Odin, Bishop John Mary, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1851 March 19

Yesterday Odin received a letter from Mr. Blossman telling that the note of Father Bonaventure Armengol had been sold with a loss of 6 % discount. Blanc might say a word to him if he has occasion to write; Odin's mission is poorer than their house in Mexico. They were expecting Father Theobald Mathew but it seems he has given up his trip to Texas; he would have done much good. Odin needs at least 6 more missionaries to fill the posts where a priest would be useful. The dearth of workers in Texas alarms him. He had hopes that Father Emmanuel Domenech, C.M. would return with a few missionaries but it seems that his return is uncertain and that he has had no success. Odin has written letters and they have had no results. Perhaps in person Odin could find some devoted persons. But he has a great repugnance of returning to Europe, he is tired of collecting. If he were absent, it would only for a short time; he would go only to a few seminaries. Father Louis C.M. Chambodut could stay at Galveston during his absence. Nacogdoches would be without a priest. He asks Blanc's advice. He thanks Blanc for advancing 100 piastres to Father Adrien Pierre Telmon, O.M.I. . He will send an order on Blossman when he learns that he has received the amount of the note sold at Matamoras. :: VI-1-a A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.