Brumer, Father John W., Lancaster, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 April 12

Brummer asks for a dispensation for the marriage of Susan F. Meyers, a Catholic, to Pearson Schakley, a non-Catholic. He does not know if there have been any changes made in the regulations since he left for the South. Father C.F. Hone received the cope Purcell sent. Hone was to go to Cincinnati for the Holy Oils but since he didn't Brummer will have to go. He would like to have the Church dedicated on Holy Trinity Sunday. Ten persons in the congregation are very sick and if they do not get well, Brummer will be unable to leave. He intends to have Confirmation on the same day as the dedication. He is feeling too weak to handle the congregation and will be ready to go to Schmeizers, or else have an assistant assigned him at Lancaster. He would like to know definitely Purcell's plans when he comes to Cincinnati. If he had the address of Father Casper A. Girst he would write him and had he known what he now knows he would have begged for more leniency for him. Unless Purcell interferes, Father Henry Lange's remains will not be removed into the Church. He intended to open the subscription for the new alter last Sunday but has dropped the whole matter until the arrival of Purcell. Father Lange's library is to be sold next Friday and Brummer wonders if Purcell has appointed anyone to see to his interest in the matter. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.