Chanche, Bishop JOhn Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1843 October 18

What has been done about the curé? Have any advances been made by the trustees and has Blanc given them any notice of his wish on the subject? They have had no sickness of any kind in their city this year. Chanche received a letter from Paris enclosing a diploma by which he was nominated honorary Vice President of the Institut d'Afrique . Has he received this in common with the other Bishops of the United States? He also has a letter from Mr. Choiselat announcing his allocation of the very trifling sum of about $2000. Choiselat wrote when Chanche was in Baltimore dissuading him from going to Europe and assuring him that his diocese would be taken care of. Suppose Chanche and Blanc go to Europe together; Blanc has many things to lay before His Holiness about his trustees, etc., and Chanche will go on a begging expedition. :: V-4-o A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.