Jamey, Father Victor, Convent, Louisiana, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861 May 14

Father Auguste S. Paris left for St. Louis hoping to find a way to return to France shortly. Jamey was not mistaken in telling Rousselon that Father Eleazar Vignonet would not be able to render the least real service to the Religious of the Sacred Heart: the biases on bot sides rise too high. He will not enter into details as Vigonent is going to New Orleans and will not fail to tell him a mountain of petty and pitiable silly things. Vignonet told Jamey that for Father Claude Anthony Tholomier the convent was only a family of the parish and the chaplain did not have the right to wear the stole in his chapel, in the presence of the pastor, and that the pastor could officiate at the convent whenever it seemed good. It would be very prudent if Vignonet had nothing at all to do with the convent. Jamey hopes that Father Claude M. Dubuis, C.M. can come next Saturday. Dubuis could regain his strength better in the country. Jamey has commissioned a friend to assure him passage on a French or English ship which he is told will arrive soon. Needless to say, Father Gabriel Chalon? is positively impossible. He does not like the religious any more than the Jesuits and he would not have the character to overcome his prejudices. :: VI-2-d A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.