Young, Father Nicholas Raymond, Bellefontaine, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 March 6

He asks the indulgence of a dispensation for a couple whom he has married, not having had time to communicate with Purcell previously. If he was truly informed, no impediment existed. Mr. Nash has saved the property in West Liberty, from being sacrificed at public sale. He will visit Pleasant Valley Ohio before Easter. The people of Marysville come to North Lewisburg when he visits there. He will do the best he can, but with his present charge he cannot do justice to those small missionary posts. They are suffering. He finds a large class of candidates for Holy Communion and Confirmation in Logan County. He is at times terribly agitated and oppressed, the just penalty of the past. But for the solace and protections of his good sister he would lose his mind. He asks for Purcell's prayers, in which he has great confidence. His sister joins in asking Purcell's blessing. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.