192 Propaganda Fide 
145 . “ Atti della Congregazione Particulare de 4 Marzo 1808. America Set- 
tentrionale.” 
ff. 1-37. Abstract of a congregation held for the erection of a bishopric, 
subject immediately to the Holy See, to hold in check certain con¬ 
tumacious ecclesiastics who refuse to obey a simple vicar, and to 
better propagate the Catholic religion in the United States, 
f. 40. Extract from the Monitenr de la Louisiane, of Feb. 21, 1807, on 
the bishopric of New Orleans. 
f. 42. Process undertaken by Abbe de l’Espinasse, before the prefect 
apostolic, to secure the suppression of the ancient chapel founded 
by Spanish Catholics at Kingston. Printed, 
ff. 42-43. Two copies of the Moniteur de la Louisiane on the disorders 
produced by the Rev. Father Walsh, 
ff. 44-49. New Orleans, Mar. 6, 1807. Letter of the administrators of 
the goods of the church of the parish of New Orleans, to Mgr. Car- 
roll, as administrator of Louisiana. 
ff. 64-68. Two matrimonial dispensations made by the parish of St. Louis, 
ff. 69-70. July 4, 1787. From the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba, consti¬ 
tuting Father Antonio de Sedella parish priest of New Orleans, 
f. 71. May 9, 1806. From the King of Spain, naming the aforesaid priest 
as curate. 
ff. 75-77. Copy of document on the foundation of the bishopric of Balti¬ 
more. 
f. 79. Father Concanen requests the most ample facoltd for some prelate 
of the British Empire, for the spiritual good of the American portion 
of that empire. 
f. 80. 1808. Father Concanen urges that the affairs of North America 
be hastened. 
ff. 81-82. Father Concanen, on the naming of certain Catholic bishops in 
the United States. 
ff. 85-86. From the same, on the same subject. 
ff. 91-93. Nov. 21, 1806. Translation of a letter written in English by 
Mgr. Carroll to Father Concanen, on the divisions of dioceses in 
America. 
ff. 95-96. Apr. 12, 1805. From the Rev. Patrick Walsh, vicar general of 
New Orleans, on Father Antonio de Sedella, who excites the people 
against him. 
ff. 97-100. 1805. Two letters from a priest of St. Sulpice at Baltimore, 
proposing certain queries. 
ff. 102-105. Nov. 22, 1806. The Bishop of Baltimore writes of how many 
dioceses it would be possible to found, 
ff. 106-108. From the same, suggesting nominations for the said proposed 
dioceses. 
ff. 108-m. Considerations on making bishops. 
ff. 165-176. “ Rescripta Sacrae particularis Congregationis . . . pro reso- 
lutione dubiorum [on the nomination of bishops] ad Americam Sep- 
tentrionalem, praesertim vero ad Foederatas ejusdem Americae Pro¬ 
vinces pertinentium.” 
f. 184. Briefs for the making of new dioceses, 
ff. 187-188. Erection of four dioceses, and names of the bishops, 
ff. 191-197. The cardinal charged with the affair (Cardinal Litta) re¬ 
sponds to doubts on the erection of new dioceses. 
