Antonelli, James Cardinal, Rome, Papal States, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 June 11

The enclosed letter if for W.D. Dempster who wrote to the Holy Father telling him of his conversion to the Catholic faith and asking the Apostolic benediction. The Holy Father has written him a word of encouragement in his own hand and asks that Purcell give it to Dempster who will prize it highly. Antonelli also takes the occasion to send his regards. The enclosure is not with the letter :: II-5-d L.S. Italian 1pg. 8vo.