Chambost, Father Charles, Jackson, Louisiana, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1850 May 23

Chambost writes but gets no answer. In his last two letters he wrote that he had not received his wine and that the Princess had not been to Bayou Sara since the three boxes were sent. Rousselon is to get a certificate from the captain saying that he delivered the wine at McCombs and Claus' . Chambost is still without a church or land on which to build. One cannot do what one wishes with these Yankees. His health is not good. He has yet Mass in town. He is about to buy a suitable piece of ground but cannot examine the title before next Friday. He has no more Mass offerings. No one wants to answer him, neither Rousselon nor Father Perché. He wrote to Father Boiteux and Duplay to ask help for his mission. He will have no rest until his church is built and the Sisters of Charity come. If he had been at New Orleans, he would have taken the pledge until his wine came; he could take many pledges here. :: V-5-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.