Elder, William Henry Bishop of Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 June 4

Elder asks Permission to again solicit during the summer or early fall. Some of his creditors are in need of their payments, although half of his debts were taken care of by last year's collections. Elder is afraid that some of his obligations must be met before he goes to the Council. He would like to continue his visitations before starting for Europe. A cable has been received from Europe announcing that Archbishop John M. Odin and company have arrived in France. Elder is advised to go over in September. He describes a procession in honor of the Sacred Heart, in which almost all of the parish took part. He complains of the school system. The Catholics are educating as many children as the public schools, yet the latter schools are absorbing all of the taxes. It is up to some of the larger cities to set the example. P.S. He asks to be addressed in care of the Archbishop of New Orleans. :: II-5-d A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.