Carriere, S.S. Rev. Joseph President of St. Sulpice, Paris, France, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1859 October 27

Carriere gives an account of his handling the financial business for the care of American students in France. He has not recently heard of the students in Nantes, but will inquire about them. Daniel O'Regan is now at St. Sulpice, but his health is in poor condition. There was a question of his returning to America, but he was against it, because he knew that if he did he would never return to France. He has not yet received a copy of the decrees of the second council of Cincinnati. He discusses the war and his fears for its outcome. He pities the position of the Pope. Bishop Augustine Verot has left Paris and has much work to do in his vicariate. Carriere is pleased to see that the Church is really prospering in America. He is further pleased to see that ex-students of St. Sulpice have become bishops and archbishops. He mentions a visit of Father David Whelan, and speaks of dissension among French bishops on such topics as the temporal power of the Pope. :: II-4-o A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.