Jean Baptiste Bernatché and Anastasie Boulanger of the Québec diocese, not being able to get a dispensation for second degree affinity, went to the United States last May. They exhibited a certificate of marriage of which Taschereau sends a copy no enclosure. Taschereau has no doubt about the invalidity of the marriage because of the affinity and the lack of consent of the curé of the place, but he does not wish to publish the scandal without some clarification. He asks McFarland to ask Father James B. Reynolds who celebrated the marriage to enlighten him about it. He asks McFarland's help because of the scandal involved. There is a note in McFarland's handwriting with his initials asking Father Walsh to inform him if this party was married by Father Reynolds; if they had the dispensation of affinity and how long they had been in the parish of Meriden. The letter and certificates are to be returned. And McFarland will send the letter to the Archbishop of Québec. :: I-1-c A.L.S. French 4pp. 8vo.