La Rocque Bishop Joseph, Montréal, Canada, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854 September 29

He has finally procured the information about Jean Baptiste Plessis-Belaire . His sister, Mrs. Spalding, living at Tanneries des Bélaires, near Montreal, told him yesterday that her brother is living, in good health, not at Ecores but at Sault-au-Récollet in a place the people call La Barre á Plouf, 3½ leagues from Montréal. Mrs. Spalding knows the whole history of her sister-in-law, who is known here as Toinette Bradford . She left Canada in the company of a seducer for whom she abandoned her husband. So her story is not very edifying. La Rocque is pleased that his friend, Father Francis J. Cenas is now not only recovered but acclimated to New Orleans. If he has need of breathing fresh air, La Rocque suggests that he take a trip to Canada, his friends would see him again with so much pleasure. :: VI-1-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.