Desbois, Rosalie, Provins, France, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1858 January 20

Desbois recalls to Blanc the unfortunate Miss Desbois in whom he interested himself so kindly about the purloined will and about Father Claude Anthony Tholomier . Blanc made her promise to inform him of her success and she felt sure that she would be able to announce a favorable decree. But she was so broken by the false declarations of the consul that she did not have the courage to write. Now, though it is more than five years ago, she gives Blanc a summary of what happened to her. They left at night and arrived the next day at the junction of the Gulf. At this moment a passenger, an ex-sea captain said of the pilot, "The imbecile, he has taken us into the smallest and narrowest channel!" There was no room to cast off. For several days the pilot sat on the deck, his head in his hands crying, "In 28 years, nothing like this has happened to me." Finally they unloaded the boat and sailed after 23 days. All this time, telegrams and letters of the consul went on. He addressed a fiery report against her to the Minister. The royal attorney, a friend of her antagonists, insulted her for 3 hours. Blanc knows better than she, that faith is their only anchor and guide. Desbois would like to have news of Blanc and his diocese. For several months she has been in a place of repose which her soul greatly needed. If Blanc honors her with a reply, he is to address it to Father Movet, Superior General of the Celestine Sisters . If Mrs. Eversehe and Mrs. Tissot see Blanc some time and if Blanc sees nothing that will compromise them with the Consul, Blanc is to tell them that Desbois sends affectionate greetings to them. Also to Father Tholomier and Blanc's secretary. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.