Shadler, Father Francis J., Charleston, South Carolina, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 November 13

Accompanying this is a letter from August De Teen a young Frenchman whom Shadler met at Sumter where his regiment is stationed. All the Catholics, especially the Sisters of Mercy speak of him in the highest terms for his exemplary conduct amid a demoralized army into which he had been swindled on his arrival in this country. His excellent classical education could be very serviceable if he should be a priest, as he desires. Shadler's acquaintance with him has been short to pronounce upon his vocation, being young in the ministry himself. In Odin's diocese De Teen could make his knowledge of French available. Today they have been informed of Bishop Patrick Neeson Lynch's arrival in New York. ` A.L.S. 3pp. 4to. ` Enclosure: