Byrne, T., Rome, Italy, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1866 February 3

Byrne thinks it his duty to write to Purcell of his arrival in Rome. He supposed that Bishop Sylvester Rosecrans told him of their safe landing at Southampton. When in Paris they visited Mister J. Bonner and gave him Purcell's letter and a copy of the Statutes. Learning in Paris that if they wished to go to Rome by sea they would have to remain in Marseilles nearly a week, they took the overland route by way of Turin and arrived safely in Rome. A. Ullrich after a short examination was put into the classes of the second year's Theology. Father Bernard Smith is the professor of Dogma. Messers Peyer, Byrne and Cusack not having studied the tract "de Locis Theologicis" and coming during the session attend the lectures of the second year's Philosophy. :: II-5-g A.S.L. Photostatic copy from the Archives of the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Delhi, Ohio. 1p. 4vo.