Lesne, Hyacinthe, Forestville, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 May 10

Lesne received Blanc's letter of April 30 and he thanks him for the part he takes in Lesne's sad position. The factory where he had worked for a year and a half has been closed and he has spent money he had earned and which was left from the sale of his father's watch, given him by his mother before his departure for the United States. For a month Lesne and his wife have lived on coffee and bread. At times friends have given them lard and fish. Now that work in the fields has begun Lesne decided to go about to the farms to find a place and as soon as he finds one he will work until he finds employment more lucrative and better suited to his education. His weakened health has not altered his courage. His mother, of whom Blanc gave him news, does not know of his plight. Lesne is sending a letter addressed to Lesne's uncle in which he makes a last appeal to to his generosity no enclosure. :: VI-1-i A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.