Lefevere, Peter P., Bishop of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 February 26

Lefevere agrees with Purcell and Bishop George A. Carroll that the Council should be opened on the 5th of June, the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, and suggests that all future Councils should begin on the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. He has inquired into the affair of the priest who made a statement at the house of Mrs. Elbert and he is Father J.A. Rotchford, a Dominican Father of the Convent of St. Joseph's, Perry Co. Ohio and is now Superior at London, Canada. Rotchford, while at a tea at Mrs. Elbert's showed the company how some people in Washington often toast the Union. Lefevere wishes to prevent any future scandals by priest meddling in politics, whether he be from his own diocese or from another. He thanks Purcell for his hospitality during his stay in the Archiepiscopal City and because this time Purcell will be more crowded he has applied to the Jesuit Fathers for their hospitality during the next Council. He sends his regards. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.