McCloskey, William Bishop of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 May 12

McCloskey asks if there is any obstacle to giving tonsure and minor orders on the same day, and if he can give them on any duplex festival. Also, if he is obliged to read any document stating that one is authorized by the Pope without observing the interestices and where can it be found. He asks Purcell to ask Father EdwardPurcell if he sent him his note for $733.92. He has been absent on a visitation and does not remember whether he attended to this business. He is anxious to have the Sisters of Mercy and visited their house in St. Louis, where they have two converts from Louisville, very zealous for their native city. He has heard the sisters do not get along well everywhere and asks Purcell if it be a good move to get them there. Bishop James Duggan is in the asylum, hopelessly insane. Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick is well. Father Patrick J. Ryan is lecturing on Rome but there not bulls for him yet, and none for Covington . Father James M. Lancaster is gone; his sister was sure he would get well. He asks if he can give minor orders and sub-deaconate on the same day. Purcell must suffer for sending him to Louisville. When will Purcell leave for Rome? Archbishop Martin J. Spalding will be off soon, too, no doubt. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.