Kenrick, Archbishop Peter Richard, St. Louis, Missouri, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1850 August 4

Kenrick returns the letters Blanc had sent him at the request of Bishop Ignatius A. Reynolds . Father Flavianus was barely tolerated by Kenrick. Kenrick was not inclined to think him an imposter; in consequence of the strong recommendation of the Bishop of New York, etc., he thought the Bishop of Charleston's notice had an official character and did not wish to do anything that might appear to diminish its authority. Flavianus had an introduction to the Jesuits here from Father George Blackney, S.J. of New Orleans; Kenrick permitted Flavianus to say Mass as the Jesuits saw fit. Bishop James Oliver Vandevelde of Chicago who was here at the time, subscribed for a small sum and gave him a letter. Kenrick gave neither name nor money and strongly suspects him to be an imposter. He has two letters from the Archbishop of Baltimore; the writing exactly resembles his. An Irish priest from Montreal has been in 2 or 3 dioceses and shows a letter from the Bishop of Montreal, who, in reply to inquiry denies ever having given him a letter. He has not yet come to St. Louis. Kenrick mentions this to put Blanc on his guard. :: V-5-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.