Elder, William Henry, Bishop of, Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866 July 31

Odin's letter of July 24 gave Elder great pleasure. He had already written a pressing letter to Bishop-Elect Edward Fitzgerald not to make difficulties. He enclosed it to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell . Elder encloses copies of an article he had sent to their paper here. They had published a notice from the Crescent, half complimentary and more than half sneering. He has sent a copy to Thomas Layton . Father Henry Picherit writes that Father John Scollard must have been misinformed; his letter is written in a poor hand but Elder had best enclose it as it is no enclosure. :: VI-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.