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O'Connor asks admission to the Detroit Diocese with the consent of the Bishop of Philadelphia. If affiliated, O'Connor promises to be faithful in all things; he is young and willing. He is staying at St. Patrick's with Father William O'Hara since he left Cleveland :: III-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He will remove Father (George F.) Brown. As Father (James) Maher will be too weak to do parochial work, he asks Seton to take Father John Kelly, who is on leave of absence for his health; his letters are excellent. O'Connor is expecting a priest from the diocese of Springfield, and if Seton is not satisfied with Kelly, O'Connor will send the man from Springfield.

Scope and Contents Purcell's letter of the 12th came after the departure of O'Connor's sister. She said she had not received the letter Purcell addressed to her at Buffalo. O'Connor had no doubt of the correctness of Purcell's views. In Baltimore, the conclusion arrived at in discussing the Visitation Sisters vows was that solemn vow could not be taken except where the foundation of the monastery was made by authority of a special or general rescript of the Holy See. O'Connor asks Purcell to send another...

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O'Connor encloses $5.00 for Mount Carmel, and requests the prayers of the holy contemplatives. He does not wish to have his name published. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He read with pleasure about the outcome of the been sent to Hudson by the Sisters of Mercy. Asks Hudson to send him a few by post, and wants to exchange papers with Hudson. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 8vo

Scope and Contents Leray is to return the $11.50 surplus O'Connor sent him. English is of Memphis: the subscription was given by his men near Lake Providence. Maguire is of Lake Providence; he paid all he had stopped from the men. Knox and Manning's account O'Connor had left for Demaine, English's foreman, for collection. Simms? is of Columbia, Arkansas; Chapman of Knoxville; Trainor of Dubuque, his contract was at Carolina Landing. Meath is of Memphis. Neither Meath nor English were in Memphis when O'Connor...

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O'Connor thinks it absurd to have the entire Plot of Spalding sent to Onahan by Fr. Devos, recorded. Instead, he wants only to record "the blocks between Second and Cleveland, and Maple and Pine Sts."

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O'Connor thanks Onahan for Averini (?) and the pamphlet on Barruel. The former has much rare information on classical and historical subjects, and the latter is particularly valuable for Ed. Bark's letter of approval of Barruel's book.

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Onahan's deed to Tho(ma)s Murphy was received Yesterday. The Bishop plans to go to N(orth) W(est) Nebraska; and would like to get a pass on the Elkhorn Valley R(ail)r(oad). He hesitates to ask Mr. Haghill. Does Onahan think it better to ask either the City collector of Chicago, or Mr.Lawler on the subject? He does not think that the Interstate Law will prevent any company from issuing him a pass, since S. H. H. Clark, of the Missouri Pacific has already done so.

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O'Connor is a student from the Diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, has spent five years in the Kilmore Seminary; he has exeat from Bishop Connaty. Should Lefevere want a student, he will be happy; if not, would Lefevere tell him where he might be adopted. :: III-2-l A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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All Societies are urged to join the Chicago Archdiocesan Union of Catholic Young Men's Societies and cooperate with the National Union at the (Columbian) Catholic Congress. Representatives should be sent to a general meeting. (Letter not signed.)

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He sends for the museum the chaplain's flag of Father Thomas Brady, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Seneca Falls. Brady was a chaplain in the Civil War. :: XI-2-f A.L.S. 3pp.

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O'Connor visited all the glass establishments around Pittsburgh to get the glass plate but it is out of their line of business. Timon will be compelled to send to Boston to the Crown Glass Factory a name written here which appears to be Raeteshe?.` A.L.S.` The above letter is written on the same paper as:

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This is the third time O'Connor has asked Mittelbronn to come to his father who is not expected to live. O'Connor's father is a lifelong Catholic. All the Jackson priests O'Connor ever knew were drunkards and he wants a sober man to administer to his father. If Mittelbronn does not come immediately he will report him to the Bishop. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Three weeks ago O'Connor had to send for the priest at Pointe Coupee to administer the last rites to her dying father. She received no answer to her note, and soon heard that he had said that her father was not worth the trip. Lucien Michel, church warden and treasurer, promised to send the priest immediately, but he still did not arrive. She wrote a note saying she would report him to Blanc if he did not come, and she encloses his insulting reply no enclosure. Her Protestant friends were...

Scope and Contents Blanc has already been notified by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick that he has recommended to the Holy See the name of Bishop John Timon as the person most proper to fill the archiepiscopal see of Baltimore. O'Connor and McGill have concurred but they also think it advisable to nominate Kenrick himself. Father Francis L'Homme, in his own name and that of their clergymen, gave as their opinion that there was no one in the diocese suited for the See and named Timon as best qualified. :: VI-1-a...

Scope and Contents O'Connor has heard that Bishop Frederick Rese is at Hildesheim in Hanover. His mind has given way to a great degree. Lefevere may want to ask a transfer of property from him. Madame Sister Mary Frances Vindevoghel Vandevoghel may be on the lookout for Rese. She has a knack of getting her applications receive a kind of sanction of Rome with which she may obtain grants of property she claims in Detroit. Rese is now in an institution of the Sisters of Charity. O'Connor is told that the Bishop...

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O'Connor formally testifies that Father M. Schifferer of the dicces of Nancy had been in that place for nearly three years. Just a few days ago he learned that he had incurred a suspension in Nancy but for what reason he does not know. O'Connor knows of no other censure that he had incurred. :: V-5-a A.D.S. Latin 1p. 4to.

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O'Connor forgot to refer to Purcell's kind offer to visit them. He regrets very much that he will be out of the city at the time Purcell mentions. He has arranged a conference with the clergy of the eastern portion of the diocese. Sister Xavier has been at Youngstown (Pa.) for some time.

Scope and Contents Father Joseph O'Mealy showed him the letter which he received from Purcell a few days ago. O'Connor assures Purcell that he regards O'Mealy as very necessary now. He sees no one whom he can put in his place, and further he has every hope for success in building up an excellent institution. In regard to Father Francis M. Serenbetz he wishes to say that Serenbetz gave an explanation of the "Office" affair. It appears that a former bishop of his diocese gave a general dispensation from the...

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O'Connor sends McMaster 2.70 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo

Scope and Contents O'Connor received Blanc's letter of July 30 by Louis Deroche who arrived here two days before Assumption. He was delighted to learn that there was another young man coming here from the diocese. But as yet he has not reached here. Deroche stopped at the Cape and advised Mr. Flynn to land with him but Flynn continued on. About August 20, they commenced studies and about three weeks ago they made a retreat. His studies are nearly the same as last year. They have about 43 boys but most of them...

Scope and Contents In the absence of their Superior, O'Connor has been requested to write to Blanc. They have been informed of the death ! of Father Anthony Francis Carius some time ago of yellow fever. Carius' good heart led him into extravagances. O'Connor rejoiced last year when in New Orleans to hear Carius' resolution to avoid past snares. Carius confided that he had about 600 Masses from Indiana. Carius had agreed with his Jesuit confessor to give those Masses to some religious community in the North...

Scope and Contents O'Connor's Bishop Maurice de St. Palais desires O'Connor to inform Purcell of the observations made during O'Connor's visit to Aurora, Indiana . Under the guidance of Father Ignatius Klein, the congregation conducts itself in a truly Catholic manner, with but three families acting contrary of Catholic custom, and having certain emnity for Father Klein. The congregation is about two-thirds Irish, and the remainder are German. One of the families who dislike Klein is named Rudolph. While...

Scope and Contents At the request of Father August Bessonies he writes to asks Purcell's influence in favor of a lady, formerly member of the Sisterhood of Providence. He has known Sister St. Charles Ryan for over 12 years. She was superioress in many important branch-houses of her community. The Ursuline Sisters at Springfield, Ill. persistently invited her to join them, and urged by her desire to lead a more perfect life, she accepted the invitation. But she did not find the house she expected and is now...

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He writes in behalf of one of his parishioners. John Tally who has $500 coming to him from the legacy of his Aunt Bridget Carigan who died in New Orleans over two years ago. The money was sent to Cincinnati on the supposition that Tally resided there. Tally thinks the money is in Purcell's hands and asks if on proof of his identity Purcell could let him have the money. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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If Father Daly had consulted him before acting as he did, he could have had copies of letters from Rome to prove that Vincennes is enforcing the Tridentium. The parties mentioned in Father Januarius M. D'Arco's letter were domiciled in Vincennes. He does not like to speak of a priest to anyone, but for the sake of religion and the salvation of sold, he thinks Purcell should speak to Daly about this matter. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents O'Connor requests an exeat. He has successfully finished his course of divinity and Father James McGill, C.M., the superior, will advance him to holy orders as soon as possible. He resided in New Orleans from his infancy and was confirmed by Archbishop Anthony Blanc as Father James Ignatius Mullon will testify. He is thirty years of age. In September, 1859 he applied to Odin and was persuaded that he would receive him among his seminarians, but he found after his arrival that he was...

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O'Connor encloses a $5.00 Post Office money order as a Catholic family's offering for the Mt. Carmel fund. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Having seen an appeal from a Rev. P. T. Meagher, O.C.C., to obtain contributions for the erection of a Carmelite Monastery at Paducah, Ky. he sends McMaster his mite toward this good work. Had the appeal appeared in the Journal no doubt would have entered his mind but of other organs he has little opinion. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.