Feehan, John Patrick Augustin Bishop of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 October 25

He has received Purcell's letter of the 19th and already written to Abbot LukeWimmer of Latrobe, Pennsylvania to ask him to allow some of his Fathers to take charge of the German settlement in Tennessee. If he objects, he asks Purcell to use his influence in the matter. He has also written to Father JGabriel of St. Joseph's, Covington, who had permission from the Abbot to come to Lawrencebrugh, Tennessee . Before, there were very few Germans here except at Memphis where they are in charge of the Franciscan Fathers. He hopes the Benedictines will settle permanently at Lawrenceburgh. It is a fine country and the non-Catholics are generally well disposed toward us. Father Henry Ratte is in charge of a small German congregation in Nashville and cannot interfere with the settlement. Father I Wenninger ? has not made any application and Feehan would not accept him. He asks Purcell to write a line to the Abbot. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.