McCloskey, William Bishop of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 March 9

McCloskey is in the midst of business concerning the St. Thomas Orphan Asylum, which does not permit him to leave Louisville that week. He is going to Nazareth to have the Sisters of Nazareth take charge of the smaller boys. He is tempted to give up his "commision" and let some one more congenial to Archbishop Martin J. Spalding take charge. He wishes to consult Purcell about the late Father Benjamin J. Spalding's property. A lawyer announces Archbishop Spalding's power of attorney void, and that the matter will get into court unless the archbishop does what he is bound to do. $3,000 were lost at a stroke two years ago. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.