Dinnies, J.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1845

Dinnies supposes Blanc would approve of any proper public lectures for the advancement of the correct ideas with regard to the history of the past and the diffusion of the spirit of Catholicism in society. He would wish to see an institution organized which they will call "The Chateaubriand Reunion". Its object would be to bring together weekly an assemblage of intelligent persons to listen to lectures delivered by men of talent on History, Science, etc.. They should be neither religious or polemic; this would exclude their Protestant friends whom they would ardently desire to attend. The lectures should open with music and be alternately in English and French. All that would be expected of Blanc would be to recommend the enterprise to 15 or 20 Catholic gentlemen. A.L.S. Enclosure: