Byrne, Father William, Boston, Massachusetts, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 March 9

Byrne received Purcell's favor of the 6th. He will send him 100 copies January, 100 February, and 100 March, which are already paid for. Thanks for Purcell's kind permission to name him as a friend of the Young Crusader . The frontispiece would indicate the need of friends. It is a poor excuse to throw the blame on the artist, and to say that a good idea was suggested to him to work out. But this is the only excuse that can be offered. Byrne is so little satisfied with the design that Hennassey of New York has been engaged to sketch a frontispiece for next year's Crusader. Hennassey has quite a reputation and Byrne has hope that he will give satisfaction. Purcell's remark about crowded confinement reminds him of the regret felt here the other day during the Forty Hours Devotion in seeing their good people almost filling the basement of their little Cathedral Chapel and not half enough priests available to hear them. Byrne sympathizes with Purcell in the sorrow he must feel at seeing so many of his brethern in the Episcopacy dropping off around him. He thanks Purcell for the kind manner in which he received the Young Crusader in spite of its many imperfections. :: II-5-h A. L. S. Photostatic copy from the Archives of the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Delhi, Ohio. 2pp. 4to.