Odin, Bishop John Mary, Galveston, Texas, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854 May 24

Odin received the four boxes and the barrel of sugar. The boxes are for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate . Odin will have the 8 Masses said immediately. Mr. Merziou received a box for Father C. Raymond, one of their missionaries and took the liberty of addressing it to Rousselon. Odin encloses the bill of lading no enclosure. Father Louis C.M. Chambodut has been ill for a week; he suffers a great deal from rheumatism which prevents him from walking. Marie Vallet, whom Rousselon saw at New Orleans, drowned herself, some days ago. When she arrived here, Odin saw immediately that she was a little mad. He did not want to let her present herself to the Sisters in spite of her great desire to join them. She spent some time in the house with the servant Louisa. Later she thought that God called her to live in solitude. She left in spite of their advice and the next day her body was found on the shores of the Bay, at Virginia Point. It seems she had tried to cross the little arm of the sea which separates them from this place. Odin must be brief; he is surrounded by children who are to make their First Communion tomorrow. :: VI-1-g A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.