Barnabo, Alexander Cardinal Prefect, Rome, Papal States, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1868 August 31

Barnabo acknowledges Purcell's letter of August 3 in which he learned that the trouble in Aurora, Indiana between Father Ignatius Klein and the faithful incited by the perverse bankers is nearly settled. As to the Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere of Detroit, Barnabo knows that the bishop's relative, Father Amandus Van Den Driessche reports that the fault lies not with the bishop but with his councillors, but the bitterness of the matter remains, and whatever be the cause, the inconvenience still exists. Purcell should not let pass the opportunity to urge the Bishop to remove these councillors, and Barnabo hopes that Purcell will also send an accurate report by which he will know the business of the diocese proceeds. John Simeoni signs as secretary. No. 10 :: II-5-d L.S. Latin 1pg. 8vo.