Cretin, Bishop Joseph, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854 May 16

Father Jean Arthur Poyet tells Cretin that he gave Mrs. Develin $50. Cretin is very grateful for his obligingness to this poor woman and for furnishing Cretin with an easy means of repaying the sum. If this lady has suffered in waiting so long it is not Cretin's fault but that of her husband who lost the bill of exchange the day he received it. It was a month later when he asked for a second one which Cretin refused to give him for fear it had been found by some one. If the one Cretin sent in the second place to Blanc has been drawn on E.J. ? Walsh, this will be a payment on the account Cretin will have at New Orleans. He has written to Poyet. One of their missionaries, Father Francis de Vivaldi left a week ago for New Orleans to collect for building their church. Cretin hopes Blanc will not refuse the favor he has accorded others. The room which serves as a church is not half big enough; what will it be in two years? But how can they undertake it without special assistance? Blanc is to add another title to his reputation for kindness, that of Catholic zeal admired by all, the clergy. :: VI-1-g A.L. French 3pp. 16mo.