Odin, John M., Archbishop of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 November 9

With the assent of the bishops of the province he prepared a list of men for the vacant see of Little Rock. The Bishop of Natchez William H. Elder wrote to substitute the names of Father Edward Fitzgerald of Columbus, Ohio and Father Richard Gilmour of Cincinnati. Bishop John Quinlan suggested these names. Odin asks Purcell's opinion and if he can spare them. Cincinnati has been the nursery of bishops of the United States. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.