Bailey, Thomas W., Natick, Massachusetts, to Bishop Anthony Blanc White, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1844 May 12

Blanc will forgive Bailey's delay in acknowledging his letter; he has been traveling almost all the time. He is now settled for some time. He has had many pleasant hours in his travels but had he had a partner many an hour passed in regret would have been cheered. He was in New York? City, Boston, New Haven, and Niagara Falls, the great balance of creation. Bailey sees by the papers from home that Blanc has visited Vincennes. Bailey belongs to no religious sect; he believes in a moral and honest life. One thing he is earnestly engaged in is temperance. Many young men met and formed a Washingtonian Temperance Society. Bailey has tasted no alcoholic liquor for the past four years. :: V-5-a A.L.S. 4pp. folio