He asks Hudson to send five copies of the Ave Maria containing his "Mission in Mid-Ocean" to Father Leonore in the Islands, who is anxious to send them to his friends in France. He thinks some religious houses there might like to subscribe to the Ave. Stoddard is on needles and pins but his mind is tranquil. He is grateful for the prayers of Hudson and Father J Pinasco, S.J. P.S. He has just reread Bishop John B. Brondel's account of his visit to Louise Latean. Is the cloth Hudson sent him stained with her blood? :: X-2-j A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.