Lorretta, S.C., Sister M., Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1845 November 4

Sister Clement S.C. has petitioned for her cousin to be received as a candidate, she is not able to bring the required sum and wants to know if some dispensation can be made. She is 22, born in Dublin, was about 5 or 6 when she came to New York. Her father has purchased a small farm 10 miles west of Dubuque. Mother Xavier, S.C. wrote that on account of good qualities they might make some dispensation. Sister Loretta has received a letter from Mother Etienne Hall, S.C. saying that the Council has dismissed Sister Abraham, S.C. from the community. Sister Francis Regis, S.C. is to give her $50 to send her to New York or any place she wishes to go. Two sisters left St. Joseph's on the 23rd, one for Sister Regina Smith, S.C. , the other for Sister Regis; the third will be picked up on the way, a school Sister for the Asylum. It is Sister Irene, S.C. of Cincinnati :: V-5-d A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.