McCloskey, William Bishop of Louisville, New York, New York, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 February 5

McCloskey regrets that he will be unable to assist at the consecration of Bishop Ignatius Mrak because he will have to finish the negotiations begun in New York. He is sorry to ask Father George H. Doane to postpone his visit but the affairs of Louisville must come first. It was on this principle that Archbishop Martin J. Spalding wrote to Angers asking them to recall Mother Ward . He told them that it would be suicidal for them to send her back to Louisville. He has also asked them to leave the present superior remain until he gets to Europe. She is the only business woman they have. If she prove capable of governing during the interval, the best thing is to let her stay. She is from St. Louis and governed a house in New Orleans well, until a visitor came. He asks Purcell if he has heard anything from Rome. It is rumored that grave charges will be made in the Father John McMullin - Bishop James Duggan case. The whole thing he fears is a petty persecution. He regrets that McMullin is staying at the American College. He fears that Rome will lay great stress on the recommendations of McMullin by Purcell and Spalding. :: II-5-d A.LS. 4pp. 12mo.