Faivre, Father B., Grand Combe-Du Bois, France, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 October 26

Abbè Richard Bole, Faivre's cousin, died suddenly on the 5th. In his will, made in 1848 with Father Chatelain, he made Faivre the executor of what he owned in France. In a second will of the same date, he made the two of them heirs of all he possessed in America though the will of his missionary brother Father Joseph Richardbole in Blanc's diocese on July 4, 1847. Faivre sees by the correspondence of Father Claude Anthony Tholomier with the deceased on January 26, 1846 that he gave Blanc 3000 piastres on condition that Blanc pay him interest at 8 percent for the rest of his life. In a letter of January 3, 1857, in sending the interest, Tholomier said that he had placed it all in Blanc's hands. Then he added that 800 piastres had been given for the establishment of the Brothers of Christian Doctrine . Faivre wants to know if all is in order, for the deceased was harassed by his lay brother about this estate so if everything is not according to law it could cause trouble for Blanc. Faivre asks Blanc to look into it with Fathers Tholomier and Paris. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.