Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1842 July 20

Chanche hopes that between Blanc, Bishop Michael Portier, and Father James Lesne they will not let Chanche lose that money. They are to see how soon they can let him have it. Portier has not yet answered his letter. Chanche had consulted Portier on the sending of Father Albino Desgaultière to Paulding. Is Father Augustin de Angelis going to Pascagoula? The matter of Jefferson College is not yet decided. A meeting of the trustees is to be held next Saturday. The opposition is very great. Chanche was afraid that the affair of Madame de Beaumont was not at an end. He would not be surprised if there was a place of rendezvous appointed. Mr. de Bacourt will be glad to receive any information. From what Blanc said when Chanche was in New Orleans, he supposes Blanc was in debt to the Citizen's Bank for 5 or $6,000. He could pay $6000 by buying up its depreciated paper. Chanche is sorry to learn the details concerning Mrs. Waggaman; she must suffer much. If Blanc gets the money from Portier he is to send Lesne up with it. There is a little boy here about 6 years old whose mother is dead and whose Father has abandoned him and is somewhere in New Orleans. The little boy is with his grandmother who is not able to support him. Could Blanc not give him a place somewhere in New Orleans? :: V-4-m A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.