Lefevere, Peter P., Bishop of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 May 1

He returns the faculties Purcell so kindly sent him, but if he is not mistaken, the difficulty still exists. He would be pleased to accompany Purcell and Bishop Spalding to St. Thomas, but for the whole month of May he is engaged by fixed appointments which he cannot break without causing disappointment. Lefevere thinks Bishop Michael O'Connor of Pittsburgh is perfectly right in tendering his resignation. Long absences of the bishop from his diocese is detrimental to religion. But he is opposed to the resignation of the Archbishop Anthony Blanc of New Orleans. He is glad to hear that Bishop James F. Wood is reorganizing. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.