Colliere, L.C., Manhattanville, New York, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1860 September 5

He is very sorry to hear of the death of Archbishop Anthony Blanc . His daughter Marie, Sister St. Cecile Colliere will finish her novitiate next March and take her vows and the habit of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. His second daughter, Bertha Colliere , has been with him at the convent of the Sacred Heart where he teaches chant. She will be of age next year at vacation time. He would like her to become a sister of the Sacred Heart, but he has promised to let her make her own decision and, if she wishes, to return to Louisville in order to teach near her sister and some friends which they have there. He is also professor of drawing at St. John's College at Fordham. His godson, Father F. X. Jacquemet received Holy Orders on July 19. Colliere encloses $5 desiring that Rousselon say 3 masses for the repose of the soul of Blanc, 1 mass for the vocation of his children, and apply $1 for the poor. :: VI-2-c A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.