Barnabo, Alexander Cardinal Prefect, Rome, Papal States, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 June 5

The report has been brought to the Sacred Congregation that the Sisters of Charity,who for some months have conducted a school for boys and girls of tender ages, have sold the home which had been given for a definite purpose by the faithful of the city and the money used for other purposes. From this there have arisen some disputations and quarrels with some danger of scandal to the faithful. Barnabo asks Purcell to advise the Superior of the Sisters to desist from the sale of the property. Barnabo does not know how the difficulty is to be solved so that the rights of the donors will be preserved, but he has faith that Purcell will attend to the business carefully, and asks that he make known immediately any action taken in these matters. :: II-5-e L.S. Latin 2pp. 8vo.