McCloskey, William, Bishop of, Louisville, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871 June 2

McCloskey postponed engagements for May 30 and June 1 to go to South Bend, but did not feel able to make the trip, although he would have had Father Ryan the greater part of the way. He is not well and when the summer confirmations are over he will remain quietly at the seminary. Did Purcell take the documents of which he read parts to him and Bishop Maurice de St. Palais . If so, Purcell should guard them carefully and send them by express. What a sad fate for the Archbishop of Paris, and Dupanloup talked of as his successor already! He was glad to see Mr. O'Connor and but that the seminarians were on retreat for ordinations he would have returned with him to Cincinnati to see Bishop James F. Wood . He is most anxious to see Wood's new seminary. :: II-5-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.