Chanche, John Joseph, Bishop of Natchez, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 April 25

Chanche will leave Baltimore on the 27th and go directly to Blanc by Wheeling and the Ohio. He intended going by way of Charleston and Mobile but he has been told it is not the shortest route. As he is very anxious to see Blanc before he goes to Natchez; he will take the boat for New Orleans, and if Blanc is visiting his diocese he will go where he is. He has no crozier so Blanc will have to supply one. They heard unofficially of the great loss Blanc has sustained in the death of his friend Father Auguste Jeanjean; his long illness gives them reason to believe the information is correct. Chanche fears that the important undertaking in which he is about to be engaged is much above his strength; he feels as if he had done wrong in not resisting the appointment. If it were possible for Blanc to go with him to Natchez, it would be a great consolation to him. :: V-4-l A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.