Norwalk, Father Joseph, Teplitz, Bohemia, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1866 March 24

Joseph Norwalk a priest in the diocese of Lietmeriz in Bohemia, a Roman doctor of theology, assistant in the parish of Teplitz, asks that he be received into the diocese of Cincinnati. Born in 1832, he was ordained in 1855, and in 1863 he went to Rome where he received the doctorate the following year. He has nourished a desire to go to America for a long time and has had a firm determination since he heard of the death of Father Hammer whom he had heard in Rome. Before he can get permission to emigrate he must be able to show his bishop papers showing his reception in another diocese. These papers he asks of Purcell at the same time sending with this letter his own testimonials. He has sent letters of the same kind to the Vicar-General of Cincinnati. :: II-5-c A.L.S. Latin 2pp. 4to.