Kenrick, Archbishop Francis Patrick, Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 July 2

Father John Wyse of Birmingham has applied to Kenrick for information regarding a statement made by Arthur Cleveland Coxe of Baltimore and republished in London in a treatise by Joseph Oldknow . Blanc is alleged to have taken part in a ceremony in 1837 in which the Protestant Bishop Brownell read the Episcopalian service and Bishop John Baptist Purcell preached. This is stated in a manner to induce the belief of a kind of recognition of Protestant Orders. Kenrick aske Blanc for a correct statement to him or Wyse who is preparing an answer. The Sacred Congregation desires Kenrick to press Drs. McCaffrey and Barry to accept their honors. Dr. Byrne has his Bulls these 12 days past. He waits to hear again from Dr. O'Connor before being consecrated. Kenrick solicits Blanc's interest in behalf of Dr. Levi Silliman Ives . Blanc's last remittance was in April 1856. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.