Young, Father Nicholas Raymond, Bellefontaine, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 January 25

As he expects Purcell to visit them during the year, he invites him in good time so as to be ready for his visit. He has no parochial school, making instruction of the children that much harder. He wishes to have that requisite of pastoral care, which he thinks he has fervently at heart and only lack of means to maintain it cheeks him. Will it be convenient for Purcell to visit Bellefontaine June 18? He can have the children ready for confirmation by that time. They are rough and wild, but he thinks they are pure. At that time he will ask Purcell to grant him a few weeks vacation, in order that he may accompany his sister to their old home in Maryland. The financial report as required of each priest, as noticed in the Catholic Telegraph of Jan. 5, is easy for him to give. The annual income of St. Patrick's Church, Bellefontaine, is $700, and the debt is about $600. A residence house has been erected during the past year; the buildings and grounds are in good condition. The missions in west Liberty bring in about $50 a year, where the debt on the church property is about $900, besides the amount of the loaned by Mr. J. Nash and Father Edward Purcell. A portion of the property is now rented, so as to bring in about $900 in five years. Degraff Logan County brings in $50 a year, there is no debt and the church is in good condition. Everything will be submitted to Purcell on his visit. He was in North Lewisburg when Purcell passed through Bellefontaine. His sister is well and they ask Purcell's blessing. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.