Abbadie, S.J., Father John Francis, St. Michael, Louisiana, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1850 March 14

He asks Rousselon's pardon for sending the enclosed letter to be posted but he has a reason for preferring it to go from there rather than from here. If Rousselon still has mission chalices, he is to send Abbadie one. His little chapels, although not yet finished, have begun to produce some good. At St. Mary's he had 35 Communions. On the 21st he will have Mass at St. Joseph. Rousselon is to tell Father Victor Jamey that the seats have come for St. Mary's; he hopes they have come for St. Joseph's also. Abbadie has asked Jamey to subscribe to the Propagateur Catholique for Madame J. Conway, R.S.C.J. . Although she is at St. James everything comes through Donaldson. P.S. If his address for the Brothers was wrong, Rousselon is to change it. :: V-5-m A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.