Odin, John M. Abp. of New Orleans, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1866 August 8

He thanks Purcell for the information on the arrival of the Bulls for Bishop-Elect Edward Fitzgerald of Little Rock. It would afford him great pleasure to spend a few weeks with Purcell but his pastoral visit will occupy his time. He will do what he can to procure the French priests Purcell needs. The prospects for the Ursulines at Opelousas is brightening. They are in the center of a large Catholic community, very rich before the war, but much impoverished by the war. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.