Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C,M,, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861 July 11

Odin's favor of June 25 has just reached him. He apprised the Holy See of his acceptance which he learned from the secular papers. He shall urge the transmission of the pallium, and support Odin's recommendations for Galveston. He has no suggestion to make in regard to them. Archbishop Anthony Blanc was accustomed to pay $50 yearly towards the relief fund for Rev. Levi Silliman Ives. Bishop William Henry Elder of Natchez gave $25. He hopes Odin will induce Bishop John Quinlan of Mobile and Bishop Augustus Martin of Natchitoches to do in like manner and forward the whole amount by September 1. They have again recommended Father Anthony D. Pellicer for Savannah. Three others have been added by Bishop Patrick Neeson Lynch of Charleston, Bishop John McGill of Richmond, and Bishop Augustin Verot, vicar apostolic of Florida: Father James Hasson, Father Bernard McManus, and Father Henry F. Parke. He does not think McManus qualified. Parke is very delicate. Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of Cincinnati has sailed for Rome intending to ask for Father Sylvester H. Rosencrans for his co-adjutor. The bishops of the diocese are unwilling that the right of succession should be secured to him. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 4to.