Legendre, Father Edward E., St. Michael, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 January 1

Legendre offers the prayers he said at the altar this morning for Blanc's preservation. He wants to reveal his dispositions and presentiments and let Blanc see how things are here. If he believes the pastor, it seems that he is on the point of being changed. Without doubt the kindness of their parishioners, the attachment and confidence they gave him at Christmas time, and the good he believes he can do here, are not the reasons for dissatisfaction. But if he does not want a change, he will not reject it either. Since he is not preoccupied with advancing himself or making money, why should he not be satisfied with his position, however modest. He would be foolish to pursue what destroys many priests, even when his health warns him that he cannot count on many days. He would rather suffer more than to worry Blanc. :: VI-1-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.