Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862 November 21

Kenrick thanks Purcell for recommending his revision of the Douay Bible and ordering the Catholic Telegraph to print a notice of his work. He congratulates Purcell for obtaining a formal sanction of the Congregation of Rites which cured the difficulties of the Litany of the Holy Name. Kenrick found, in the Cathedral Library, a volume given by Bishop Simon Brutoof the words of Cardinal Cajetan. It contained a letter dated December 1826 to Archbishop Ambrose Marechal dealing with the sermons of the Fathers on the mystery of the Incarnation, Kenrick sent the letter to Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Newark asking for a more extensive life of Brute and tells Purcell that should Bayley decline, Purcell should see that the life is written because he knew Brute so well. Kenrick says he has not written or sanctioned anything which appeared in the Catholic Mirror with regards to Purcell's views on the topics agitating the country, or those of Archbishop John Hughes of New York, because he wishes to avoid interfering with the editor. The editor is Courtney Jenkins, a lawyer, and he is aided by Dr. Richard McSherry. His correspondent, "Nemo" is a clergyman in Pennsylvania. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.