Elder, Bishop William Henry, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 March 3

Elder received Blanc's letter of the 1st just after he sent Blanc a note today. Elder will keep Father F Pont if he is willing. Elder has hopes of his doing great good in the diocese and has asked him to make a visitation along the gulf back in the country. Elder believes there is work for a priest on Jordan and Wolf Rivers. Elder has never understood clearly the distinction between priests incorporated into the diocese and those not incorporated. The question of priests passing from one diocese to another perplexed him until he saw the Provincial Council of Baltimore VIII 1855 . He found the decree at the end of the Provincial Council of Cincinnati I 1855 . It pains Elder that Blanc has still this new trial added to his griefs. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.