Lacombe, Father, Paris, France, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1846 September 2

Lacombe recommends to Blanc's kindness a young man who is leaving for New Orleans and who will bring this letter. Blanc cannot have forgotten Lacombe who was about to leave from Havre in 1835 with Blanc and whom he once believed shipwrecked. Lacombe arrived in Gaudeloupe several days after Blanc left but he was consoled to learn that Blanc was satisfied with the welcome given him at Pointe-a pitre. Father Louvet, although in the prime of life, did not survive long. Lacombe regretted his loss during the time that he directed the mission of Gaudeloupe. After 3 years Lacombe's health forced him to give up to the climate there. The young man whom Lacombe presents to Blanc, belongs to an eminently Christian family whom Lacombe has known for a long time. Blanc will never regret an interest in him by helping him to find a place in an honest business or by helping him in any other way. :: V-5-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.