Connelly, Pierce, Gracemere, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1842 February 3

His sister Mary Peacock or rather "Sister Peacock" gives them no hope of soon seeing Blanc there in Grand Coteau. As dear Nelie Cornelia Peacock Connelly just said, they have a great deal to say to him. Connelly is trying to make arrangements to take Mercer Connelly to England in the early part of the summer. He has left it entirely to Lord John Talbot Shrewsbury to decide where Mercer shall go. By means of Madame Elizabeth Galitzin's goodness, Connelly's wife, with the baby May, is almost in the convent but still it is impossible for him to leave without disposing of the house he lives in. He will probably be not much less than a year away. He has asked $4500 but only $500 cash and the rest at 8% interest so long as the principal could be secured so that in case anything should happen to him and his wife there might be a little provision for Master Pierce Francis Connelly. Dr. Smith considers the house fully worth that. Connelly is sorry Father Joseph Soller, S.J. does not think it well to buy it. Connelly's brother's wife Angelica Connelly is still with them and will soon make her First Communion. Their St. Charles Library has about 150 books. In Lord Shrewsbury's letter, dated Rome, November 12, he tells of another Anglican clergyman who has been received into the Church, Reverend Wockerbar of Litchfield. In the box of books addressed to Father de Theux for the library were two packages which Mr. Caserly requested be sent to the bishop's house, one is for Father Darron. Connelly hopes it contains the May number of the Dublin Review in which are some of the churches the great architect Pugin is now building in England, one at the sole expense of Lord Shrewsbury. Connelly asks to be remembered to Fathers Rousselon, Maenhaut, and Moni. :: V-4-m A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.