Glorieux, Bishop Alphonsus Joseph Vicar Apostolic Elect of Idaho, Baltimore, Maryland, to Monsignor Robert Seton, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, 1885 January 7

Father Denis Joseph O'Connell handed Glorieux Seton's letter of the 2nd with a drawing of his arms as proposed by Seton. The see has no heraldic properties; it is difficult to make an appropriate seal. Monsignor Louis Lootens, the first Vicar Apostolic, resigned in 1875 because of insurmountable difficulties. Until Glorieux's appointment, the Archbishop of Oregon was the Administrator. The motto does not exactly suit his taste; if Seton would suggest another one more adapted to the life of a Vicar Apostolic in a wild, mountainous country he would prefer it. He first consulted Seton at O'Connell's suggestion. :: II-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.