Erzen, Hiacinthe, Rome, Italy, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862 June 15

Erzen, guardian of the Vanni family, sent to Odin on August 26, 1861, by way of the Propagation of the Faith, a letter containing a letter for Gregory Vanni, upholsterer living at 320 Royale Street, which he asked Odin to transmit to him. The lettre informed Vanni of the death of his mother on April 7, 1861. Having received no reply, he asks Odin to inform Vanni, by his pastor, of his mother's death and to engage him to return quickly to Rome to liquidate the small inheritance and take care a marriageable sister who finds herself alone and desolate. If Vanni, of whom they have had no news for three years, is dead, they ask Odin to send the death certificate so they ask Odin to send the death certificate so they can dispose of his small inheritance, and also to let them know if he left a will or married and left heirs. If Vanni is alive, he would like some information on h is moral and civil condition. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.