Bourget, Bishop Ignatius, Montreal, Canada, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans. Louisiana, 1850 March 5

Bourget sends the enclosed letter, asking Blanc to do for this man who wrote it, all that he can for the children recommended to his charity. He is a very respectable man and a good Christian who deserves some consolation. Bourget awaits information about these poor children. Enclosed in this letter is a copy? in Blanc's hand? of a note on: Antoine Dubord at the penitentiary at Baton Rouge to satisfy a sentence condemning him to 7 years for selling a slave who did not belong to him. He has already served 3 years. He was very well known in New Orleans by many people and by members of the political party to which he belonged. He was particularly known by the honorable Mr. Lasere, a member of Congress. At a time he thought he was doing well, Dubord wrote to a sister living with his father, to ask her to come to join him. She had received a very good education. She came and found the affairs of her brother less prosperous than she thought. When the news came of her brother's arrest, she lost her mind and was sent to the asylum at New Orleans and is now at Jackson in the state asylum. This causes the desolation of the father, referred by the Bishop of Montreal as a very respectable man, and who hopes that when his son is freed, his daughter will regain her reason. :: V-5-m A.L.S. French 4pp. 16mo.