McCloskey, William, Bishop of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873 February 8

Purcell has McCloskey's permission to put his name to any expression of sympathy to the German bishops. He wrote to Father Edward Purcell concerning a young man who had some difficulty at St. Joseph's preparatory seminary. To uphold authority, McCloskey gave him no letter but told him to enter Mt. St. Mary's as McCloskey's subject. He is sorry to hear that the Archbishop,J. Roosevelt Bayley, is so unwell. Father Thomas Burke, O.P. said that he had Bright's disease. Father Burke has been recalled at the instance of Cardinal Cullen or Manning. This may save his life, as he is not strong. A letter from Rome says that Father Michael A. Corrigan will probably succeed Bayley in the see of Newark. Archbishop Martin J. Spalding left his brother's estate to seven laymen in fee simple, so that the Bishop has not power in it, even though he should gather other money for the school to be established. McCloskey says he will furnish a school of his own. The laymen are in a bad fix, urged on by Spalding's lawyer, Caldwell, yet ignored by the bishop. His Council told him to have nothing to do with them and laymen say no priest shall touch the matter. He asks Purcell to say a word to Father Edward in favor of his seminarian. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.