Ahern, Father Michael Mary, Portsmouth, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 November 30

When he was ordered to Portsmouth, Purcell directed him to attend to Chillicothe once a month. This leaves his own congregation unattended and also that of Father Francis Karge by reason of his saying but one Mass on the Sunday on which Ahern is absent. Therefore Ahern would like to be relieved of the duty of serving Chillicothe. He makes application for the admittance of an orphan child into the Asylum at Cumminsville. He took the child from the people with whom she was living because they were not fit to have the child. Ahern does not know whether the parish is better or worse than when he came. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.