Fitzgerald, Father Joseph P., Delaware, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861 March 18

Fitzgerald believes from Purcell's last letter to Mr. Hemsteger that he does not know of the number of German and Irish Catholics in Delaware. Fitzgerald has a list of them but it is in Columbus. Fitzgerald enumerates the German and Irish families. A German priest, perhaps Father Wiese, would attend them well. Fitzgerald is discontented and would rather be back at Columbus. If six calls a year will not satisfy the Germans then Fitzgerald suggests that he is given Pleasant Valley and Marysville. He is returning to Columbus on Wednesday. He does not wish to interfere with his brother's rights in the change of parishes. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.