Dwenger, Joseph, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1872 May 4

He will get the house and part of Cathedral property back. He found Father Edward Sorin and Father William Corby willing and admitting the justice of the claim. He stated that the priests of the diocese and people were bitterly opposed to it; that the Bishops had disapproved of it, so that Dwenger was convinced that Bishop John H. Luers ' mind was affected in his last years. He also stated that it was against the Pontifical oath to sell Cathedral property. Luers sold the boys' school house, his new residence, and half of the rear of the remaining Cathedral grounds. Dwenger still has more than $5000 to pay on the new house. He offered to refund them all the money paid, leave them a year more in possession of the house so as not to break of their school, and will do all he can to assist Sorin to have a no. 1 college here but in a different locality. He leaves today for Lafayette until Tuesday. He is very busy and has no clue to many things, no life insurance, etc. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.