Aliquot, Angelique Visitation Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Lousiana, 1846 January 22

Aliquot has been thinking it over for 17 days. The Visitation Sisters are satisfied with her; she is infinitely more satisfied with them. The rule is light and easy for her. There is only one thing that bothers her and if Blanc says to go in she will take the habit immediately; if he tells her to leave, she will leave. She has this strong inclination to do as she has done outside the convent and living under a Superior would make her suffer. The Sisters told her to write to Blanc; Aliquot told them that Blanc would pass on the letter to Father Stephen Rousselon to whom she had turned for a long time. When she has Blanc's reply she will act with assurance. P.S. She fears she was dissimulating with Father Napoleon Joseph Perché so he would not be able to say anything for her. At the top of the letter in Blanc's? hand: James Martin, $400. :: V-5-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.