Odin, Bishop John Mary, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1856 April 9

Blanc has been so kind to Father Joseph Anstaett and Texas that Odin cannot refuse the request Blanc has addressed to him. So Blanc may give Anstaett Father F. Zeller 's post until his return from Europe so as to be at New Orleans at the beginning of July. Anstaett has never had the yellow fever and Odin fears an attack if he spends the entire summer in New Orleans. It will be difficult to replace him at Victoria but Odin will send a priest there from time to time. Father Louis Claude Marie Chambodut will leave to visit northeast Texas. He will be absent two months. They have Catholics scattered over a wide stretch of country to whom Odin wishes to give the means of fulfilling their Easter duty. Odin will leave Galveston in June for the pastoral visit. :: VI-1-j A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.