Fitzgerald, Edward Bishop of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1868 March 31

He asks if he may hope to obtain a loan of a priest or two for a few years. They have six priest enough for the 1,500 Catholics, but they are so scattered and they have numerous requests for priests from non-Catholics. He can accept only priests who have means to support themselves. Half the money they receive from the Propagation of the Faith must be paid in taxes on the property belonging to the diocese. One of their convent schools was forced to suspend. The other two can scareely maintain themselves now that they have free schools to compete with. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.