De Armas, Octave, Spring Hill, Alabama, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C,M,, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1863 July 24

If Father Louis Curioz, S.J. or Father Constantine Maenhaut have communicated to Odin the letters which they should have received from de Armas, Odin has seen that his wife and he, despite all the inexpressible difficulties of their exile, are well enough. They have experienced almost universal kindness, especially on the part of the clergy and, more particularly, the Jesuits. They are living at a small farm a mile from the college. He sends his respects to Fathers Rousselon, Chalon, the Jesuits, Maenhaut and his assistants, and the clergy in general at the head of which he places his old friend and experienced champion of the Church, Father Napoleon Joseph Perché. ` P.S. He sees Edward? Bermudez every day and A. Pitot from time to time. He asks Odin to forward the enclosed no enclosure letter to his old address, by the sacristan or by Auguste. :: VI-2-g A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.