Dwenger, Joseph, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873 September 18

Father Hahne ? has not written to him. Dwenger was invited and promised to be in Cleveland that day to preach at the dedication of the new church of the Franciscans. He will visit Purcell the following Monday. He is in hopes of seeing Father Edward Purcell in Fort Wayne very soon. He will ordain a seminarian this week for this diocese. He received a letter from a good priest of Frankfort, Germany, Father Hugo Praessar, telling him that four good priests intend to leave Germany because of the political state of affairs. Two of them need help to defray their expenses. Dwenger could use two of them, and desires to know if Purcell wants the other two. Praessar is well known to him and he feels sure they are what he represents them to be, that is, good priests. He knows no further news of interest. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.