Goss, Alexander, Bishop of Liverpool, England, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M. of New Orleans, Lyons France, 1862 December 12

Father Ambrose Martin waited on Goss today with letters signed by Odin's vicar-general, Father Stephen Rousselon, and also with a testimonial signed by the second vicar, Father Napoleon Joseph Perché. He asks for leave to celebrate Mass and also for temporary employment in Liverpool on the ground that his parents are poor and that he has been recommended by the physician to try his native air for the restoration of his health. Goss asks Odin to direct Rousselon to say whether these facts are true and whether he is a good and zealous priest. He asks because priests sometimes ask for employment under false pretenses, representing that they are ailing bodily, whereas they too often are ailing mentally. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.