Kress, Father John D., Reading, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 January 29

Every second day he receives a letter from Ripley Ohio begging him to come visit them again and stay 2 or 3 months so that the congregation will not go to ruin. If Purcell wishes him to go there and will give Father John C. Albrink another assistant he is willing to leave. He knows it is a hard task, but his health is good now, and perhaps after he gets the congregation in order it will be easier to find a priest for Ripley. He asks Purcell not to mention this to Father Albrink as it might cause ill feeling. The Ripley people have always been very kind to him. The Arnheim people also sent him word to come to Arnheim when he goes to Ripley again. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.