O'Neill, Father Michael, Holy Angles, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873 July 9

He received a letter from Mrs. Fergus concerning a communication from Father Thomas Byrne in regard to her proposed donation to the Seminary. She was displeased with it and requests him to say that "the Rev. Gentleman is released from any further trouble about the matter", to quote her own words. Byrne evidently offended her by saying that real estate did not come under his line of business and his entire time was occupied in teaching. He thinks the best thing to do is to accept her proposal and get a deed of the property. The title is good and a few hundred dollars can be realized for the Seminary. He thinks it can be sold for at least $1400 and in this way she will be satisfied and the Seminary benefited. P.S.—He has exposed the contents of her letter to Purcell in confidence in order to help the Seminary. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.