Duncan, L.C., and Manue?l Musson, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 January 13

The public prints will have informed Blanc of the heavy calamity to the Asylum for the Relief of the Destitute Orphan Boys. The school house and library have been lost by fire and the dormitory of 40 boys was entirely consumed on the morning of the 12th. The Directors are compelled to submit their wants to the sympathies of the public. They have been appointed as a committee that is to present this subject to all the churches in the city and request that Blanc submit the same to the congregation in his charge. Though bequests of considerable prospective value have been made by two citizens yet the interest of this institution consists in real estate chiefly unimproved. Thus the Asylum where there are now one hundred children is dependent on the favor of the Legislature and upon the bounty of individuals. Demands against the treasury usually exceed its resources. :: V-4-l A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.