Navarron, Father Louis, Stonelick, Clermont County, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861 October 14

On September 7, Navarron received a letter from X. Juen and John Snider of St. Louis, New Boston, asking if Father Ferdinand Beiter, a German priest might read Mass for them. Navarron consented provided he presented a written permission from Purcell's vicar general. He visited Navarron after saying Mass that Sunday and the following Friday and showed a permission signed by Father Otto Jair and Purcell. Navarron asked him to get Purcell's permission to hear the confessions of the Germans. Navarron asks if he has visited Purcell. He doubts that he is at New Boston since they brought a child from there to him to be baptized, saying that he did not have the means of baptizing the child there. He came from Germany, and has a relative near New Boston. How he lives Navarron does not know since his two congregations scarcely support him. Navarron asks if Purcell appointed Bieter as pastor of St. Louis Church. ` P.S. He sends greetings to Father Edward Purcell and the other priests. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.