Young, Josue M., Bishop of Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 May 17

Despite the change of time for the function at Lancaster, Ohio, he will try to be present and if he must preach, he will do his best. He is entirely of Purcell's opinion about the practical application of the Monroe Doctrine. If any government answers the description of St. John of Babylon, it is the accursed British government. He cannot understand how Irish Catholics can sympathize with that hateful government. There ought to be a union of prayer for its conversion and its downfall. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.