Anstaett, Father Joseph, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861 July 20

He is going to Houston this morning in order to collect some debts due the convent. Yesterday the distribution of the prizes took place. The blockade began July 2. Many good families have left. They are completely at the mercy of the enemy. In order to save the Ursuline Convent in case of bombardment, Mother St. Pierre Harrison, R.U. offered it as a military hospital. Since the feast of St. Peter there have been some bricks. Today the spaces between the windows on the third floor were bricked. There are many poor in the city. Fortunately, none of his German Catholics are suffering yet. Mrs. Chapuy thanks Odin for the information about the cases of shoes. She thought they were lost. ` P.S. He asks Odin to say hello to the widow Mrs. Adolphe Perrier for him. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.