Corrigan, Bishop Michael Augustine, Newark, New Jersey, to Monsignor Robert Seton, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1880 August 2

In reply to Seton's note of July 8 Corrigan regrets he does not have leisure to go over all the Orange accounts to give due credit for the various sums received from Seton's parish, but he will do so at the first opportunity. The enclosed documents no enclosure, the first prepared and presented May 4, 1874, will give some idea of what was contributed. At that meeting, it was expected that the life insurances at maturity would more than pay the remaining debt of Orange church and Monsignor George H. Doane proposed that then 50% would be refunded to the churches. In reality, some of the policies have already become worthless. On January 1, 1880, the debt of Orange was $104,080.27. The improvements are only the sugar coating on the bitter pill of liabilities. The people need something to encourage them to be continuously liberal. Corrigan would not ask that one penny be refunded unless there were a surplus in St. John's treasury. :: II-1-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.