Barnabo, Alexander Cardinal Prefect, Rome, Italy, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1872 February 28

Purcell will find enclosed the Apostolic letters concerning the election of bishops for the Sees of Fort Wayne and Cleveland which he said he would send in his letter of Feb. 6. Also included are the letters for the bishop-elect Richard Gilmour of Cleveland in which the Holy Father reserves to himself the matter of the pension for Bishop Amadeus Rappe . If it should happen that Rappe needs aid, Purcell is to find out how much and in what manner it is to be given. John Simeoni signs as Secretary. Number 2. :: II-5-e L.S. Latin 1pg. 8vo.