Hannin, Father Edward Administrator, Cleveland, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 July 14

Hannin tells Purcell that he promised to be with them a Sunday in August and asks that Purcell set the day. Some priests of the diocese wish to sell property given for the benefit of their respective churches, and Hannin wants to know if he has to get a special permission from Rome. To answer some editorials in the Cleveland press concerning the difficulties at St. Bridget's, Hannin published an article in the Cleveland Herald which he sends Purcell. Purcell will be pleased to learn that no congregation in the diocese is better reconciled than St. Bridget's. He is pleased that Bishop Augustus Tõbbe and Purcell will be there to learn of this. No parish in the diocese needed a change more and while he had been disposed to pass over the matter in silence he is glad he made the change. Hannin hopes that Purcell will stay a few days with him. He suggests a trip on the Lake to Put-in-Bay to escape the August heat. He also sends his regards to Father Edward Purcell and suggests that he accompany the archbishop. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.