Kelly, James, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1851 March 8

Kelly cannot leave New Orleans without once more thanking Blanc for his many acts of Kindness. He is under a double debt to Father Stephen Rousselon. It may appear strange that he is absenting himself from the house every day. The reason for doing so is the miserable state of the majority of Kelly's country's people in New Orleans. They forget every honorable principle and are an incessant trouble to society in general and to Blanc and his house in particular. Four years ago Blanc asked Kelly to take charge of his gate house. Happy he would be had he not that kind of persons to act with. He would be continually insulting them for their conduct or have the State Bank to supply them with money. Their conduct disgusts Kelly. :: VI-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.