Chavaete, Father P.S., Woumen, Belgium, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 November 21

Chavaete received Blanc's letter of September 27 about a month ago. He had seen in the papers here that the yellow fever had had many victims at New Orleans but did not think it had reached such a point. Chavaete recalls that Blanc mentioned that he had been advised that 10 per cent was to be paid on everything sent to a foreign country. While Chavaete does not know the American law, he will give Blanc his opinion on this subject. On reading the will, Chavaete finds no foreign heir; Blanc is the only heir and the universal heir. It seems the testator made the will this way expressly to avoid difficulties in taxes. Blanc is the executor. Chavaete believes if Blanc insists on this point, they could force him to pay these taxes. :: VI-1-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.