The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-28
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Among the letters mentioned are those
from near relatives Of the men who have
acquired the name Of political reiormers
on account OF their efforts to rid the CITY
Of the ring, and keep Mr.. Tweed in con-
tinement.
A letter from Rev. Morgan Dix, dated
"Trinity Rectory, December q, 1917" ," in
which the Reverend gentleman tells Mr..
Tweed that the Sisters OF the Spirit Of
Mary wish to purchase for school a
building located in Forly.aixth street,
near Fifth avenue, and that they wish a
loan Of $4,000 to be secured by mort
gage on the premises. 1t concludes:
ut seems very difficult to find any one
sufficiently interested in the Sisters and
their work, sufficiently enlarged in views
and free from narrow preiudiCes, and at
the same time in n position enabling him
to give this aid. There arc several rea-
sons, which ! need not now state, which
induce me to present this subject 10 you,
with n view 10 ascertain whether at this
crisis the ladies could have your assist
ance. , l am certain that ad-
dress, in addressing you, a gentleman Of
broad views and generous heart, and have
the honor to remain, very truly and re.
Spectiully,
Your ODD servant,
MORGAN DIX"
A letter from John o. Brien, Treasurer,
dated in March, 1871, acknowledges the
receipt Of $1,000, Mr.. Tweed's contribu.
tion to the fund for the completion Of the
Roman Catholic Cathedral.
On the 18th Of November, 1869, Sister
NJ. Eulalia Pearce and NJ. Daptista Lin.
ton, Of the Mont De Chantal Visitation
Convent, near Wheeling, who were visit
ing this city, called on MIR. Tweed and
thanked him for his generous contribu.
tion 10 their institution.
On the 2Sth OF November the Sisters in
charge Of the Convent wrote to Mr..
Tweed, thanking him Tor his delicate
attentions" to the two Sisters while in
New York.
The Rev. II. A. Brann, Catholic pas.
tor in Fort Washington formerly OF
Wheeling, W. Va !, wrote on the 10Th Of
June, 1871: u write to thank you in my
own name, and in that Of my people, for
your generous subscription OF $1,000 to.
ward our new church. You have added
another proof to the many already given
by you Of the public spirit and generosity
which do you SO much honor as n man,
and which merit for you the high place
which you hold in public esteem, and
especially in the hearts OF the poor"
Mother Mary Austin, OF the Houston
street Institution OF Mercy, writes on
January ., 1869, TO thank him for gift
OF $1,000, and on April s, 1871, Mother
NJ. Regina, SuperiOress OF the Sisters OF
Charities in New York, in letter ac.
knowledging the receipt OF Il donation to
the Academy OF Mount St. Vincent, near
Yonkers, writes: ave can only attribute
your extreme kindness to your elevated
views of what is really the calling OF a
Sister OF Charlty-universal service Of
the poor, whether sick, intirm or insane"
In addition, were letters from church
in Norwalk, Connecticut, ST. Raphael's
Church, at Niagara Falls, and Colonel
Rudolph Fitzpatrick, Of the Fenian
Brotherhood, each acknowledging the
receipt ofSl0O.
A letter from the Rev. DR.. Thomas
GAllaudet, thanking Mr.. Tweed for gift
Of fifty dollars to the sick and poor under
his charge, and letters from Sister Irene,
of the Founding Hospital. and Sarah
Ayres, Of st. Vincent Orphan Asylum,
thanking him for his generous donations.
The last letter is dated Syracuse, Jan.
nary 4. 1862" and is signed by Charles
Fl. Swan, ex.Comptroller Green's conf
DENTAL clerk and demonstration reform.
or. Mr.. Swan asks Mr.. Tweed to aid
him and his friends in securing the ap.
pointment of their candidate for the
Canal Collectorship in Syracuse, and
concludes: ave are about starting n
Tammany Society in this city, and In.
tend to make it a sOund institution"
FREIGHT FOR EUROPE.
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