Odin, Bishop John Mary, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1852 December 31

Odin wishes Blanc a happy new year. Yesterday he fell and his knee is badly swollen; the doctor does not think it will last long. Father Louis C.M. Chambodut is going to leave for the eastern part of Texas; he will not return until the time when Odin must resume his pastoral visits. Their population is growing prodigiously. The new colonists come by sea and by land, by the thousands, every week. Mother St. Jane de Chantal, the new Superior at the Ursulines convent is succeeding well; she is loved and respected. They need to build but their resources are so small Odin dares not authorize it. Odin sends new year's greetings to Father Rousselon. :: VI-1-d A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.