Jamey, Father Victor, Echenoz-la Meline ?, near Vesoul, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M. of New Orleans, Lyons, France, 1862 November 25

Jamey has thought sorrowfully of Odin and his unfortunate diocese for several months. He wonders what he is doing and what he is planning to do. The question of whether it is prudent to lead priests to Louisiana at this time, and a thousand others, torment him night and day. He spoke to Cardinal James Mary Adrien Caesar Matthieuof Odin's plan to come to Besancon, and His Eminence said that he would do everything that depended on him to be useful. Jamey believes it would be possible to find an excellent writer for Odin's newspaper. He is Father Désorges, pastor of a small parish of the diocese, who writes in "Le Monde" where he has just had two articles on the Roman question. Jamey has not wished, nor could he conveniently make, very active inquiries without having received new orders, for which he is waiting. He reads the newspapers and the letters he receives from New Orleans, and he would be afraid to see Odin leave with priests before next spring. However Odin can judge better. He would like to know what decision he makes and if he is coming to Besancon and near Vesoul. ` P.S. Huchette Kernion and his wife are at Paris. Odin would give them, as well as their brother-in-law, great pleasure if he visited them. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.