Charbonnel, Armand de Bishop of Toronto, Paris, France, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 October 10

Mr. Cadue, their former professor at St. Sulpice, is occupied in writing the life of Father M. Mollevaut for whom they have much veneration and affection. Charbonnel along with many others gave to Cadue the letters which he received from Mollevaut. He regrets having destroyed the notes which he took under him. Cadue would like to have Purcell's letters, notes, and impressions of Mollevaut. He wishes Purcell a long life and commends him to do the good that Archbishop Anthony Blanc has accomplished. Having made Bishop G.J. Lynch coadjutor of Toronto, he was pressed by Lynch and others to go to Rome for a case against many prelates of their province. This gave occasion to the administrators of the Propagation of the Faith to recommend Charbonnel to the Pope as the preacher-bishop of their work and also gave him occasion to solicit his resignation and his entrance into the Capuchins. This has been accorded. Now after five months he is a Capuchin especially charged to preach the propagation of the faith. There is talk of sending him into the three united kingdoms and to the United States. But he must be assured of the spontaneity of the bishops and have the assurance of a zealous agent in each congregation. He asks what does Purcell think of the project. Good Bishop Lynch does wonders. Charbonnel is full of hope for France, basing his opinion on certain recent events. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. French