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

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1861

pg 436       a word of explanation, a check for 400 fr.  On his return from 
             France in April 1861 he met this same Brother in Philadelphia, 
             where he passed several days with the Brothers of Notre Dame, 
             apparently in the best of spirits.
                  Towards the end of May Brother Charles Borromeo, whom F. 
             Sorin had brought from France the preceding autumn at an expense 
             of 1200fr., asked for permission to go to Canada.  As he was 
             urgent in the matter F. Sorin told him to write to St. Laurent 
             that he would be permitted to go if he were still wanted there, 
             provided Canada first paid back to Indiana the money advanced for 
             him, but that on no other condition would F. Sorin consent to the 
             change.  The letter was sent accordingly, but without any regard 
             to it, Bro. Amedee sent Brother Charles Borromeo a check on New 
             York for an account sufficient to pay his travelling expenses from 
             Notre Dame to St. Laurent.  F. Sorin opened the letter, as he does 
             for all the correspondence of members of the community, and 
             returned the letter and the check to Brother Amedee.