Byrne, Bishop Andrew of Little Rock Arkansas, New York, New York, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 November 12

Byrne arrived in New York by the City of Baltimore on Thursday with nine postulants and a professed Sister for the Convents of Mercy . He will leave in a few days for Helena, Arkansas where he may stay a week before he proceeds to Little Rock. Father Patrick Behan 's death is a great trial and Byrne does not know how to fill his place at Helena. Byrne has placed a number of good ecclesiastics in Carlow College and in two or three years he may look for a supply. Many priests with 10 or 12 years on the Irish Missions offered their services to him, but he thought it better to decline their services as their habits are formed for a different mission from his. Religion is in a very flourishing condition in Ireland; the prelates are united in the great school question and the government has to yield. Byrne sends his respects to Father Rousselon. :: VI-2-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.