Lamy, Father George, Covington, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 September 5

Lamy is going to Bonfouca tomorrow to prepare the people for Blanc's visit. In case Lamy cannot go to the city, he will send one of the Messrs. Cousin to accompany Blanc aboard the schooner "Mathilde," belonging to Anatole Cousin . Lamy regrets that he cannot get things in order in Covington where he intended to have First Communion on the 18th, but the people are too busy at that time, and he would be unable to prepare them properly. He had wanted to combine the First Communion and Confirmation for Bonfouca, Chapopila, and Covington, but cannot arrange that. Lamy would be grateful to have Blanc's assistance for a while at Covington, where it it is needed. He likes the area he is now working in, and has as many moments of exhilaration as of discouragement. He asks for about 50 certificates of First Communion and Confirmation to be used at Bonfouca, since he does not dare to use the ones Mr. O'Donnell sent. P.S. Could Father Stephen Rousselon please get him some Mass stipends? :: VI-2-b A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.