Chatard, B., Baltimore, Maryland, to Catherine Josephine Seton, Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1821 January 16

She learned day before yesterday of her cruel loss. Josephine knows the tender friendship which existed between Chatard and her mother Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. She would like to be her second mother but God does not will it. Josephine is to write and tell of her mother's last wishes and news of Josephine's plans for the future. Her health is very bad. May God bless Josephine and her brothers; all three concern her like her own children., P.S. She sends her respects to Fathers Dubois and Bruté and to the good Sisters, especially Sister Xavier who wrote to her. :: II-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo., 3