Kenrick, Peter Richard, Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863 August 17

Today in Kenrick's return from Baltimore, where he attended the months' mind of Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick, he received Odin's letter. The sudden deaths of Odin's predecessor, of the saintly Bishop Neumann of Philadelphia, and of his Kenrick's brother warn them all of the necessity of being always prepared. Father Henry B. Coskery is administrator of the vacant see and is well calculated to provide for the wants of the Church. Owing to the impossibility of communicating with the Bishops of Richmond, Charleston, and Savannah, some time may pass before a new Archbishop is appointed. VI-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. 4