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

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1859

pg 371       and would bring in, he was sure, a thousand dollars.  A circular 
             to this effect was addressed to the pastors, but the collection 
             was made in only one church, and brought $66 instead of $1000.  It 
             was no more spoken of by either party.
                  Soon afterwards the Bishop set out for Europe; the monetary 
             crisis was on; the monthly payments of the scholars became still 
             more insignificant, and the debts of the community were on the 
             increase.  Meanwhile His Lordship's agent demanded the payment of 
             the rent six months in advance, contrary to the promise of the 
             Bishop.  F. Sorin considered himself justified under such 
             circumstances in refusing it for the time being.
                  Some time afterwards Mgr. Duggan, administrator of the 
             diocese, also demanded the same payment, and for the same reasons 
             received a similar answer.  Everything was explained to him in a 
             subsequent interview, and the conclusion to which he came was that 
             things should be left in statu quo until the regular nomination of 
             a Bishop for Chicago: and this was agreed to without hesitation.