Chavaete, Father P.S.?, Woumen, Belgium, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 October 23

The money Blanc sent last year was used to buy lend which is presently being cultivated to meet the needs of the hospice. The personnel is increasing and they receive new requests from the poor. He does not want to go too fast but there is nothing to fear about its solidity. This year there has been some trouble because of a law concerning charities which the government proposed and which would give a little more freedom to individuals to make charitable bequests and to administer them without intervention. This law was withdrawn. Chavaete wrote before that it is a good thing that the will of Father Pierre Francis Beauprez was to be executed in a foreign country. Without that the government would have taken possession in order to give its administration to lay people. If Blanc sends Chavaete the revenue from the inheritance, he can use it. It will suffice if he can get it around the first of September 1858. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.