Gouesse, C.S.C., Father Francis, Detroit, Michigan, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 September 26

Thanks to Blanc's writing, Gouesse has succeeded beyond his hopes. On his return from Montreal to New York, he found Archbishop John Joseph Hughes disposed to find a post for him in New York. The Bishop of Brooklin! whom one of Gouesse's friends saw in his behalf, did not wait for a visit from him to give him all he was seeking. By chance, Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere of Detroit who has known him for 13 years, also knew of Gouesse's return to the United States and wrote to him. He called on the Archbishop to whom he explained his affairs and left it to him to say what he should do. The Archbishop said that Gouesse could perhaps call on the Bishop of Detroit and if he kept him at his cathedral in a city where there are as many French Catholics as Irish and where Gouesse has acquaintances, he would be able to give great service to Bishop Lefevere. He would be near Le Lac but it would have nothing to do with the affairs of the diocese. Besides he said to try it. Gouesse felt he should come here. He would prefer to be further away from Le Lac but he must endure what he cannot avoid. Later, the Bishop of Kingston came to offer the direction of his famous College of Regiopolis which Gouesse talked about to Blanc 4 years ago. The professors are partly clergymen and partly laymen and the students number 125 to 150. The post is difficult. Blanc would do him a favor by giving his opinion on the above. All this would have to be with the consent of the Bishop of Detroit. P.S. Not a word from Father Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C. about his exeat. :: VI-1-i A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.