Beauclerc, Maria, Marquise de Bellune, Versailles, France, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 March 15

The death of her Father-in-law, the duc de Bellune, makes her ask Blanc to send on the enclosed letter to Victor Beauclerc's address. It contains a copy of her Father-in-law's will. She dares not recount here all the grief she has had especially because of her Father-in-law's severity toward his son; her husband is to tell Blanc. The clause in question, which the law has already declared null, is also null before God by the pardon she has asked for and received for her husband before a minister of the Church. Has her husband repented? It is through Blanc that her children will some day find their Father again. She impatiently waits for the news that the greatest obstacle has been lifted. :: V-4-l A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.