Chambost, Father Charles, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1858 March 15

Chambost came here to pursue his bill appropriation. Seeing that it would be unfavorable, he withdrew it with a promise for next year. Chambost is on his way to Jackson where M.R.? Crenan is quite ill, Chambost hopes to change his will and obtain something for Plaquemine. Chambost has just seen Father Joseph Lavay, S.J. who told him how things were going in Baton Rouge. Knowing the places and people, Chambost thinks that Father Henry Riordan would fit the post. The subscriptions at Plaquemine are going well. P.S. Lavay would really like a successor but he does not want to displease Blanc. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 1p. folio