Loras, Bishop Mathias, Dubuque, Iowa, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1843 August 24

Loras would like to have 18 copies of the ordo by January 1. If it is not already printed he would like to supply an omission. They consecrated their Cathedral on August 15. Therefore a memento should be made that day or during the octave. Father Rousselon is to put Loras's name down as a subscriber to the Propagateur Catholique. Loras is asking through Father John Bazin to let Blanc have $24 due Loras at Mobile for the customs charges on a package he is expecting from France. As he can scarcely do anything else except to instruct the poor and ignorant Loras needs an excellent catechism. He asks Blanc to examine the translation of Belley's which Loras has just published so that he can make all the corrections necessary in the addition he wishes to make to the first part during 1844. If the embellished copy he is mailing today does not reach Blanc he presumes that Bishop Odin will let him have some of the 200 addressed to him. Loras would like a letter from Blanc telling about his trustees and other affairs. He has two priests among the Sioux; they take almost all the aid he gets from Lyons. A novena in honor of Mary produced great fruit at Dubuque. :: V-4-o A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.