McCloskey, William, Bishop of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 January 6

McCloskey thanks Purcell for his invitation to the consecration of Bishop Ignatius Mrak of Marquette, but he is so overwhelmed with business that he cannot go. He has several disagreeable cases and lacks priests to supply vacancies. He has been giving confirmation and has been absent most of the Sundays. He asks how the Little Sisters of the Poor do in Cincinnati and whether Purcell thinks it prudent to introduce them there. There is work for some such people there. He asks about the new bishop of Covington . The presumption is that the administrator Father James M. Lancaster will succeed Carrell. He asks if there is news of the Council in Rome. P.S.—He sends rembrances to Father Edward Purcell and other priests. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.