Young, Joseph M., Bishop of Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 August 10

Young is sorry for not answering sooner but he was busy in his home neighborhood in Maine giving the Sacrament of Confirmation and First Communions. He met with tender treatment and some rudeness. He would accept Purcell's offer to visit him but fears he would become dissatisfied with his present lot. However he will try to get to Lancaster, Ohio when the new church is completed. He doubts if the nomination of Father Tobias Mullin for Pittsburgh will be confirmed. He is not convinced of the need of a diocese of Erie and would willingly give it up. He thinks Father James O'Connor should be sent to New Orleans. Father John McElroy of Boston was summoned to the bedside of the mother of Miss Emily Harper while Young was in Boston. He asks to be remembered to all in Purcell's household. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.