Acquidemi, John, President and others, Bologna, Italy, to Archbishop William Henry Elder, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1885 January 18

As president of a committee on the observation of the golden jubilee of the priesthood of Pope Leo XIII, Acquidemi and the others who sign as Elder and the other bishops to join with them in a general celebration besides the local celebrations which will be held throughout the Christian world in December 1887. This general celebration will consist of: 1. A common prayer for the preservation of the Holy Father, 2. A Vatican exposition of the products of Catholic industry. 3. An alms offered from the whole world, and 4. By pilgrimages to the Holy See. In this they ask the cooperation of the bishops. :: II-5-f L.S. Italian 3pp. 8vo.