Purcell sends his congratulations on the completion of the cathedral and its approaching dedication. He has delayed answering Lefevere's letter of May 1 in the hopes of being able to go but he fears matters of importance in his own diocese will not permit him to be present. If the affair, the conduct of a refractory clergyman, can be settled in time he will come but Lefevere is not to rely on him for the sermon. He agrees as to the importance of providing as early as possible for the vacant see of Chicago and also of Vincennes . He has made a suggestion on Chicago to Archbishop Samuel Eccleston of Baltimore. Some of the clergy have put in a candidate whom he, not alone among the bishops, does not regard as the one. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.