Grignon, Father Mathurin F., Natchez, Mississippi, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 February 28

Grignon has just heard that Father Jean Honoré Dubernard has chosen Natchez in preference to Vicksburg or Jackson. Grignon thinks that Vicksburg would not suit him as he would have to live or at least eat in the homes of others. As for the work which made Father Francis Rene Pont ask for an assistant, Grignon does not see in what it consists. Grignon does not mean to say that 2 priests would not be very useful at Vicksburg but it needs one to furnish the oratory and one to get the work for his confrere. As for the surrounding neighborhood, at Vicksburg as at Natchez, it would be very good to visit regularly. Grignon sees it more and more for Port Gibson. :: VI-1-l A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.