Konings, C.SS.R., Father Anthony, Ilchester Maryland, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1876 December 14

He answers the case proposed by Purcell. In the case of the woman from New Hampshire, he thinks there is reason to grant her a dispensation. This must be obtained from Rome, because the power of the bishops of the United States is not sufficient to govern this case. Since Rome must be written to, it would be wise to state in the same petition the case concerning the baptism of the Philadelphia woman. He considers her baptism valid because a Baptist minister told one of their priests that the followers of this sect, although they do not ascribe any regenerative power to baptism, intend to perform the rite of which the Sacred Scriptures speak. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.