Landis, Charles K., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 February 6?

Desiring to have a reliable agent in Blanc's place, Landis hopes Blanc will refer him to one. He writes upon the recommendation of Father E.Q.S. Waldron of Philadelphia. Landis is engaged in the Catholic settlement of St. Mary's in Elk County, Pennsylvania. The population has now increased to some 5000 souls. They are principally an agricultural people. The coal is about to be developed by the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Dr. Charles T. Jackson of Boston has made a geological examination of the land. The price of land is from 3? to $20 an acre. Some 20,000 acres are under cultivation. An advertisement is in the Boston Pilot. :: VI-1-l L.S. 2pp. 4to.