Kenrick, Bishop Peter Richard, St. Louis, Missouri, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 March 3

Blanc perhaps knows that Mrs. Marion Lavinia Todd is at the Convent of the Visitation, Madame Eleanor Grey, R.C.J. having refused to receive her. Kenrick wanted to know Blanc's feelings about Father Francis Lahaye . This young priest has told Kenrick through Father A. Thibaudier that he has been the victim of a slanderous rumor which he said was without foundation and that Blanc had been perfectly satisfied with his explanation. Kenrick regrets the necessity of sending Lahaye to New Orleans, but his health was so feeble that they feared for his life. Father Donnelly seems to want to leave; that is why Kenrick gave him permission to go down during the winter. In the future Kenrick will not try to add to Blanc's troubles by having such visitors. :: V-5-g A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.