Denavit, Father, Superior of the Grand Seminary, Lyons, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862 June 14

They have not received any news of Odin since his transfer to New Orleans. But now Father Claude M. Dubuis, C.M. announces that Odin is coming to Lyons to look for missionaries. The letter was well received in the community and he hopes he will not fail to find subjects. They have not yet learnt who his successor at Galveston will be, nor have they had any news of Texas for two years. They are often asked, especially by the relatives of Father John Claude Neraz Neyras who have not heard from him for three years. They hoped Odin would go to Rome for the grand reunion of bishops and that they would see him as he passed, but no doubt the blockade did not permit it. Not knowing Father Dubuis' address, he encloses no enclosure a letter for him announcing that he received the amount of the draft for $1500 which Odin drew on Adolphe Certes. Father Duplay is always very well and carries his 75 years easily. The reunion of bishops at Rome was magnificent. There were more than 4,000 priests. They have seen the bishops of Upper Canada and Ireland at the seminary and have learnt of the passage of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of Cincinnati and Bishop John Timon of Buffalo, but they have not seen them. ` P.S. The mother of Father Philibert Gutton, missionary at St. Martinville, Attakapas, Louisiana, has not received any news of her son for 14 months. They wonder if Odin cam give her some. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.