Lefevere, Peter Paul, Bishop of Zela, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 February 3

Lefevere acknowledges Purcell's letter of the 26th, enclosing a document from Rome. He does not know what to say about the names proposal for Louisville. He agrees with Purcell that Father L. Coosemans would be preferable, but he is afraid the Jesuits will oppose him. Since Father Benjamin Spalding has already been rejected by Rome, it would be useless to propose him again. Father Peter Lavaille would do except that Rome will not have him due to some unfavorable information. Nor does Lefevere believe Father William McCloskey of the American College in Rome would be as suitable as the Very Rev. H.B. Coskery, Vicar-General of Baltimore. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.