Monnie, Julien, Metz, France, to Father John Stephen Blin, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 October 30

Monnie does not know whether Blin remembers him but in spite of the number of years that he has had no news and the different letters he has sent without reply, Monnie thinks Blin has moved and not received them. Every time he meets a traveler from America he asks if they do not know a French priest from Rennes. By chance he met Father Nicholas? Petesch, C.SS.R.? Pétch who said he had seen Blin and thought he was pastor of a parish in New Orleans. It was agreed that Monnie give him a letter for Blin but his sufferings of four years standing prevented it. He charged the priest, if he saw Blin to tell him of all the affection and friendship Blin can claim from Monnie. Monnie thinks of Blin every day and of the days when Blin put him in the place he now occupies. Monnie then describes his four years' illness which began with a sort of cholera. He knows nothing from Rennes; it has been 4 years since he went there. His master? is still there doing much good in his diocese. But it seems the Bishop of Rennes has done foolish things; he is no longer supported. Monnie takes this opportunity to write, as a person of Metz has a niece in New Orleans and will enclose his letter with hers. The niece is to return to France in the spring. :: VI-1-f A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.