Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1856

pg 287       confidential letter giving assurances that the Archbishop had 
             changed.  In consequence of this letter, which was supposed to 
             come indirectly from the Archbishop, a superior is provided.  The 
             Rev. F. Shortis goes to New York, sees the misunderstanding, and 
             is silent about it for three weeks.  Finally it becomes evident 
             that the Archbishop has not changed his mind, and that 
             consequently the formal orders of the Rector must be carried out.  
                  Sr. Mary of St. Angela was at this time in Philadelphia, 
             occupied in the foundation of a house of the same kind as that of 
             New York, undertaken in the month of August, really for the 
             purpose of securing a certain independence and consequently better 
             terms for New York.  This foundation caused a stir, and would at 
             least answer as a refuge for the Sisters of New York in case they 
             should be obliged to retire.
                  St. M. of St. Angela, personally known and esteemed by the 
             Archbishop, receives an obedience as visitor of the house of New 
             York, with instructions to make a last effort to save it, in