Jamey, Father Victor, Opelousas, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 August 7

The power of attorney Blanc received from the Rossi sisters is not in proper form and as Mr. Bignon was afraid of it, Jamey has set about straightening it out. The procuration stated that one of the sisters did not appear before a notary but before her religious superior, and it does not prove that they are really sisters of the late Father Flavius Henry Rossi. While Jamey was at Attorney Lewis' house Bignon went past and agreed to put it in order, giving notes payable October 1. What is coming to the three sisters amounts to $4248. Father Henry Duranquet, S.J. having brought the procuration Jamey was convinced that it lacked the essentials. Jamey would like to keep Father Joseph Billon longer; however is long trips are made. It is true he would do better here than any other place. St. Martinville with its pretension to be the Versailles of Louisiana differs no less from St. Landry than a good village in France differs from a small town. After Father Joseph Evrard's show of character on board the ship on the last trip to France, Blanc will not be surprised at what happened in Baton Rouge. This young man needs to serve as an assistant. Jamey had grave reasons for asking for another curate or a change to Natchitoches. Poor Father N. Francais has to live with his mistakes. Jamey was often offered a curate in France but he did not want one. Father James H. Joubert's friendship led to his having one in spite of himself. For four years he has asked to go back to France and is not inclined to change his resolution. No parish in Blanc's diocese offers a field as vast and fruitful as the Cathedral and the religious communities with their boarding schools but Jamey repeats he never had the intention of changing through inconsistency or self interest. He desires that God will send Blanc enough priests and that he himself can go back to Besancon. :: V-4-k A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.