Colliere, L, Louisville, Kentucky, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 February 20

On the advice of his confessor, who is also Father H J Chenal 's confessor for the time being, Colliere wants to explain why Chenal left Louisville for New Orleans without awaiting the answer to the letter he wrote Archbishop Anthony Blanc . God's hand has rested heavily on Chenal for the last year. An article in the Louisville Catholic paper denounced him as beneath pity. Colliere took Chenal in when everyone else turned away. Colliere and the confessor resolved to have Chenal leave at once to throw himself on Blanc's, mercy. The captain of the steamboat Magnolia took Chenal on the promise that Blanc would pay his passage. Colliere's oldest daughter, Marie, has been accepted as a postulant by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and Colliere asks prayers. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.