Dwenger, Joseph, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877 September 18

The letter from Dyer forwarded by Father A. Quattman has been received and Dwenger regards it as a tissue of falsehoods. L. Keilmann and Anotna Scheidt are merely sore because they cannot rule the priest. Dwenger went to Logansport and Lafayette after leaving the funeral of Bishop Amadeus Rappe in Cleveland. He settled the difficulty in the German church of the Franciscans in Lafayette where the trustees wanted to rule the church. The people submitted. Bishop Rappe died as an apostolic laborer. Dwenger is well but desirous to go back preaching missions and he believes he has the diocese in such order that anyone could get along. He hopes that Rome will hear his petition and he asks if such a petition would meet Purcell's approval. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.