Canavan, Father Patrick, Opelousas, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 January 2

Canavan has just received Blanc's note of December 29 and hurries to respond to his inquiries about Monroe . Canavan left everything there to say Mass; the chalice was his own and the stone he returned to Father Rousselon. At Harrisonville? Harrisinburk there are many Catholics, Joel and Hugh Keenan; Judge Barry about 14 miles from there. The priest may use his pleasure as to going to Dr. C.H. Dabbs ; Mrs. Julia Dabbs desired Canavan to let Blanc know that she always had a place for the priest. Canavan thinks he might do as well in the vestry. This place Blanc gave Canavan is hard; he has to ride a great deal. He found Father John F. Raviol and his sister very kind. But there is something; he cannot say yet what it may be. The people are dissatisfied with Raviol at Washington; he claims baptisms, marriages, and all that Canavan does. :: VI-1-e A.L.S. 1p. 4to. 10