Bayley, James Roosevelt, Bishop of, Newark, New Jersey, to Father Robert Seton, Rome, Italy, 1867 March 11

Bayley has just received Seton's letter of February 12. He did not intend to say anything that would hurt Seton's feelings or imply distrust in his remarks in regard to Seton's monsignorship; he was only afraid that Seton might be induced to remain abroad instead of coming home to help them in this new country. It would be a sin for a priest as well fitted as Seton to do good at home to remain abroad in a career already overcrowded. Bayley's eyes have lately failed very much and his physician had ordered him to stop work for a while and go abroad. Bayley will probably leave on the 20th and endeavor to make a short trip to the Holy Land before going to Rome. If Seton wishes to join him he is to be in Marseilles on April 8. William Seton 4 was there today; he says all at home are well. Bayley will be in Rome June 20. P.S. Seton is to tell Father William McCloskey to keep a corner for him in the American College if possible. If not, Seton must find him lodgings somewhere. If Bayley's old hat is about anywhere in the American College to find out the size, Seton is to have a new one made for him. Monsignor Seton in 1890 adds the note: Father William is Dr. McCloskey, then rector of the American College, now Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky. :: II-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.