Cogan, Father D.J., Helena, Arkansas, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868 March 9

He thanks Odin for his last letter. Were the situation really as Bishop Edward Fitzgerald portrays it, there would be no question about Cogan's submitting. But it is not. Fitzgerald's view is unjust, and all Cogan wishes is to leave his diocese. The superior of a religious community says that he will receive him with an exeat from Odin even though Fitzgerald does not consent. He asks Odin to write to Fitzgerald to let him go. Cogan will fulfill any condition except that of getting a substitute. P.S. To date they have not received the Lenten regulations. :: VI-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.