Borgess, Caspar H., Bishop of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877 December 10

He thanks Purcell for the documents which gave him the first intimation of the malicious character of the warfare. There is no priest of the name of Patrick Reilly in Detroit, but the handwriting shows him to be a Belgian priest of the clique formerly in Detroit, now in Grand Rapids, Michigan . It does not seem possible that there are fifteen priests in the circle at present in Detroit, there being but nine left of the original number, unless they have recruited their forces. He wishes the distasteful element would leave. He infers from the new information that Father Francis J. Pabisch condemned Borgess, according to Father J Molphy of London, Canada, visiting Mt. St. Mary's. He is sorry that Purcell receives such cruel abuse on Borgess' account. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.