds to relieve the suffering poor, and rebuild some of the necessary institutions. Purcell knows that Foley would not ask so great a favor if he was not driven by dire necessity. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.