Chambost, Father Charles, Plaquemine, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1858 April 2

Chambost received Blanc's letter concerning Father Peter Lucas . Father Auguste Chambost will take it to Lucas on Easter. The Holy Week services were followed with admirable attention; Paschal Communions were more numerous than Chambost had dared hope. Chambost is sending a drawing of the front of the church they are thinking of building. Blanc is to say what he thinks of it. The interior will be 130 by 60, the walls 40 feet. The subscriptions are going well enough for the times; Chambost wants to know what to count on before beginning. Chambost wants Father Perché to come the week after Easter. His presence will revive the slow ones; they might let the contract while he was there. If they could lay the cornerstone when Blanc comes Chambost would be very happy. Chambost needs dispensations for Richard Kearney and Anne Fenn ; and for James Worsham and Pamelia Maillaux ?. All are well here. Chambost's brother and all Blanc's friends send respects. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. Drawing French 2pp. 4to.