Dupanloup, Felix Bishop of Orleans, Orleans, France, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 January 7

Dupanloup has not heard from Purcell for a long time, in fact, since Purcell left Rome. MonseigneurKarl Joseph vonHefele has written to him twice stating that no one has asked him or any of his colleagues anything about the Council. He asks if this is true also of Purcell. In France Dupanloup knows of two bishops who were told indirectly by a layman, a business man, that, if they did not explicityly adhere, they would have a relatively difficult time obtaining certain marriage dispensations, which are not accorded so easily. He asks if anything like this has happened to Purcell or his colleagues. He begs Purcell to write him the news. P.S. He asks him to send the answer under the care of the Bishop of St. Gall, who will see that it comes to him. :: II-5-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.