Connelly, Pierce J., Gracemere, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1840 September 16

It seems doubly hard that the loss of Father Nicholas Point, S.J. should have been one of the reasons of their not seeing Blanc at such a time as this. Father J. Francis Abbadie, S.J. will give Blanc a full account of the College of St. Charles and the general satisfaction. Abbadie will also tell Blanc of an intended insurrection of the Negroes and their anxiety about Nace. As for all the threats of lynching the Fathers and driving them out of the country, they have excited nothing but a general disposition to protect them. At the convent the young people continue to do better and better and his wife Cornelia Connelly deserves a large share of the credit. Mrs. Garesche, whose husband is here on government business, one of the most distinguished women in the country, declares there is no institution in the whole country which has the same advantages as regards music. Connelly asks Blanc to accept the copies of an English Prayer Book just forwarded from Bishop John Joseph Hughes. They are a present from Canon Schmid, confessor to the imperial family and compiled by his own hand. They have no imprimatur and Father Theodore de Theux, S.J. suggested that Connelly ask Blanc to give them his approbation. Mr. Vezian told of Blanc's goodness of helping him to the gold to be forwarded to Washington. Blanc is to thank Father Auguste Jeanjean for sending it. :: V-4-k A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.