McGettigan, Daniel, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, Armagh, Ireland, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1876 March 2

McGettigan acknowledges Purcell's letter containing charges of a certain Bridget O'Hare concerning her sister, Ann. He had already investigated the matter at the complaint of the girl and her mother and found the charges without the slightest foundation. The person accused is one in whom he reposed the greatest confidence and he believes that spite is the source of the accusation. The girl and her mother wanted to put up a stall inside the chapel to sell little articles to people coming to the mission. The parish priest refused. They know the lengths to which ignorant revengeful women will go to be even with those they take a dislike to. He himself had received a letter from this Bridget O'Hare but he will take no notice of the communication, and feels that common sense and decency should have prevented the matter being brought to Purcell's attention. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.