Carrell, Bishop George Aloysius, Covington, Kentucky, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 November 19

The Telegraph has conveyed the intelligence of the death of Bishop James Oliver Vandevelde . Some few years ago, Father James M. Lancaster was Blanc's choice as the successor of Bishop Chanche. Carrell knows there is a prejudice against him on the part of some prelates who are all powerful at Rome but Carrell feels it is nothing but prejudice. Lancaster is a man of integrity and Carrell has had no complaint from those among whom he exercises his ministry except that he is too much engaged in secular affairs. As he received a handsome estate from his father, Carrell supposes he does not consider it sinful to manage it. Carrell thought he would bear testimony to Lancaster's good life in case his name should come up. Carrell would be as much pleased to see one of Blanc's French priests wearing the mitre of Natchez . But there is a bitter nationality among a certain class that would ostracize all who are not from their own country. Carrell asks Blanc to destroy this letter the moment he has read it. :: VI-1-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.